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S Lalitha ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has decided to plant 20,000 saplings in its Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout and Sir M Vishweshwaraiah Layout to create a green cover. The venture could cost the authority around Rs 2 crore. The modalities for the agencies which will come forward to take up the job are being worked out.”BDA was likely to permit 10,000 saplings at its KG Layout and an equal number at Vishweshwaraiah Layout, he added. In May, the forum had charged that NPKL had transformed from a green belt area to a red belt one in seven years. “BDA needs to start the plantation drive before it becomes a concrete belt,” it said..