Kids join protest against axing trees for widening of Attibele-Sarjapur Road
Children have joined the protest against felling of trees to widen the Attibele-Sarjapur Road by the Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited (KRDCL).
The agency has proposed to axe 8,561 trees to widen the 155-kilometre road. Some of the trees were sawed off in violation of procedures. Activists took cudgels against the indiscriminate ripping of the greenery for more than a year and took the matter to the Karnataka High Court.
On Saturday, students from several schools joined the protest. Many held aloft placards urging officials to let them breathe and not to snatch away their future.
