Mysore/Mysuru: Over 20 fully grown trees including 18 shade-giving Honge varieties were chopped to widen the road in Vijayanagar First Stage yesterday. The trees were cut amidst stiff opposition from some of the residents and Green activists who argued with the Forest Department, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Mysuru Urban Development (MUDA) authorities.
These trees at Vijayanagar First Stage (from Abhishek Circle till Kalidasa Road) have been there for decades and have provided shade to the residents, walkers and even small tea shops and auto stands since ages. Now the trees were cut to facilitate the 6th Main road-widening project initiated by MUDA.
