BENGALURU: More than 1 lakh trees were chopped across the state from 2018 to 2021 for building roads and highways, according to the Karnataka public works department (PWD).
Most of this green cover -- 56,629 trees -- made way for the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) projects with the largest chunk of 11,078 cleared in 2018-19 for the Bengaluru-Nidaghatta project (NH 275) part of Bengaluru-Mysuru highway.