The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Krishna Byre Gowda targets ‘paper plantation’ in Bengaluru
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The Hindu Bureau
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Greater Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has criticized the civic body for failing to implement tree-planting initiatives despite budget allocations. He has mandated that agencies must now pay for the planting of ten saplings for every tree removed for development projects.
As a mandatory exercise, the erstwhile Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) took up the planting of one lakh trees every year, with a budget earmarked for the initiative.
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