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Just prune, don’t hack: BBMP’s tip for BESCOM
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Jul 21, 2021, 06:00 IST
On being told about ‘mutilation’ of trees on Inner Ring Road, Palike writes letter asking
BESCOM to take utmost care while pruning
With Bengaluru’s green cover fast depleting; the thought of losing even one tree attracts strong resistance from the civil society. Against this backdrop, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) has written a letter to the
Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM), asking the authorities to take utmost care while pruning branches that come in contact with live wire.
Such an instruction has been given after environmentalist
Objections to tree felling? Copy that
Objections to tree felling? Copy that
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Jul 8, 2021, 06:00 IST
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Out of 350 objections received, only nine to 10 are worded differently, the rest are a copy-paste job
The public notices issued by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on axing a total of 3,366 trees for Namma Metro’s Phase II-A and Phase II-B projects received 350 responses, a majority of them were objections to felling trees. That is good news. But that’s not all of it.
The BBMP, on behalf of the
Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL), had issued three public notices from April, one of them in the middle of the lockdown, stating that 3,366 trees are coming in the way of the Metro projects. A total of 1,859 trees were identified for felling on the 19-km stretch (Phase-II A) between
Updated Mar 16, 2021 | 15:42 IST
The Suranjan Das Road Junction underpass construction has proved to be a death knell for Bengaluru s old trees. Seven trees have been brutally axes, 18 are earmarked. But residents have a plan to fight back. Bengaluru Vidhan Soudha | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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Seven old trees along the Old Airport Road have already been axed to construct an underpass at Suranjan Das Road Junction.
On 14th March, BBMP workers had also begun pruning the branches of many large trees that have been earmarked for felling.
These heritage trees were once home to hundreds of birds, and shade for small animals and motorists.