Citizens seek environmental assessment of Hebbal tunnel project
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Citizens have submitted a petition to the Karnataka government demanding a comprehensive environmental impact assessment for the proposed Hebbal tunnel project in Bengaluru.
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- A group of citizens presented a petition with over 21,000 signatures to the Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister to protest the Hebbal tunnel project.
- The project is expected to result in the removal of over 1,100 trees and the use of 3.5 acres of lake land.
- Concerned parties are calling for independent ecological, wildlife, and hydrological assessments to evaluate potential damage to the local biodiversity corridor and flood risks.
- Proponents of the assessment hope to prevent irreversible ecological harm to the region's protected species and water bodies.
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“The desilting of Hebbal Lake and the tunnel work will affect migratory birds”
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…the area’s biodiversity and wildlife, including Schedule I and other protected species, as well as ground-nesting and breeding birds. .Over 1,100 trees face the axe for Bengaluru's Hebbal tunnel's 2.3-km long stretch.“ The desilting of Hebbal Lake and the tunnel work will affect migratory birds ,” they said. .The delegation also called for the project’s impact on biodiversity, groundwater, lake hydrology and flood risk to be assessed together, rather than treating the trees and lake as isolated elements. .It…
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