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Study: Bengaluru’s new road-widening project will irreparably damage the environment

June 26, 2020 Harini Nagendra

The felling of thousands of trees for the ‘Bangalore Surrounding Roads Project’ will permanently damage the city’s environment, finds an EIA by Azim Premji University. The actual number of trees to be cut are far higher than that reported as well, finds the EIA.

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Bengaluru Buzz: 8,561 trees may be felled | BBMP tracking tax defaulters | HC stays slum eviction…and more

January 25, 2020 News Desk

Over 8500 trees in city outskirts proposed to be felled for road widening, BBMP trying to update its list of tax defaulters, slum eviction in east Bengaluru – read more on news from the city this week, in our roundup

Civic

Bengaluru Buzz: 3559 trees may be felled | New app for civic complaints | Foreigner Detention Centre from January…and more

December 28, 2019 News Desk

Thousands of trees to be felled for roads, government goes ahead with the NPR and Foreigner Detention Centre even as protests continue – read more on what else happened in the city over the past week, in our roundup

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