BANGALORE: The High Court on Tuesday directed petitioners opposing the widening of Sankey Tank Road to file counter affidavit by J..
BANGALORE: The High Court on Tuesday directed petitioners opposing the widening of Sankey Tank Road to file counter affidavit by July 18, until then it ordered the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) not to cut any trees.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice H G Ramesh, passed the order after BBMP filed objections to the petition by green activist Dr Meenakshi Bharath against the widening of Sankey Tank Road by BBMP and to declare the road as illegal. The bench also directed to post the matter before a division bench headed by Justice Majula Chellur who had heard the matter on July 1.
The BBMP, in its objection, clarified that it has reduced the width of the road with an intention to save the trees and if it strictly implements the revised Master Plan2015, it has to cut 733 trees in total. In the year 2004, the planning authority published a draft revised master plan for the entire BBMP area inviting objections from the public, authorities and associations and so on. In addition to revised master plan2015, the principal secretary, Urban Development Department had called the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) consisting of several technical experts with regard to study of Sankey Tank Road widening and the Palike is strictly implementing the report by DULT.The BBMP or the BDA has not violated any provisions of law while implementing the revised Master Plan 2015 so the proposal to widen the road is not contrary to zoning regulations is false and incorrect, the civic agency contended.The civic agency further gave details that the road from CNR Road to Jayamahal via Mekhri Circle is catering the needs of the members of the public passing on eastern part of the city and the road from CNR Circle to Cauvery Junction is catering the needs of the public passing on western parts of the city.
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