138 trees on the St John's hospital road (Koramangala) have been marked for cutting for widening of the already wide road.
The trees that lined the Golf course on the Windsor Manor road have been chopped off for road widening.
The lovely big trees on Hosur road (between Madiwala junction and St john's road on the right) have been marked for cutting for road widening I suppose. Only a few of those Banyan trees are left now. I don't know for how long.
I saw a large hole in the earth where a tree used to be at Malleshwaram circle (for flyover this time)
I cannot explain the feeling of emptiness I feel when I see these holes. These trees have been around or were around before I was born. I have no idea how to save these trees. Bangalore, I am told needs more space to breathe. But what are we going to breathe? Oh we are going to pay so dearly for all this callousness.
I don't see a reason why I should continue to defend my decision to stay in Bangalore. Actually I do have a line of defence...a known devil is better than an unknown angel.
The trees that lined the Golf course on the Windsor Manor road have been chopped off for road widening.
The lovely big trees on Hosur road (between Madiwala junction and St john's road on the right) have been marked for cutting for road widening I suppose. Only a few of those Banyan trees are left now. I don't know for how long.
I saw a large hole in the earth where a tree used to be at Malleshwaram circle (for flyover this time)
I cannot explain the feeling of emptiness I feel when I see these holes. These trees have been around or were around before I was born. I have no idea how to save these trees. Bangalore, I am told needs more space to breathe. But what are we going to breathe? Oh we are going to pay so dearly for all this callousness.
I don't see a reason why I should continue to defend my decision to stay in Bangalore. Actually I do have a line of defence...a known devil is better than an unknown angel.
3 comments:
What u say is true... but is there any other way when a city grows? There is a price to pay for progress is it not?
I agree Rekha that development comes at a price. But who's getting the benefits and who's paying for it?
:-(! And those lovely trees sidelining MG Road! It used to provide such a nice respite.... :-(
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