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Hyder Ali Road widened
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Hyder Ali Road widened

March 24, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: The road-levelling and widening works on Hyder Ali Road in Nazarbad, Mysuru, are nearing completion, with the newly developed twin carriageway already opened to traffic. The stretch from Superintendent of Police (SP) Office Circle to Kalikamba Temple near Nexus Mall, which was earlier about 10 metres wide, has now been expanded to 30 metres…

Road turns sleek, but trees vanish
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Road turns sleek, but trees vanish

March 24, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: While the Hyder Ali Road has been widened and transformed into a sleek twin carriageway along the 360-metre stretch between Kalikamba Temple and SP Office Circle, the makeover has come at a high ecological cost. More than 40 trees were felled overnight on April 17, 2025, to make way for the project, sparking outrage…

Hyder Ali Road: The Conundrum Continues!
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Hyder Ali Road: The Conundrum Continues!

January 25, 2026

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Very recently, all Mysuru-loving Mysureans were rudely jolted awake after a clandestine midnight operation by the authorities felled forty fully grown copper pod trees on the stretch of Hyder Ali Road running between the Police Quarters and the Karnataka Police Academy. Outraged citizens even held protests, upon which they…

Hyder Ali Road levelling, widening works pick up
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Hyder Ali Road levelling, widening works pick up

January 20, 2026

Mysore/Mysuru: The road levelling and widening project on Hyder Ali Road in Nazarbad is progressing at a rapid pace. The existing 10-metre-wide stretch is being expanded to 30 metres as part of a comprehensive redevelopment initiative. The project, being implemented at an estimated cost of Rs. 4 crore, includes the construction of a central median,…

Hyder Ali Road widening project gains momentum
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Hyder Ali Road widening project gains momentum

July 9, 2025

2.5-metre median with plants, footpaths and streetlights planned Mysore/Mysuru: The road widening project on Hyder Ali Road in Nazarbad is progressing rapidly. The existing 10-metre-wide stretch is being expanded to 30 metres as part of a comprehensive redevelopment initiative. The project, taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 4 crore, includes the construction of…

Hyder Ali Road works stalled
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Hyder Ali Road works stalled

June 26, 2025

Activists demand accountability for 40 axed trees; seek proof of compensatory sapling plantation Mysuru: High drama was witnessed on Hyder Ali Road at Nazarbad this morning as environmentalists forced the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to halt road-widening work, demanding proof of compensatory sapling plantation for the 40 fully grown trees felled in April. Activists of…

Mysuru can be a model city for tree protection
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Mysuru can be a model city for tree protection

May 12, 2025

Form Committee to identify heritage trees in city, celebrate them annually, says Senior Botanist Mysuru: The recent felling of 40 trees on Hyder Ali Road has outraged the citizens of Mysuru. In a bid to find solutions to stop further tree felling, Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) conducted an interaction session with Botanist and former Senior…

Tall Trees, in Tall Trouble
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Tall Trees, in Tall Trouble

May 4, 2025

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A full two weeks have passed, after forty majestic copper-pod trees (Peltophorum pterocarpum) along the two sides of the Hyder Ali Road in our city, were chopped down in a very swift and clandestine operation, that was cunningly planned and quickly executed, under the cover of darkness. It was…

Tree massacre: Environmentalist lodges complaint with Lokayukta
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Tree massacre: Environmentalist lodges complaint with Lokayukta

April 28, 2025

Mysuru: Environmentalist Bhanu Mohan has lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta regarding chopping down of 40 fully grown trees on Hyder Ali Road in city for road-widening. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan in city recently, Bhanu Mohan said that though there was no necessity to widen Hyder Ali Road, the trees were chopped…

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