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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

HC grants permission to fell 1,334 trees for metro project on ORR stretch

The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday permitted the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (BMRCL) to fell 1,334 trees in metro project package-1 of phase-2B between Kasturinagar and Kempapura on the Outer Ring Road.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar granted the permission to act on the sanction letter given by the Tree Officer based on the recommendation made by the Technical Expert Committee (TEC), set up on the direction of the court to oversee felling of trees for metro and other projects in the city.

The TEC has also recommended that BMRCL has to retain 26 trees and will have to translocate 160 trees on this stretch.

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