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Concerned implicit the imaginable biology interaction of the projected elevated corridor connecting Old Madras Road and Silk Board, residents of eastbound Bengaluru’s Indiranagar connected Sunday carried retired an autarkic histrion survey on the corridor’s alignment to papers the existing greenery.
Contrary to the project’s Detailed Project Report (DPR) claiming astir 235 trees autumn wrong the operation width of the corridor, of which 89 trees autumn wrong the projected alignment and are earmarked for felling, portion 70 trees are to beryllium trimmed, residents identified implicit 800 trees on the projected flyover alignment.
I Change Indiranagar (ICI), the civic radical that launched the initiative, said successful a connection that the trees were documented done much than 1,500 images. Documented taxon see large leafage mahogany, gulmohur, rainfall tree, Indian almond and Indian cork tree. The radical claimed that astir 90% of the recorded trees look to beryllium successful steadfast condition.
Apart from the trees, participants besides documented vertebrate species, including the white-cheeked barbet, Asian koel, red-whiskered bulbul, rose-ringed parakeet, Oriental magpie-robin and jungle crow.
Sneha Nandihal of ICI told The Hindu that they would beryllium gathering the Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Limited (B-SMILE) committee connected Tuesday to sermon the issue.
The projected corridor, planned by the B-SMILE, volition walk done 80 Feet Road, CMH Road and Indiranagar 100 Feet Road. It is among the 13 elevated corridors which volition beryllium implemented by the B-SMILE and endorsed by Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who has connected aggregate occasions stressed that the corridors would easiness congestion successful the city.
Citizen-led survey
More than 100 residents assembled astatine CMH Park connected Sunday and divided themselves into 10 teams to survey the full agelong of the projected alignment.
The survey was conducted utilizing Nature Ark’s Urban Tree Map application, a level designed to papers municipality histrion screen and enactment national subject initiatives. The Nature’s Ark is simply a non-profit spot focused connected biodiversity conservation and urban tree management.
