BANGALORE: The widening of roads has always been a controversy in the city as it involves the cutting of trees. The green activist..
BANGALORE: The widening of roads has always been a controversy in the city as it involves the cutting of trees. The green activists raise their voice and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) says it can't help but cut trees to pave way for smooth movement of vehicles.
Now there is a tug of war between the environmentalists and the BBMP over cutting of trees on Sankey Tank Road. Experts and users , who have already lost trees in their locality for road widening, say that cutting of trees is not the only solution to ease traffic congestion. However, some people prefer road widening too.
Hundreds of trees were cut in 2003 for the construction of a flyover near National College, Basavanagudi. Environmentalists and residents protested against the construction work, but the flyover was finally inaugurated in 2005."In fact, it has increased our problems. Earlier, the road was shady and it was calm to take classes. IndiranagarThe 65 feet road widened to 75 feet and the new road was opened to public in November 2010.All the BMTC buses pass the road. There is no parking facility on the road. "Earlier, it was better than now'' he observed.Centuryold heritage trees were cut down to make way for road widening on Race Course Road, High Grounds, in 2007. Nearly 30 full grown trees were reduced to stumps on the road from Basaveswara Circle to Turf Club's main gate in a nightlong operation carried out by the BBMP. The new road was opened in 2010.
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