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Environmentalists and concerned citizens have questioned the necessity and legality of the act. Media reports suggest there was no urgent need for road widening in this area, yet the trees were axed in apparent haste. - Forest Minister Eshwar B. Khandre

Mysuru: Forest Minister Eshwar B. Khandre has ordered a probe into the felling of 40 fully-grown trees on Hyder Ali Road in Mysuru, an act that has sparked widespread public outrage.

"Environmentalists and concerned citizens have questioned the necessity and legality of the act. Media reports suggest there was no urgent need for road widening in this area, yet the trees were axed in apparent haste," the Minister said in a letter sent las...