Bhopal Road Plan Could Put Nearly 290,000 Trees At Risk

Bhopal has a draft plan for many new or wider roads.

Altogether, the planned roads would stretch about 791 kilometres.

Experts looked at another road project where about 6,000 trees were cut along 16.44 kilometres.

If Bhopal’s roads affected trees at the same rate, the number could be around 289,000.

But that is only a comparison, not a prediction of how many trees will actually be cut.

The final number depends on where the roads go and what trees are already there.

It also depends on how much land is needed and how much roads need to be widened.

Experts say those details are not yet settled.