Bengaluru sources reported that the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation is ready to cut down trees in Jayanagar including some in the Lakshman Rao Park for the construction of the RV Road and Bommasandra metro line. Presently the residents are miffed as the work is allegedly being carried out without their consent. Meanwhile when decrying the fact that the layout and other details of the project have not been provided to them, an agitated resident attempted to even stall the metro worker being done on Tuesday.
Meanwhile when speaking to TNM, Vijay Nishanth, an environmental activist, said that he had spoken to Shantakumar, Assistant Conservator of Forest, BBMP South Zone to conduct numbering of trees, as several trees were being cut down and moved in the cover of night.
Presently the residents have even approached National Green Tribunal but
did not push as they hoped for peaceful negotiations. Further Lakshman Rao Park
is one of South East Asia’s longest boulevards and holds trees that were
planted in 1950s making them a part of the city’s history. According to the
High Court order, authorities are to conduct public consultations if more than
50 trees are being cut in an area.
