A visit to Old Airport Road showed that the KRDCL is currently repairing the footpath as per the new design. Some of the works proposed on this stretch include: a cycle track, filling up potholes, repairing the median, drainage cleaning, creating uniform carriageway for the vehicles and greening the edges of the footpath.
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.
Felled from grace: 7 down, 18 to go
Felled from grace: 7 down, 18 to go
ByNaveen MenezesNaveen Menezes / Updated: Mar 15, 2021, 06:00 IST
underpass at
Suranjan Das Road junction
The smell of freshly cut trees hung heavy on Old Airport Road on Sunday. Seven trees, that were standing strong till a day before, were axed on Saturday, paving way for the construction of grade separator (underpass) at the Suranjan Das Road junction. Armed with an approval from the expert committee, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) plans to remove a total of 25 trees and translocate seven.
On Sunday, the BBMP workers had also begun pruning the branches of many large trees that are earmarked for felling. The BBMP has also piled up large pieces of wood on the pavements , after axing some of the trees that were once home to hundreds of birds and small animals and shade for motorists too. Officials said they have tweaked the alignment to save about 16 trees.
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