The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday allowed the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation to fell 680 trees and move 568 trees while retaining 27 trees, as per the court to examine the need for felling of trees for the Metro project. Recommended by the Technical Advisory Committee (TEC) constituted on the instructions of in different places.
A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Suraj Govindraj passed the interim order on the applications filed by BMRCL to go ahead with the work of removal of trees as recommended by the committee.
The court was hearing a PIL filed in 2018.
Meanwhile, the bench directed the BMRCL to conduct a fresh Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) to assess the impact of felling of trees as it was told to the court that the first EIA was conducted much earlier in June 2019 .
Considering the plea of BMRCL that the pendency of the PIL is causing huge delay in the Metro project, the Court observed that BMRCL will have to comply with the conditions imposed by the Technical Advisory Committee and the progress made in the operation of a new EIA. to submit a compliance report. to the court.
Further hearing has been adjourned till March 28.
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