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Road-widening, Metro cost City 60K trees in 15 years [1]

Axing the future: According to Environmental Support Group, 50,000 trees were felled to widen a series of streets in the late 2000s.

Publication Date: 
11/08/2015
Prashanth G N [2]
Deccan Herald (Bangalore) [3]
Tags:
Karnataka [4], Trees [5], Bangalore (T) [6], Deforestation [7], Environmentalists [8], Roads [9], Forests [10]

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