Opposition to cut trees for flyover at Devalapura Cross on ring road in Mysuru

Environmental organizations and section residents person opposed the connection by the National Highways Division of Public Works Department (PWD) of Karnataka to chopped 48 trees adjacent Devalapura Cross connected the Outer Ring Road successful Mysuru to instrumentality up the operation of a flyover.

Members of Parisakkagi Naavu, an biology organization, and residents of Hosahundi village, who attended the nationalist proceeding connected the contented held connected January 13, powerfully argued successful favour of installing a awesome system, constructing velocity breakers, and putting up postulation signs alternatively of cutting trees and constructing a flyover to forestall roadworthy accidents astatine the spot.

The Devalapura junction connected the ringing road, which connects to a roadworthy starring assorted villages, including Devalapura and Hadinaru, had been declared arsenic achromatic spot successful presumption of a fig of accidents, some fatal and non-fatal. Hence, National Highways Division of PWD, which had taken implicit the ringing roadworthy from Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), had taken up a task to conception an 800-metre flyover astatine the spot connected the ringing road, which is portion of National Highway 275.

State General Secretary of Parisakkagi Naavu Parashuramegowda emphasized the request for the authorities to see alternate solutions to forestall accidents archetypal earlier cutting trees and gathering a flyover.

Shailajesh, an activistic of the organization, alleged that the authorities had already called for tenders, completed each procedures for constructing the flyover, and had convened a nationalist proceeding astatine the last signifier simply arsenic a ‘formality’. He complained that nary efforts person been made to forestall accidents.

Another subordinate successful the proceeding Ravi Bale expressed suspicion that authorities departments amusement involvement successful spending immense amounts connected caller constructions alternatively of trying low-cost attraction measures, perchance owed to a ‘commission’.

Parisakkagi Naavu’s Mysuru territory president Leela Shivakumar stated that it is not the occupation of their organisation to spell everyplace and halt trees from being chopped for improvement work. She urged that improvement should beryllium carried retired successful an environment-friendly mode portion preserving trees.

Local nonmigratory Krishna said determination is nary request to chopped trees and physique a flyover, and declared that the section radical volition not let adjacent a azygous histrion to beryllium cut.

Deputy Conservator of Forests Ravishankar, who heard the absorption to the connection to fell trees, has stated that protecting trees is the precedence of the department, and not cutting them. He promised to convey the opinions expressed astatine the nationalist proceeding to elder officials.

Assistant Executive Officer of NH Division of PWD H.R. Roopa said that the alternate measures suggested successful the gathering to forestall accidents would beryllium brought to the announcement of higher authorities.

Range Forest Officer (RFO) Santosh Hoogar was besides contiguous astatine the meeting.