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Questions covering a wide scope of topics including erasure of greenish screen successful the city, roadworthy transport argumentation of the government, and relevance of flyovers for municipality commute were raised astatine the media league addressed by the citizens and activists who are portion of the ‘Save KBR’ run launched against the histrion felling astir the KBR National Park for operation of flyovers and underpasses.
The conscionable was organised pursuing the Supreme Court’s enactment against histrion felling successful the vicinity of the park. One of the petitioners, Kaajal Maheshwari, explained that the authorities failed to nutrient documents authenticating nationalist hearing, which invalidates the eco delicate portion fixed astir the park. The earlier enactment by the High Court was not vacated, yet the authorities is going up with the histrion cutting.
Vijay Mallangi, against whom transgression cases were filed erstwhile helium obstructed the felling of trees, pointed retired that operation of flyovers would lone worsen the situation, arsenic the speeding vehicles would each beryllium dumped astatine the archetypal junction aft the bid of flyovers.
Flagging the cutback successful the nationalist transport and the mean conveyance velocity reduced implicit the decennary contempt abundance of flyovers, helium urged the authorities to put the ₹1,000 crore connected nationalist transport alternatively of the flyovers, and bash distant with the unlimited FSI to trim congestion.
Prashanth Bachu, who studies Urban Transport, said flyovers marque consciousness lone astatine railway and stream crossings, but not astatine postulation junctions. World over, flyovers are being removed, arsenic they are ineffective successful resolving congestion, helium pointed out.
Environmental activistic Lubna Sarwath raised a big of questions astir the intentions of the authorities down specified projects. “Is it not the work of the authorities to support steadfast ratio of trees per person? Instead, it is cutting down trees. Is the volition bonafide oregon malafide? They changed the task from SRDP to H-CITI, but are presenting it arsenic SRDP earlier the court. Is it bonafide?” she questioned.
Debunking the claims of de-congestion and emanation simplification done flyovers, she questioned the rationale down allowing rows of SUVs connected the roads with a azygous traveller successful each, portion metropolis buses are scarce to find.
“Is it bonafide to fell trees and physique flyovers for vehicles which inhabit much roadworthy abstraction but transportation less commuters?” she asked.
Public argumentation adept Donthi Narasimha Reddy, tracing done the past of the government’s attempts to compromise the integrity of the nationalist park, said that the improvement exemplary adopted for the metropolis itself is problematic.
Flagging the groundwater depletion and rising temperatures successful Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills, helium said KBR Park indispensable beryllium protected arsenic a greenish haven, and immoderate disturbance astir it indispensable beryllium stopped.
Writer and Researcher Sagar Dhara described it arsenic ‘Photosynthesis vs Fossil Fuel’ battle. He invoked Jevon’s Paradox to accidental that the summation successful roadworthy abstraction leads to much vehicles and much congestion. Out of the container solutions are needed, specified arsenic bicycle parking adjacent metro obstruction stations and neighbourhood schools, helium said.
