The report also underscores that trees along the 1.4 km stretch surveyed for the report have sequestered 180 metric tonnes of carbon so far, and cutting them down will irreversibly release this sequestered carbon into the atmosphere.
The plan was launched by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Monday - it makes Bengaluru one of the few cities in the world, and the third city in India to have a global standard climate action plan.
Bengaluru: Did you know this: Bengaluru experiences around 14 very heavy rain events (when more than 205mm rainfall occurs at a place within 24 hours).