By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Very recently, all Mysuru-loving Mysureans were rudely jolted awake after a clandestine midnight operation by the authorities felled forty fully grown copper pod trees on the stretch of Hyder Ali Road running between the Police Quarters and the Karnataka Police Academy. Outraged citizens even held protests, upon which they…
Mysore/Mysuru: The road levelling and widening project on Hyder Ali Road in Nazarbad is progressing at a rapid pace. The existing 10-metre-wide stretch is being expanded to 30 metres as part of a comprehensive redevelopment initiative. The project, being implemented at an estimated cost of Rs. 4 crore, includes the construction of a central median,…
2.5-metre median with plants, footpaths and streetlights planned Mysore/Mysuru: The road widening project on Hyder Ali Road in Nazarbad is progressing rapidly. The existing 10-metre-wide stretch is being expanded to 30 metres as part of a comprehensive redevelopment initiative. The project, taken up at an estimated cost of Rs. 4 crore, includes the construction of…
Activists demand accountability for 40 axed trees; seek proof of compensatory sapling plantation Mysuru: High drama was witnessed on Hyder Ali Road at Nazarbad this morning as environmentalists forced the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to halt road-widening work, demanding proof of compensatory sapling plantation for the 40 fully grown trees felled in April. Activists of…
Was tree-felling justified? Was the road-widening necessary at all? Mysuru: The official inquiry ordered by Forest Minister B. Eshwar Khandre into the controversial felling of 40 trees along Hyder Ali Road in April has given a clean chit to the Forest Department officers, citing no procedural lapses. However, the investigation has conspicuously sidestepped the core…
Form Committee to identify heritage trees in city, celebrate them annually, says Senior Botanist Mysuru: The recent felling of 40 trees on Hyder Ali Road has outraged the citizens of Mysuru. In a bid to find solutions to stop further tree felling, Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) conducted an interaction session with Botanist and former Senior…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A full two weeks have passed, after forty majestic copper-pod trees (Peltophorum pterocarpum) along the two sides of the Hyder Ali Road in our city, were chopped down in a very swift and clandestine operation, that was cunningly planned and quickly executed, under the cover of darkness. It was…
Mysuru: Environmentalist Bhanu Mohan has lodged a complaint with the Lokayukta regarding chopping down of 40 fully grown trees on Hyder Ali Road in city for road-widening. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan in city recently, Bhanu Mohan said that though there was no necessity to widen Hyder Ali Road, the trees were chopped…
Mysuru: Public outrage continues to surge following the felling of 40 mature trees along Hyder Ali Road in Mysuru, prompting Deputy Commissioner (DC) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy to order an official investigation. A three-member Fact-Finding Committee has been constituted to probe the incident. As per the directive issued on Apr. 21, Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA)…
Mysuru: Ten days have passed since the large-scale felling of 40 mature trees on Mysuru’s Hyder Ali Road — a move that has left the once tree-lined stretch barren and exposed. Yet, the Forest Department has not initiated the planting of replacement saplings, drawing sharp criticism from the public. Stepping in to fill the void,…
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