The ongoing road widening works of the state highways department is taking a toll on the green cover in the city and suburbs as over 600 trees will be removed from the city's landscape after the completion of the entire project. The state highways department has been granted permission from the forest and revenue departments to cut these trees as per the requirement of their proposal.
"The permission has already been granted and the highways department is proceeding as per their proposal. They are removing trees and electric poles to widen these roads," said a senior revenue department official.
The widening works will be carried out on Thadagam Road from Government College of Technology to Edayarpalayam covering a stretch of 3.5 kilometers at an estimated cost of Rs 2.64 crores. As many as 250 trees will be axed for the project to widen the road from the existing 6.5 metres to about 15 metres, making it a four lane road to ease the flow of traffic. The work is expected to begin soon.
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