200-year-old mango grove facing the axe

  • 21/04/1999

  • Hindu (New Delhi)

A 200-year-old mango grove may be among the casualties of the proposed Bangalore Mysore Expressway. The trees are in Sompura village of Kengeri Hobli, Bangalore Rural District, Mr. Honnappa, a retired revenue official, owns the 34-acre farm where the mangoes grow. According to him, the trees were old even during his grandfather's time.