“Basavaraj Bommai sir, we came to know that the road outside our school is being widened and around 40 trees will be cut. Our seniors have struggled to fetch water for the plants, which have now become full grown trees. We also take care of the trees in our school. Engineers keep coming to our school and we are afraid that trees may be cut soon. Please help us save our trees,” Priya, a student of Jindal Jubilee Government High School in Abbigere, said in a video message to the chief minister.
Scores of school students on Wednesday protested against the proposed road widening, for which trees in the school grounds would be the first casualties. They had placards in their hands and stood around the trees they have been playing with for many years.
Another student pointed out that their textbooks teach lessons on protecting the environment and trees, while at the grassroots level, civic agencies have given little importance to it.
an alumnus of the school who spoke HinduThe Brihat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has proposed widening of Abbigere Main Road which leads to Lakshmipura and Hesaraghatta. “As per the information we have received, the road will eat up 20 feet of the school grounds. This means 40 fully grown trees on the periphery will have to be cut,” he said and added that the only demand of the students was from Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to visit the school and instruct the BBMP that no trees should be felled. Tree.
When contacted, BBMP Joint Commissioner, Dasarahalli Zone, Narasimha Murthy said that the road widening project is being headed by the major road department. “However, there has been no discussion on felling of trees,” he claimed.
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