Overview
- - The Forest Department says it has received about 2,300 objections to the National Highways Authority of India plan and is sorting them for a report to the state government.
- - The proposal seeks permission to remove 561 roadside and median trees for a flyover at Kempegowda Circle and for widening toward Nanjangud and T. Narasipur.
- - Officials say each tree will be documented by species and girth and moved where feasible, with about 350 affected at the flyover site near Manipal Hospital.
- - Mysuru–Kodagu MP Yaduveer backed transplanting and pledged three saplings for every tree cut, and the Forest Minister asked for detailed relocation plans.
- - Citizen groups are pressing for an Environmental Impact Assessment and alternative routes, citing last year’s Hyder Ali Road backlash and warning that loss of mature shade trees would raise heat and hurt street life.