Perpetually Perplexed

In today's DH there is an article about 52 trees to be chopped on Mysore road for widening of the road. Already the road looks like a desert. Since last 2 years many trees have already been cut. You remember the days when travelling on that road, sun rays never touched you. Once upon a time, our city was called garden city, with beautiful weather, tall shady trees all around. It is a good thing that at least on Sankey road, people are protesting against felling of trees. Is the BBMP supposed to plant a tree, for each tree it cuts? If so, where are these newly planted trees?

  These brahut mahanagar palike people have decided to convert Bangalore from Garden City to Desert city.  how many tree have been chopped in last year? Is there no way to stop them? Or if it is really necessary to cut the trees, do they plant trees in other locations. The plants in large cement pots in Mysore road flyover are just sitting there idly without a single extra leaf I think.      All in the name of namma metro I think. By the time metro is ready, I think we will have only that and nothing else.