KRDCL’s road projects will cause irreplaceable loss to Bengaluru: Report
Environmentalists warned that the that the KRDCL’s road widening projects will negative impact the forests and wildlife, incluiding elephant movement, and sought a realistic assessment of the damage.
The Karnataka Road Development Corporation Limited (KRDCL) has proposed road projects on Budigere Cross-Mylanahalli, Nelamangala-Madure, Madure-Devanahalli Road, Kanchugaranahalli-Jigani, Bannerghatta-Bestamaranahalli and Anekal-Hoskote sections.
Three environmentalists, Seema Mundoli, Ranjini Murali and Harini Nagendra, who released the report, “The environmental and ecological impacts of tree-felling and road widening of Bengaluru’s surrounding areas’, described the present estimate that 8,561 trees will be cleared for the projects as ‘conservative’.
