However, an official from BBMP’s forest department said that they inspected the tree a couple of weeks ago and felt it might be dangerous in case of heavy rain and gusty wind. “The applicant had also mentioned that the tree was leaving no space for him to move and park his vehicle. These are the reasons we had to cut it,” he added.
“The trees have started drying out and two are almost dead already. There are around 12 trees on Gandhi Bazaar Main Road that had started wilting due to the whitetopping work as the engineer had poured chemicals on the roots, severely damaging them. They were also cut at multiple points during the construction,” said Guru Prasad, a resident of the area.
The BBMP’s forest department issued a public notice stating that BMRCL has submitted an application for the removal of trees in the path of the architectural and finishing works and public health engineering works near Ragigudda metro station for Reach 5 in collaboration with DULT.