Summary:
The government was awaiting a Supreme Court order along with a demand for temporary lifting the ban for at least six months for post-flood rehabilitation activities. Later, the Supreme Court also ratified the order of the High Court stating that the forests primarily belonged to animals and tribespeople. The night traffic ban was imposed by the Chamarajnagar District Collector in June 2009, though the Karnataka government withdrew the order. Besides, the proposal has to be approved by the Finance Department and finally get endorsed by the State Cabinet. However, he said, the government had apprehensions over the huge expenditure of constructing elevated corridors of one-km length..