Mysore/Mysuru: Bamboo groves serve as the best microcosms of forest life and growing bamboo inside the reserve forests will prevent wild elephants from straying into human habitations in search of food, opined Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha. He was addressing a meeting of District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) at Zilla Panchayat Hall in the…
Giving COVID Dead a Dignified adieu
April 25, 2021The number of diagnosed cases of COVID-19 and deaths from infection in Mysuru have been increasing rapidly every day. Over the last 13 months, ever since the pandemic began, a total of 1,144 persons have succumbed to COVID-19 so far. Amidst reports of unimaginable suffering, it is disturbing to see how the pandemic has taken…
Forest Department’s initiative: Be a Bamboo Grower
September 19, 2019Mysuru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa inaugurated Vrikshotsava-2019 organised by the Forest Department in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Vrikshotsava is termed by the Forest Department as the “Celebration of Forests, Wildlife and Environment.” It was also celebrated to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on Sept.17 with people of Karnataka taking a pledge to ensure “Forests for…
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