The Karnataka High Court on Thursday permitted the BMRCL to cut 577 trees along the Nagawara-Gottigere alignment.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum passed the order in terms of the office memorandum submitted by the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited dated November 26, 2021 based on a report by the Tree Expert Committee (TEC).
Representing BMRCL, senior counsel Uday Holla submitted that the metro rail implementing agency is incurring huge losses for want of clearance in cutting of trees. He said the agency is incurring a Rs 2-crore loss/cost escalation daily.
