The Karnataka authorities is planning to assemble a multi-storey constructing in Bengaluru’s Cubbon Park. The constructing, which may have at the least seven to eight flooring, will function the workplace of the state Election Fee.
The case was pending earlier than the Karnataka Excessive Court docket and in 2019, it permitted the development of the constructing inside Cubbon Park with out chopping down any timber.
The federal government has taken up the matter of establishing the constructing once more.
Many environmentalists and activists are in opposition to the federal government’s determination, saying the development of a constructing would disturb the ecology within the park.
Cubbon Park is a inexperienced area within the coronary heart of Bengaluru and on weekends, even vehicular motion is banned inside it.