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The axe files

The data showed that in the given period the Tree Expert Committee (TEC) gave green signal to remove nearly 72% of the total trees that were proposed to be felled. While permission was sought by various agencies to remove 16,509 trees, 11,820 faced the axe and a little over 2,000 were translocated.

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UVCE receives notice for unauthorised fire kindling

The fire was started to clear the land earmarked by BU at the Jnanabharati Campus for the expansion of UVCE. While the BU syndicate had earlier approved 50 acres of land, the formal transfer is still pending. The land was allotted after the UVCE administration requested the state government to issue an order for separating UVCE from BU.

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Changing skyline: Trees marked for chopping

After receiving clearance from the Tree Expert Committee (TEC) to cut 67 trees for construction of the flyover, the Palike removed nine trees on December 1 last year. The rest of the trees standing in the project area were also to be chopped on the same day. However, a special order issued by the Deputy Conservator of Forest (DCF), BBMP, had put a temporary pause on the project.

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At the drop of a hat, go for the axe

As per BBMP, TEC has allowed removal of 102 out of 118 trees based on records produced by SWR and a detailed discussion of the site inspection report by TEC and BBMP. Of these, while 98 will be cut, four trees will be translocated. As many as 18 trees will be retained on-site.

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ejipura: Ejipura flyover work resumes; stirs worry

On December 1, 2023, the Namma Bengaluru Foundation urged the Deputy Conservator of Forests Department to cease tree felling. Activists seek clarification from the Forest Department regarding the purposeful cutting of trees on footpaths and sidewalks, questioning the necessity to remove trees that don’t impede construction.

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Ejipura Flyover pier pressure over 84 trees

In 2021, the Tree Expert Committee had given permission to BBMP’s South Zone for the felling of 67 trees and the relocation of 17 trees. However, as the contract then awarded for construction was later cancelled, BBMP did not fell or relocate the trees.

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Hack attack

The number reveals that TEC allowed the felling of nearly 75% of the total trees proposed for removal. The committee ordered the translocation of 13.5% (1,736) of the trees and could retain a meagre 11.5% (1,482) of the total.

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Any objections? no, None at all

As per the third notice issued on June 7, BMRCL had sought permission to cut 15 trees standing at its project site area from Agara port to Iblur port. TEC inspected on June 22 and passed an order granting permission for removing eight trees.

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Karnataka High Court permits BMRCL to cut 138 trees for Namma Metro Rail construction

The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited was permitted to cut 138 trees and translocate 84 trees to continue constructing the Namma Metro Rail Project in Bengaluru

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315 trees to make way for Langford metro station work

A majority of them will be felled, while 39 trees will be translocated

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