15,000 trees to be axed for Bengaluru suburban railway project
Around 15,000 trees are estimated to be axed for the implementation of the Bengaluru Suburban Railway Project (BSRP), documents show.
Karnataka Rail Infrastructure Development Enterprises (K-RIDE), which is implementing the project, has requested the state government to provide land where it can plant more than 3 lakh saplings as part of its compensatory afforestation initiative.
Along with Namma Metro, the suburban railway project is taking away Bengaluru’s fast-depleting green cover with authorities finding fewer options to retain trees due to the nill scope of tweaking the alignment.
