Hundreds of trees on both sides of the Verka-Mudhal road have been cut for widening the road. Over the years, a majority of the fully grown trees on roads in the city as well as on the outskirts have been axed to pave way for wider roads.
Joginder Singh, a local resident, said, “When a road has to be widened, why the trees on the both sides are. At least trees on one side could be saved if the widening is done only on one side.” He suggested that the line of trees could also be used as the median, thus saving trees from being axed.
