Amid opposition by environmental activists to the felling of trees for widening roads on the outskirts of Bengaluru, the Forest Department has booked a KRDCL assistant engineer and two others for felling trees marked for translocation.
Seven trees marked for translocation were cut down on the stretch near Budigere Cross, towards the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) road. The stretch is part of a KRDCL project to link the airport from KR Puram via Hoskote and Budigere Cross where 1,046 trees were to be cut and 70 translocated.
Translocation has been found as an alternative to the felling of trees in urban areas for development projects. The Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited (KRDCL), which is widening roads on the outskirts of the city, has assigned the project to contractors.
