Though the proposal to widen the 2.5 km Jayamahal Road from Mehkri Circle to Cantonment Bridge is two years old, the fate of 112 trees on Jayamahal Road and 260 on Ballari Road has been a stumbling block. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has begun the transplantation of trees to make way for widening of Jayamahal Road in a “scientific manner”. “Urban tree management techniques are different from forest tree management. The High Court of Karnataka had set September as deadline for the BBMP to widen Jayamahal Road, along with a 2-km stretch of Ballari Road between Mehkri Circle and BDA junction. As for the transplantation on Jayamahal Road, Mr. Reddy said it is like a “major surgery on a living body” for which precautions need to be taken before and after the operation.