News regarding developments always makes way in Bengaluru. On Tuesday, the controversial public hearing for the Bengaluru Peripheral Ring Road was set to be held by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) and the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), has now been canceled.  The meeting was scheduled at 11 am at Nityotsava Kalyana Mantapa in Singanayakanahalli, Doddaballapura Road. News regarding the cancellation of the meeting was announced by state Forest Minister Anand Singh who accepted the requests by citizen groups like Citizens of Bengaluru and others on account of the ongoing pandemic.

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The project proposed involves laying of 65.5 km of an 8-lane road network between Tumakuru  Road on the west and Hosur Road on the east via Ballari Road and Old Madras Road. The meeting was of interest to many, who were opposing the project as it would involve uprooting more than 30,000 trees, including in forest areas, according to the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report. Other than the high number of trees that would be cut, the project was slated to affect multiple water bodies including the Thippagondanahalli (TG Halli) Reservoir’s catchment area. 

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The reservoir is a major water source for Bengaluru. The EIA was conducted after the Supreme Court had pulled up the BDA in March over its previous EIA, in which it was erroneously claimed that only 16,000-odd trees will be cut. Many had called for the postponement of the meet as they felt that the infrastructure project was not a priority in times of a pandemic. 

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