Mangaluru: Nearly 50 trees being felled at Valencia for road widening

Tue, Dec 22 2015 05:40:07 PM

Pics: Ramesh Pandith
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Dec 22: On the directions of the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) several trees along the Valencia - Nandigudda circle stretch were chopped down on Tuesday December 22 for the purpose of widening the road.

It is learnt that about 48 trees along the stretch from Fatima Retreat House will be cut. The MCC has been granted permission by the forest department for the operation, with the condition that saplings will be planted in their stead.

Mayor of MCC Jacintha Alfred speaking to daijiworld said that the trees are being cut for the purpose of widening the stretch. "We have obtained the clearance from the forest department and we will widen the concrete road till the Mannagudda circle," she said.

The district forest officer Hanumanthappa speaking to Daijiworld confirmed the same.

The work on widening the said road is underway from Father Muller Hospital junction from a few days.

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rajan, bangalore
Sat, Dec 26 2015
those who support deforestation directly or indirectly will one day be cut off from the planet, just like chennai flood...

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Jai Sri Ram, Mangalore
Thu, Dec 24 2015
First plant new trees in approprite place, then cut the exiting trees. Infact this should have been done 5-10 yeas back when MCC started to plan widening the road. Don't cut the trees before a new one is planted.

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Dylan, Mangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
People will never understand. Some fools constructed roads in Mangalore around 2008 and never thought that when there are good roads you will have more vehicle's and hence these fools should have thought of parking and also the footpath for pedestrian's. Half of the road is used for parking purpose without any space for pedestrian's and at times even risking their lives.

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Karthik karkera, Mangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
It is really sad that 50 such huge trees are being cut, Localities in the past had protested and stopped this, they had even written to the minister and concerned authorities to acquire church land and create one more lane on both sides and leave these trees in between as divider to two lanes, MCC easily cuts down trees but incase of a building they never demolish even if it illegal as the owner pays to MCC, even in PVS circle, two huge trees were cut on one side to broaden the road while on the other side where a commercial complex exists that remains untouched, look at the condition of balmatta- bendoorwell road, huge houses on both the sides of the road have made road narrower in the city but no one cares

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RICH, Mangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
The main problem, we do not plan things properly. MUDA /MCC instead of allotting plots to people (many people take the plots to make premium like flats also)to construct dwelling units in areas like Bajpe, Kavoor ,Shakti nagar, they should have asked the builders to construct the high rise residential buildings, markets etc. in these areas, instead of in main city area. Here builders along with MUDA /MCC could have developed proper roads ,drainage & other facilities. Due to this wrong planning now they have to widen the roads by FELLING THE TREES ,increase the sizes of drainage/ drinking water pipes ,laying of additional electricity transmission lines etc. in the main city area. Making correction in existing facilities costs much more than providing the new once. Ultimately the people have to face burden for all the wrong doings of MUDA/MCC by paying more taxes.

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H. Almeida. , Bendur/ Andheri.
Wed, Dec 23 2015
DESPICABLE CREATURES !!!!!!!!!!!!! VALENCIA, A BEAUTIFUL SERENE, PLACE, WHERE MY ANCESTORS LIVED !!!!!!!!!!!!!! THESE RASCALS, HAVE THE GALL TO DISMEMBER TREES... WHO PROTECT US FROM ENVIRONMENT DEGRADATION !!!!!!!!!!!! WHERE ARE ALL THE SO CALLED LEADERS & INTELLECT WHO PROFOUND..... FOR A CLEAN GREEN ENVIRONMENT !!!!!!!!!!

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Rahul Radhakrishna, Saudi arabia
Wed, Dec 23 2015
WHY DO THESE PEOPLE CUT DOWN TREES FOR THE WIDENING OF ROADS, PLEASE DONT CUT DOWN THESE TREES, THINK THE FUTURE WORLD OR MANGALORE, THINK WHATS GONA HAPPEN IF THEY CUT DOWN ALL THE TREES, THERE ARE MANY OTHER OPTION TO WIDEN THE ROAD WITHOUT CUTTING DOWN THE TREES, THERE ARE ADVANCED ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES, PLEASE THINK ON IT , JUST LOOK THAT ROADS WITH TREES AND THE ROADS WITHOUT TREES, PLEASE STOP THIS PEOPLE AND PLEASE STOP IT KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT, PLEASE...........WE HAVE GOT MANY GOOD THINGS IN INDIA WHEN COMPARED TO OTHER COUNTRIES SO DO MAKE OUR MANGALORE A DESERT , YOU GUYS ARE GONA KILL YOURSELF.....STOP IT PLEASE

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ABD, LOS ANGELES
Wed, Dec 23 2015
DOUBLE STANDARD OF DONGI CONGIS EXPOSED...IN 2009 WHY WERE THEY PROTESTING AGAINST BJP GOVERNMENT ALONG WITH VALENCIA LOCALITIES WHEN THEY HAD PLANNED OF WIDENING OF ROADS???

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Aj, Jeppu
Wed, Dec 23 2015
Was road widening required. Will MCC plant new trees on roadside after road widening.?

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vassu, kudla
Wed, Dec 23 2015
Road widening for development of city is good but all these extra spaces are used by lorries and other heavy vehicles for parking them overnight. This is specially seen opposite St. Anns school pandeshwar and adjacent to Nehru Maidaan main road from Town Hall to RTO. One side of the road always has buses and trucks parked all along. It is surprising indeed that the authorities are turning a blind eye to all this.

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pradeep, Mangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
I always used to go on this road with my son and feel i am in Goa, decent road green surrounding churches clean environment. Today my 10 years old son saying "poppa now we are in Mangalore road, not in goa. He also very sad. It is very surprise to know, Catholic local Mayor, MLC Ivon D'souza, MLA Mr.Lobo can't protest it. History always remember in their period, Valencia lost its beauty and greenery.

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RAKESH DSOUZA, mangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
Climate change..

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Amith, Mangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
What is the use of broadening road?if you all parking your vehicle on the road and block the road like in-front of ksrtc road bejai.and balmata

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Chris, Bajpe
Wed, Dec 23 2015
The need of the hour is to Address the Road Block in Nantoor and Pumpwell Circle... There is literally no block on the stretch where the trees are cut down.

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sharath, MANGALORE
Wed, Dec 23 2015
some years back there is some people protesting about this. i think now they are died.

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rajesh shetty, vamanjoor/bahrain
Wed, Dec 23 2015
pls allow road work,dont politicize congress/bjp.we need good roads,easy to criticize,also request,ksrtc buses to ply in and within city,and dump the private buses,which have killed enough 2 wheelers.lets all unite for this move pls.and let corporation do their work,it after all benefit for all loving kudla people.

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Raj Bangera, Kudla
Wed, Dec 23 2015
Cutting trees for Widening roads...We have to research on these issue...As this is common issue in developing countries.

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hussain, mangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
It is big tragedy the trees are being cut. Road widening planer can design road even without cutting the trees.
City of Bangalore is called air conditioned city. plants are centre and both sides of the road.

Barcelona city in Spain one of the most beautiful cities ever i have seen has full of trees at the centre and sides of the road.

what needs from planing dept. is awareness of green and plan accordingly

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Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai
Wed, Dec 23 2015
Bijlee, Sadak, Pani is the footprint for all SMART CITIES ...

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abdulla, india
Wed, Dec 23 2015
Formula:
1: 10
so now plant min 500 trees/plants elsewhere to balance the nature..as they grow .. many might perish..
but India should be the next AMAZON or Rain forest...
Need fresh air..oxygen and bot Carbon dioxide..
so educate the children..students..

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Anand, Mangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
I have objections in felling the trees from Valencia to Nandigudda.

Mainly because I was born and raised in this vicinity. First of all the stretch from Val to Nandi is surrounded by churches, schools, ashram and cemeteries and there are no commercial establishments on either side of the road due to this there is no traffic congestion as is evident in the pictures above.

Most of the residents especially elderly people go for morning walks in this peaceful road.

Traffic starts getting congested from kankanady onwards towards Bendur, Balmatta etc. Here there are no footpaths even and people are forced to walk on the roads. No parking space either.

Where there is a genuine need to broaden the road there is no scope and therefore eyes are to cut the trees from Valencia to Nandigudda.

After cutting the trees, the best that can happen is a motorist coming from Nandigudda will be able to reach upto kankanady little faster maybe 1 minute but thereafter again they have to endure the same congestion so the advantages are negligible.

Further making a highway in a rather peaceful neighbourhood would be a nightmare for the local residents and they have to quit walking altogether.

My keen observation travelling to some countries with history is that utilise that extra space by making a path for pedestrians to enjoy their walks and this can be done without cutting even a single tree.

Trees need to be cut when making a highway or in a commercial area where it can obstruct movement. I do not see any urgency here for time being.

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Jags, Mangalore / Dubai
Wed, Dec 23 2015
I do Agree with you... this kind of new projects are granted only to get commissions through various contractors.

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Peter, Bolkunje/Mangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
Anand, very soon you will see the urgency. Number of busses plying on this stretch has quadrupled. The old people doing their morning walks, walk on the road only which is dangerous both for the vehicle drivers and themselves. It is better to have broad roads with footpaths rather than having old trees which will fall during the rains with heavy winds and rainstorms. Think about it.

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Anand, Mangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
Mr. Peter, you have not got my point. There is scope for road expansion here definitely but hardly for about say 1000 metres. I ask how will you widen roads from Kankanady onwards where actual widening is required. Will you demolish the buildings and the malls?

Secondly when concretisation was done on Bendur road, the concrete was stretched till the gutter and footpath was never made. I fear MCC will repeat the same mistake on this road too i.e. they will broaden the road till it reaches the wall of the school and may not create a footpath going by their past record. Secondly they promise to plant saplings and may do it in the first year but may not do maintenance thereby leaving the saplings to die.

If you have travelled to Europe (not Gulf) you will find the roads are narrow there too but there is no traffic congestion there. By demolishing the existing bus stops on this road and pushing it little inside will enable free flow of traffic peacefully.

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Peter, Bolkunje/Valencia
Wed, Dec 23 2015
Anand, this is for your information only. I have travelled all over Europe, USA too. I want to just stop here.

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Well wisher, Mangalore
Thu, Dec 24 2015
Precisely written. Your observation is completely correct . In other words, this will create a greater bottleneck from Kankanady onwards which is already a nightmare.

One solution is to temporarily stop issuing permits to new buses, ricks and private / passenger cars. Another is to not allow buses on this stretch .

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ABD, LOS ANGELES
Wed, Dec 23 2015
WHAT WAS IVAN D'SOUZA DOING WHEN TREES WERE BEING CUT ???? I REMEMBER WHEN B.J.P GOVERNMENT HAD PLANNED FOR CHOPPING OF TREES FOR ROAD WIDENING HE WAS THE ONE WHO LED THE PROTEST MARCH.....PRESENT CONGI GOV'T IS FOOLING PEOPLE...!!!

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kamath, mangalore Bangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
old trees are threat.. they may fall any moment.. nothing must come in the way of development.. same time government must plant 2 plants for each tree cut.. People want nature to be preserved only in government lands.. so many flats and commercial buildings r there in Mangalore i haven't seen at least a single tree in any compound :) they concrete the surroundings to park their vehicles but dont have little place for single tree and protest against development..

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Peter, Bolkunje/Valencia
Tue, Dec 22 2015
What a blessing to all! Long overdue. Those trees have completed their purpose for which they were planted. They were good when people were walking to run their errands. Who is walking these days? Have seen people boarding a bus from Retreat house bus stop to Jerosa school bus stop. Also what a tremendous increase in the number of busses plying from Mangaladevi and Morgan gate. MCC has done a good job. Hats off to them. True instead of one old tree 4 can be planted for those die hard fresh air breathers. The old trees were nothing but a hazard for those walking during the rains as the branches would be torn apart and fall. Come on be reasonable and support this action of MCC. Well done.

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Ranju, Mangalore
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Mr.Adarsh I see only U have commented like a responsible citizen. Valid suggestion sir. Wht if 1 looses one's own coz of narrow road? Trees can be planted again, can any1 get the son,husband,dad,friend back? I think In this regard Mr.Adarsh has given a valid answer.

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Shekar Moily Padebettu, Udupi/India
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Good news from development point of view but sad to see that trees are being cut at the cost of nature's beauty.Tomorrow BD/RSS/Rama Sena will organize Haratal and protest.Bolo Bharath Mata Ki,Jai.Jai Karnataka,Jai Mangaluru.

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Arjun Neil Menezes, Dubai
Tue, Dec 22 2015
heartbroken, the two lane road is sufficient for the traffic here as not much things are available on either side of the road, never gonna travel this road again as I can't see this road without those trees which I've seen all my life, in fact these trees were a heritage previously starting from mallikatta all the way till Marnimikatta :(

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kamath, mangalore Bangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
development is also necessary.. trees can't b hurdle for development.. v can plant more plants suitable for city limits.. not only in government land also in our private land..!

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Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai
Tue, Dec 22 2015
At least people will stop dying from ACCIDENTS ...

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HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain
Tue, Dec 22 2015
By the way, How many trees are chopped down to make paper for daily newspaper circulation, any rough estimate???

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Antony Fernandes, Mangaluru/USA
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Good job Mangalore Mayor. I appreciate your broad mind in giving a thought for widening the roads in Mangalore. Trees where planted when people were less in Mangalore. Now that the city is developing there is a need for broad roads. Keep up the good job. God bless you. Let the environmentalists plant trees on barren land and not on roads.

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G.R PRABHU, Bejai
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Cutting the trees and planting new trees do simulation.

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Rajesh Kottari, Mangalore
Tue, Dec 22 2015
This will join the Mangala Corniche ultimately. one more ADB loan ?

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Anand, Mangalore
Tue, Dec 22 2015
What happened to those protests that had stopped this work few years back and protesters! Very sad incident! Deforestation in the name of development is very dangerous! Nature has its own way to balance the loss. We are digging our own graves!

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Achhu, Mlore
Tue, Dec 22 2015
We should analyse benefits and importance of road widening at this place, if it is really required then cutting of trees acceptable.

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Sashikala K., Near Mpisis, Morgan's Gate
Tue, Dec 22 2015
The height of all foolishness : Between Morgan's Gate and Mangalore Club, a distance of 300 meters, the MCC has constructed 6 road humps. There has never been an accident so far. This is a record and should come out in the Guinness world record book. I wonder as to who's brilliant idea it was considered and done ? Infact this would create accidents because the street lighting is very bad / poor.

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Theresa Dsouza, Jeppu
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Many of these trees are too old and hollow inside ( pokul in konkani ) as seen in the pictures. They are very dangerous too esp. with schools around. These rain trees are fast growing and new similar plants can be planted on the side of the new extended concrete road.

Only hope that there won't be any silly / idiotic protest ( SAVE ME ) like last time.

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Damodar Bhat, Udupi
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Many of these trees are old and hollow inside. Do you want it to fall on the children out there ?

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Rudolph Rego, Muscut / Mangalore
Tue, Dec 22 2015
We have to pay a certain price for development / infrastructure. Nothing wrong in felling a few trees to widen / construct a road. How many trees and plants have we cut in our own property to build a house or construct a building ? How many wooden doors and windows do we have in our own house ? The world will not come to an end.

There are a few ( uneducated in the subject ) people who have become environmentalists overnight. This is for their cheap political publicity.

Forget these 50 trees. I have planted on a barren hill over 200 coconut / 700 rubber sapplings in my farm recently at Gurpur.

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sri, Karkala
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Rubber is not economical these days. Instead go for teak wood sandal wood. Will be a huge fixed deposit after 50 years. Think of inter crop or boundary cultivation.

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Zeitgeist, Mangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
Cutting down a teak or sandal wood tree is not as easy as you make it out to be. Do you know that you cant cut down a sandal wood tree even if you might have planted it in your own property.

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adarsh, sullia/Mangalore
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Please go ahead and widen the roads....trees can be planted in place of the old ones. 4 in the place of 1. Should be planted soon after the completion of the work and be watered properly. Narrow and unscientific roads, dividers and Humps are causing lot of accidents.I'm sure many with the low ground clearance cars have had bad experiences on unscientific road humps.

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RICH, Mangalore
Tue, Dec 22 2015
It should not be that widening of roads are merely for vehicles.First consideration should be pedestrian/cycle path.Planting of 4 trees in lieu of 1 cut tree seems impossible as many places just side of the road high rise residential buildings ,markets etc have come .If MCC can plant one tree for 4 cut trees that itself is a big thing as they only have given permission for these buildings & now they can't plant trees inside the buildings while widening the roads.

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jeevan, mangalore
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Police must file FIR against the Mayor....

DAY IS NOT FAR TO BUY A BOTTLE OF FRESH AIR TO BREATH IN KUDLA...

What we expect from Congi Mayor ???

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Rohit Shetty, Mangalore
Tue, Dec 22 2015
who is stopping you to file a complaint lol

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Prashant Suvarna, Mangalore
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Instead of advising others why can't you go and make a complaint..

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Harry DSOUZA, KODAGU / MANGALORE
Tue, Dec 22 2015
BRO, NO POLITICS PLEASE! EVEN B.J.P. MAYOR WILL DO THE SAME. ROAD WIDENING IS NEED OF THE HOUR IN MANGALURU WITH PATHWAYS.PLEASE TAKE INITIATIVE TO PLANT TREES AFTER THE ROAD WORK. ANYWAY I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN FOR THE JEEVA OF THE TREES!

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Santosh,K, Mangalore
Tue, Dec 22 2015
First you improve your self !!!!!

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ABD, LOS ANGELES
Tue, Dec 22 2015
100% TRUE JEEVAN...I AGREE WITH YOU

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Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai
Tue, Dec 22 2015
At least people will stop dying from ACCIDENTS ...

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Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai
Tue, Dec 22 2015
jeevan, your thinking is also negative like BJP ...

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HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Hey jeevan

Do u have any idea to widen the road without cutting the trees, come forward with your innovative ideas & don't blame Mayor for everything.

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india, indian
Wed, Dec 23 2015
jossey,
don't blame mayor coz so and so. idea is there if you use brain.
keep the trees in between of the road whats wrong? take diversions whts wrong. first you come out from bias.

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PHILIP SERRAO, MANGALORE/AUH
Tue, Dec 22 2015
What harm has the "Congi Mayor" dont to you that you want the police to file a FIR, Why that blah blah, why dont you take the initiative ?

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kamath, mangalore Bangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
plant more greenery.. mayor must order every compound must have at least one tree.. flats, house, shop, mall, commercial buildings, religious place anything.. a tree must b compulsory..

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Bryan, Bahrain
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Go get some sleep jeevan, you talk no sense...

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kaleel, Mangalore
Tue, Dec 22 2015
once road complete , plantation will be soon..
because those kind trees very fast grow up.
Green mangalure

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KARTHIK MUDDANNA (MUDHOLE), DANDELI
Wed, Dec 23 2015
TREES ARE RAPAKA GROWING....FIRST CLEAN THE PAJEERS...THESE KIND OF TREES GROWING...ENTHA HELTIRA SIR

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prem, q8
Tue, Dec 22 2015
hi..just want to know..will mcc ..plant any trees in city.so that we can see greenery nd breath at least a bit oxygen.its almost polluted city..wake up MCC OFFICIALS...ROADS r necessary..dnt ignore greenery

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PHILIP SERRAO, M'LORE/AUH
Tue, Dec 22 2015
It is clearly mentioned in the above article that MCC has been granted permission by forest dept to cut the trees on the condition that saplings will be planted in their stead. ..... is it clear to you jeevan, m'lore. Why do you ask silly questions ?

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Rahil, Mangalore
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Sad to see the trees been cut. There was no need to broaden this road as there is no much traffic only a good Concreate road construction would have been sufficient. They have cut the trees but when the road broadening work will begin?

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kamath, mangalore Bangalore
Wed, Dec 23 2015
you and i can't decide.. itz upto government.. first lets see how much sappling v have planted in our locality.. or watered them.. so many trees r cut to construct flats but not a single suppling is planted after construction..

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India First, India
Tue, Dec 22 2015
If Kambala is amounting to cruelty, then Road widening amounts to more cruelty as it end up in cutting and killing trees.... !

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PHILIP SERRAO, MANGALORE/AUH
Tue, Dec 22 2015
Silly comment from India First.Didnt you realise that the vegetables you are eating are plants that are CUT and KILLED for you to eat, and if you are a meat eater its the animals that are CUT and KILLED for you to eat. Mangalore needs roads widening which will also lead to development.

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Anti Corrupt, Mangalore, Kuwait
Wed, Dec 23 2015
Philip, let MCC broaden the roads in hampankatta where they can sacrifice govt land like govt hospital, nehru maidan, have good decent roads that will last longer, proper footpath before going to valencia.

Infact this stretch has no chance for becoming commercial street as it belongs to our catholic diocese -school, seminary, ashram, jeppu workshop. These trees were added beauty to this road and have left the area with coolness.

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India First, India
Wed, Dec 23 2015
PHILIP SERRAO, MANGALORE/AUH,

I think many readers not understood my comment properly. It was only a sarcasm...... !!

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