TAIPING: Hundreds of shady jati trees planted under a programme to green the environment about three years ago will be felled to make way for a road-widening exercise at Jalan Kuala Kangsar-Butterworth here.
While replanting the trees, known scientifically as Tectona grandis, would be an ideal option, the cost of such an exercise is commercially prohibitive.
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