The construction site - 0.1350 square metre - has 23 trees, the corporation had obtained permission from the revenue department to fell them.
COIMBATORE: The city corporation workers felled eight trees in a park at Sivaram Nagar near Ramanathapuram on Thursday, sparking protest from activists and residents in the area.
The corporation is planning to construct a service reservoir with 24 lakh-litre capacity in the park. As the construction site - 0.1350 square metre - has 23 trees, the corporation had obtained permission from the revenue department to fell them.
Environmentalist K Syed said the issue was first brought to their knowledge about two years ago and they raised objections. Subsequently, the issue fizzled out.
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Power supply will remain suspended from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday in the following areas owing to maintenance works to be taken up by Tangedco at the Thiruvanaikovil substation:
Thiruvanaikovil Sannidhi Street, North and South Inner streets, Othatheru, Raghavendra Garden, Gandhi Road, Trunk Road, Kumbakonam Salai, Sivaram Nagar, M.K.Pettai, Chennai Bypass Road, Kallanai Road, Keezh Kondayampettai, Nadu Kondayampettai, Jambukeswarar Nagar, Akilandeswari Nagar, Periyar Nagar, Akila Nagar, Ganapathi Nagar, Veereswaram, Venkateswara Nagar, Tagore Street, Thiruvennainallur, Ponnurangapuram, Thiruvalarsolai, Panaiyapuram, Uttamarseeli, Killikoodu, Tollgate, Bikshandarkovil, Maruthi Nagar, Gokulam Colony, V.N.Nagar, Raja Nagar, Anand Nagar, Rayar Thoppu and Thalakudi.