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Palike allows axing trees, HC order notwithstanding [1]

BBMP yet to constitute Appellate Authority as ordered by court

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) axed 3,000 trees last year and many of them have been reduced to stumps overnight. This, when the civic body did not have the legal backing to do so.

Publication Date: 
09/12/2013
Bosky Khanna [2]
Deccan Herald (Bangalore) [3]
Tags:
Karnataka [4], Bangalore (T) [5], Trees [6], Municipal Corporation [7], High Court [8], Deforestation [9], Ecology [10], Forests [11]
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