The Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has requested approval from the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) to remove 615 trees for the construction of sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Doddabele and Mallasandra areas. 

The request includes the removal of 355 trees at Doddabele to construct a 100 MLD STP and 310 trees at Mallasandra for another 100 MLD capacity STP. This request follows a similar one by the Council of Architecture, which sought permission to remove or translocate 355 trees at its Bengaluru University campus office compound for developmental works. The GBA’s forest department has invited public objections and suggestions within 10 days of the December 24 notification. 

"The responses will be placed before the tree committee, and based on its report, further steps will be taken," said a senior GBA official. The board's proposal is being considered under Section 3 (3) (vii) of the Karnataka Tree Preservation Act, 1976.