Bengaluru metro rail project: High court allows felling of 577 trees
The Hindu
This is as per an expert panel’s recommendation
Bengaluru
The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday permitted the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (BMRCL) to fell 577 trees, translocate 212 trees and retain 44 trees on site at different stretches of phase 2A of the metro project as recommended by the Technical Expert Committee (TEC), which was set up on the court’s direction.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum passed the interim order while allowing an application filed by the BMRCL seeking the court’s nod based on the report submitted by the TEC on a request submitted by the BMRCL to remove 833 trees in different stretches.
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