Trees felled without permission
The Hindu
Irrigation department and GHMC are caught on the defensive
In a classic case of law enforcers breaking the law, Irrigation department and GHMC are caught on the defensive by violating the WALTA Act.
Several trees were felled without requisite permissions in the GHMC limits based on the Irrigation officials’ directives here on Tuesday.
About 20 full grown and semi grown trees of various species including neem and subabul were chopped on the Bam Rukn-ud-Dowlah lake bund in Sivarampally limits by a contractor engaged by the Irrigation wing of GHMC.
Everyone talks about the Airport Metro, but one look at the pillars and completion seems nowhere in sight. Meanwhile, a faster, cheaper, roomier alternative called the Suburban Rail Airport Corridor is finally getting off the drawing board. This dedicated corridor with its specialised coaches will link the airport to vast stretches of Bengaluru, where the metro connection is still years away.