Bangalore was once known as Garden city with abundant
trees and many roads are named as “Sampige road”, “ Margosa Road”, “Cocoanut
Avenue”, “Avenue Road”, etc. This is all
a past glory and today we have concrete jungle, even spoiling the skyline.
With a view to restore atleast to some
extent, the cool salubrious climate of
Bangalore, trees act is enacted and according to the provisions of this act,
one has to obtain permission from the forest department, before cutting trees or falling down of trees, though in one’s own site. Bangalore ans are so conscious and attached to
the trees that they immediately inform the forest department, if they come
across any body falling down or chopping the tree, without even verifying
whether the proper permission has been taken or cutting tree falls under
permitted species.
The
following are the ten species of trees which are permitted to cut without any
permission from forest department:
Eucalyptus
Casuarinas
Coffee stumps
Cocoanut trees
A retrena
Hopia Whitiana
Subabul
Silver Oak
A gesse
Alvada
Forest department grants permission to cut trees on
various grounds. It may be a traffic hazard. Trees may be posing threat to
human life. Forest department permits the cutting of the trees during nights in
order not to cause inconvenience to the traffic. But people have tendency to
believe such nocturnal operations as stealthy.
The trees have natural life cycle and the birds may be trees weak by
creating number of hallows. If the tree is very old or mature civiculturally it
will fall and have a natural death. Such trees will be permitted to cut to
avoid any loss of human life and property.
The growth of the roots obstructs or damages the waterlines, sewage
systems, under lying cables, where forest department permits cutting of suchtrees.
When the owners apply for cuttingthe trees in the sites on the plea that the trees are obstructing the
construction of the houses, the department verifies the approved plan, which is
followed by visit of the Officials to the sites. Wherever possible alternative
plans are suggested without harming the trees.
Some of the trees grown in agricultural land for
revenue producing woods such as timber, rose wood and fire wood are permitted
to cut after a lapse of certain years and on the tree reaching approximate size
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