The Karnataka Protection of Trees Act was passed in 1976. Decades after the Act was passed, multiple court orders, and persistent public pressure BBMP finally began to count the trees. As of January 2025, only 4,16,888 trees had been counted. Ganghadharan B writes about the misidentified species, incorrect mapping, missing entries and flawed data on BBMP dashboard. https://citizenmatters.in/bengaluru-tree-census-data-problem-misidentification-species-green-cover/