Forest Department cancels tender citing ‘technical issues’; fresh tenders on cards Mysore/Mysuru: Problems have surfaced during the tenders invited by the Forest Department for transporting first batch of Dasara elephants from Veeranahosahalli to Mysuru during Gajapayana, leading the authorities to cancel the tender, citing technical issues. The tender process was initiated to transport the Dasara…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department is actively engaged in various programmes aimed at maintaining ecological balance and green cover. In the current season, a total of 3.29 lakh saplings of different varieties have been planted and distributed across six nurseries under the Mysuru Regional Division of the Forest Department in Mysuru city. These saplings are now…
Saragur: A Forest Department staff, who had gone to the backwaters of Nugu Dam for a swim, was drowned on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased is Karthik (27), son of B.K. Kumar, a resident of Kirujaje village in Hunsur taluk, who was serving as a driver at the Elephant Task Force in Puradakatte Camp, coming under…
Kollegal: Forest Department officials have arrested a man on charges of poisoning seven Asiatic Wild Dogs (Dholes), which are listed in Schedule-1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, at Hittaladoddi village in Kollegal and have handed him over to judicial custody. The arrested is 39-year-old Rajanna, a labourer from Hittaladoddi Arepalya village. On May 27, Forest…
Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Department officials and villagers this morning discovered the body of a woman shepherd who had gone missing after a tiger attack in the Murband Hill area of H.D. Kote taluk yesterday. The victim, identified as Chikki (45) from Malada Haadi in N. Begur, was grazing goats near the hill with another woman from…
Madikeri: Tree surveys on private lands and coffee plantations in Kodagu District, initiated by the Forest Department following the directives from higher authorities, have faced opposition from farmers and coffee growers in the region. Recently, Forest Department officials visited certain coffee plantations in Valnoor and Tyagathur villages, informing villagers that they were there to conduct…
Mysore/Mysuru: With no respite from summer heat, the trees and plants in public places are going dry, forcing the Forest Department to seek the help of volunteers to keep the green cover intact. N. Raghavan of Raghulal and Co.,, a popular pharmacy shop of the city who has been doing his mite for the cause…
All trees standing in precarious condition threatening public safety, clarifies ACF Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department’s decision to authorise the cutting of certain old and fully-grown trees across various areas of the city has sparked outrage among environmental activists and the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP). They are raising concerns about whether the Department conducted a thorough…
Mysore/Mysuru: With the onset of summer, the Forest Department faces heightened challenges in combating fire at Chamundi Hill. To address these, proactive measures and awareness programmes have been initiated. Yesterday, one such programme took place at Tree Park, Alanahalli, at the foot of Chamundi Hill, where the Forest Department sought the active support of the…
Forest staff on the edge as tiger cubs move freely, eluding capture operation By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: In an unexpected turn of events, three one-and-a-half-year-old female tiger cubs have made appearances in three distinct locations near the cultural city of Mysuru, leaving Forest Department personnel puzzled and on high alert. Dubbed the ‘triple urban…
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