HASSAN: In a major blow to the environment, nearly 11,000 trees will be chopped off to widen road between Hassan and Dakshina Kannada. The first phase will cover Hassan-Maranhalli stretch (48km), while the second one covers Maranhalli-BC Road stretch (63km).As per the plan, the road will be widened to 45m. Majority of them were fully grown.Hassan DCF Manjunath said that for the road-widening work, 11,000 trees — both big and small — will have to be cut. Already, 50% of trees on either side of the road has been chopped. Once the present two-lane road is four-laned, travel time between Bengaluru and Mangaluru via Hassan is expected to reduce to 5 hours from the present 8 hours.Work on the Hassan to BC Road (Bantwal Cross Road) stretch, which is 111km, has been taken up in two phases.
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