The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday allowed the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) to remove 203 trees for construction of elevated viaduct and stations from Doorvaninagar to Kempapura Cross stretch for the metro project.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Prasanna B. Varale and Justice M.G.S. Kamal passed the interim order while hearing a PIL petition filed by Bangalore Environmental Trust, which had complained that the provisions of the Karnataka Preservation Trees Act, 1976, were not implemented effectively in public projects.
The Bench granted permission based on the recommendations made by the Tree Expert Committee (TEC), appointed on the directions of the court, based on the application filed by the BMRCL seeking permission to cut trees on this stretch.
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