Nearly 500 trees, many over 30 to 50 years old, have been felled to widen a road from Nelamangala to the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) via Madure.
The forest department had given the green signal for the project in May. It is part of the 10-road widening/development projects proposed by the Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited (KRDCL) for which the contract had been given to a company last year.
The roads will form a ring between the NICE and PRR networks and satellite township ring road.
Under Package 2 of the project, the existing road from Nelamangala to Devanahalli is being widened into a four-lane highway, for which the forest department gave permission to fell trees in May this year. Most of the trees have been cut four to five weeks ago.
