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Twenty more trees are being axed in front of Bell International Hotel adjacent to Bangalore for the construction of Bangalore Metro’s Central Railway Station at Majestic area.Out of the 20 trees, some are rain trees which are quite old. Even the trees planted in the median in front of the Bell Hotel have been cut much to the worry of environmentalists. From now on, people do not get even a little shade on this stretch from the Goodshed Road to the City Railway Station. This boulevard is too old and the old timers still recall the trees that were like natural umbrella.The cutting of these trees is being taken up at a time when the citizens are complaining of sultry weather not only during summer season, but also during other seasons. The trees are being cut at night to escape from the opposition of environmentalists.On Saturday morning, motorists were shocked to see the cutting of almost all the trees on this stretch. Trucks were busy in clearing their trunks and roots.A forest officer, on the condition of anonymity said, out of 20 trees, nine have already been given to contractor on auction and those trees have been axed. “Remaining nine trees will be chopped soon,” he added.