Mysore/Mysuru: NSS students of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College, Mysuru, cleaning the Kukkarahalli Lake of water hyacinth and other invasive weeds recently. This weed, known as ‘Bengal Terror,’ obstructs sunlight thus reducing the quantum of oxygen gradually resulting in the death of fish and also the water body. NSS Programme Officer C.S. Siddaraju, Dr. K.M….
Mysore/Mysuru: Groups of NSS volunteers from the University of Mysore have taken up the task of cleaning the Kukkarahalli Lake of water hyacinth and other invasive weeds that have intertwined with each other, thereby choking the Lake. The picturesque lake provides much-needed lung space to the city and is dominated by water hyacinth (Eichornia). Conservationists…
Mysore/Mysuru: Environmental activists under the banner of Parisara Samrakshana Samiti staged a demonstration in front of Kukkarahalli Lake Main Gate along the Mysuru-Chamarajanagar Railway track behind Crawford Hall this morning in protest against the establishment of a Nandini Milk Booth close to the Gate. Contending that the outlet has come up illegally with no sanction…
Milk booth comes up next to main road near a curve; an invitation to accidents Mysuru: Walkers’ spot Kukkarahalli Lake is slowly turning commercial as many outlets, both with temporary and permanent structures, have come up on the banks of the Lake. People who come to walk and spend some quality time with nature are…
Mysuru: As part of ‘Puneet Sagar Abhiyan’ launched by the National Cadet Corps (NCC) to clean the seashores, beaches, ponds and lakes of plastic and other waste materials, members of the NCC Alumni Association of Mysore Group participated in an event to clean the Kukkarahalli Lake area on Sunday, Apr. 3. The campaign aims to…
Mysore/Mysuru: Morning walkers were shocked to see a body of an unidentified woman floating in Kukkarahalli Lake this morning. The walkers, who saw the body floating near the view point, informed Jayalakshmipuram Police. Inspector Poonacha and staff, who arrived at the spot, summoned swimmers and with their help the body has been fished out from…
Concern over plastic waste, water hyacinth dominating the Lake Mysore/Mysuru: A bird-watching programme was organised under the joint aegis of Mysore Science Foundation and Aranya Outreach at Kukkarahalli Lake in the city yesterday. Amateur naturalist and bird photographer M.K. Sapthagirish was the resource person. Over 40 bird enthusiasts participated in the programme and over 55…
Two injured; they were not wearing helmets Mysore/Mysuru: A 22-year-old youth lost his life in a bike-car collision near Kukkarahalli Lake last night. Three youths were riding triple on a high-end bike and according to the Police and eye-witnesses, the bike was moving at a great speed and all the three were not wearing helmets….
Mysore/Mysuru: The growing popularity of Kukkarahalli Lake among morning and evening walkers and the increase in human-induced disturbance has affected the bird population of the Lake whose numbers have seen a steep decline over the years. Moreover, the picturesque lake that provides the much-needed lung-space to the city is dominated by water hyacinth (Eichornia). Conservationists…
Mysore/Mysuru: Five residents of Kukkarahalli area tested positive for COVID-19 during free testing held here on Sunday under the leadership of Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra. As per request by the MLA, the Health Department had organised a free RT-PCR and Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for residents of Kukkarahalli during which five persons tested positive in RAT and…
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