A complete of seven,500 trees to be impacted by the road-widening projects around the town
A complete of seven,500 trees to be impacted by the road-widening projects around the town
With hundreds of trees set to be felled for infrastructure growth around Bengaluru, Karnataka’s Public Works Department (PWD) has undertaken an enormous tree transplantation programme in six main road-widening projects involving 154.82 km.
According to official sources within the PWD, about 7,500 trees can be affected by road-widening works around Bengaluru. Of them, 2,104 trees can be transplanted to around lakes and barren land within the metropolis and on the outskirts of the town. As many as 4,260 trees are recognized for felling, whereas 1,136 have been recognized for retention.
A six-member professional committee of the University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bengaluru, has prompt a strategy for transplantation of trees.
Road projects
Sources stated the KRDL has taken up road-widening works from Budigere Cross on the nationwide freeway to KIA through Bengaluru; Nelamangala to Madhure through Gollahalli;Â Madhure to Devanahalli Road through Rajanakunte; Bidadi to Jigani through Harohalli; Bannerghatta to Anekal through Jigani; and Anekal to Katanallur Gate on NH-Four through Attibele, Sarjapur, Varthur, totalling 154.82 km.
Tree transplantation course of undertaken by the KRDL at Budigere Cross in Bengaluru.
Types of trees which are recognized for transplantation embody gulmohar, sissoo, honge, kaya, arali, bevu, basari, neelgiri, acacia, and cassia fistula.
A complete of 18 areas have been recognized for the transplantation of trees. Transplantation can be taken up around lakes/tanks of Hoskote, Hessarghatta, Sonnenahalli, Shanubhoganahalli, Mailanahalli, Dibbur, Singanayakanahalli, Gantiganahalli, Nalasandra, Haragadde, Arehalli, Yamare, Gunjur, Bettakore forest space, and areas of Anchebere Madappanadoddi, Krishna Doddi, and Mandur, sources informed The Hindu on Saturday. Machinery equivalent to earthmovers, tractors, tippers, and cranes can be used within the transplantation course of.
Care for trees
The transplanted trees ought to be watered each day for about three years, stated professional committee headed by C. Nagarajaiah, professor, Department of Forestry and Environment, UAS, GKVK.
Experts stated all of the transplanted trees ought to be inspected for illness infestation or insect assault each week. Infestation ought to be reported to authorities involved for finishing up remedial measures by spraying accepted insecticide or fungicide. Further, specialists stated obligatory silvicultural practices ought to be adopted, primarily based on the nutrient deficiency.
Other components that decide the well being of a transplanted tree included location, kind of soil, nature of root construction, and species of the tree.
Public Works Minister C.C. Patil has issued a round instructing division engineers to make most efforts to save trees whereas setting up buildings of schools and courts in city areas. Nearly 1,500 trees have been transplanted in several street projects within the State.
