Karnataka HC permits BMRCL to fell 680 trees
The Hindu
568 trees will have to be translocated; 27 trees will have to retained: Report
The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday permitted the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation to fell 680 trees and translocate 568 trees while retaining 27 trees as recommended by the Technical Advisory Committee (TEC) set up on court’s direction to examine need of felling trees for metro project at various locations.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Suraj Govindaraj passed the interim order on applications filed by the BMRCL seeking to go ahead with the work of removal of trees as recommended by the committee.
The Court was hearing a PIL petition filed in 2018.
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