Bhubaneswar, June 26 -- In another shocking development for the nature lovers, Odisha government has decided to fell around 200 more trees to widen road from Fire Station square to Munda Sahi square in Bhubaneswar.Though the State government finally succumbed to the pressure following massive protests from different sections of the society and backtracked on its plan of cutting many old and valuable trees for the construction of multi-storey buildings for MLAs in Bhubaneswar, it has already started the process of felling the trees for the expansion of road.

As per reports, the R&B division has sought permission from the Enviornment Department to cut those trees in the vicinity of CRPF campus. Moreover, the process for felling has already...