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A much than 100-year-old tamarind histrion and a jamun histrion connected Mettupalayam Road successful the metropolis were felled and disposed of without the beingness of the officials, alleged the Coimbatore District Road Protection Committee.
According to the Committee, a trader moving a store adjacent the tamarind histrion had sought support precocious from the Coimbatore northbound Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) claiming that the histrion was infected and hence posed risks. He had got support to fell the histrion successful the beingness of officials acrophobic and works 10 saplings. The felled histrion should person been auctioned by the officials arsenic it was connected authorities onshore (National Highways).
However, some the trees were chopped and disposed of and officials were not present, the Committee alleged. Ex-serviceman Arunachalam Vijayakumar, who was passing by erstwhile the histrion was cut, had filed a ailment with the Thudiyalur police. He besides plans to taxable a ailment to the RDO excessively connected Wednesday, the Committee said successful a property release.
