A few years back, citing the problems of maintaining the old building, my neighbours demolished their 70-year-old ancestral home to construct an apartment complex through a Joint Venture, which resulted in cutting down almost a dozen trees within the compound.
The apartments are built efficiently without wasting space. Bay windows protrude onto the footpath, half the resident's vehicles have to be parked on the streets, and so much so that there isn't even space to grow a blade of grass. Of course, in no time, the apartments got occupied. I was informed that the owner, who had kept a few apartments for himself, had sold a couple of them. The influx of new money has made the owner's only daughter appear more affluent.
Cut to scene 2: The local government had decided to build a flyover over a busy intersection, which meant chopping a dozen gigantic old trees around. Naturally, the civil society protested and called for a meeting with the authorities. I read that the participants wanted to retain old Bengaluru, and the meeting ended with arguing and sloganeering.
Cut to scene 3: The other day, on my way to my friend's place, I stumbled upon a group of people who had formed a human chain around the junction and amongst them, my neighbour's daughter was holding a placard that read "Save the Green".
