Community Protest against building a road through GKVK
‘Save GKVK’ Campaign – Community Protest
Date: 10:00 am – 11:00 am, Sunday, October 11, 2009
Venue: GKVK Main Gate on Bellary Road
Program: Protest against proposed 80 feet link road through GKVK campus
Issue
Proposed construction of a major 80 feet link road through GKVK campus entailing cutting of 3000 trees and destruction of several research plots
Current Status
GKVK has transferred the land to BBMP. BBMP has felled hundreds of trees and has initiated civil works. Court has issued stay order on further felling of trees. Forest department has filed a FIR and is investigating the issue. However, BBMP is still planning to carry on with road work. We have now lost hundreds of trees, but the land still remains. We can atleast regrow the trees and we can prevent a road from running through a green patch and destroying it. If we lose the land, we lose the battle fully and we’ll have a road running through an urban green patch, impacting the rest of the green patch negatively!