The selfish world likes to sacrifice the environment in the name of development. How polluted the environment was, these trees were not dead. Even if the trees have to be removed, they could have been relocated to some other areas in Kathmandu. I hope the road expansion can fulfill the exponential vehicle growth that Kathmandu is going to see. Mass transportation is the only sustainable approach for such heavily populated areas. But the government and most people think road expansion is going to solve traffic chaos. Perhaps, we want to live/see for only few years and don't want to see anything beyond.