Activists stage demonstration against felling of trees for Heli-Tourism
News

Activists stage demonstration against felling of trees for Heli-Tourism

April 18, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly opposing the Tourism Department’s plans to fell trees for building Heli-Terminal near Lalitha Mahal Palace as part of Heli-Tourism project, over 50 activists under the banner of Parisara Balaga staged a demonstration in front of Lalitha Mahal grounds this morning in protest against the felling of trees.

Holding placards that carried messages on the need for  saving our ecology and environs, the protestors maintained that an unfeasible and unsustainable Heli-Tourism project was not necessary for the city, which has a vast green cover. 

Ridiculing the Forest Department’s moves to fell down a big number of  fully grown trees in the area  for facilitating the construction of Heli-Terminal, they said that saving trees was the need of the hour and not their destruction. 

Maintaining that every citizen of Mysuru has the responsibility of saving our green cover, which is vital in the backdrop of climate change, they declared that they will not allow the Government to cut down trees come what may. They urged the Government to shift the Heli-Tourism project elsewhere, if it was too keen on it.

Former Rangayana Director H. Janardhan and singer Varaparasad  created awareness by rendering songs on saving our nature and forests.

Prof. Kalachannegowda, Parashuramegowda and others took part in the protest.

ABOUT

Mysuru’s favorite and largest circulated English evening daily has kept the citizens of Mysuru informed and entertained since 1978. Over the past 45 years, Star of Mysore has been the newspaper that Mysureans reach for every evening to know about the happenings in Mysuru city. The newspaper has feature rich articles and dedicated pages targeted at readers across the demographic spectrum of Mysuru city. With a readership of over 2,50,000 Star of Mysore has been the best connection between it’s readers and their leaders; between advertisers and customers; between Mysuru and Mysureans.

CONTACT

Academy News Papers Private Limited, Publishers, Star of Mysore & Mysuru Mithra, 15-C, Industrial ‘A’ Layout, Bannimantap, Mysuru-570015. Phone no. – 0821 249 6520

To advertise on Star of Mysore, email us at

Online Edition: [email protected]
Print Editon: [email protected]
For News/Press Release: [email protected]