The 21 ft. tall snow-clad Rudrakshi Shivalinga Darshana at Lalitha Mahal Palace grounds was inaugurated on Feb. 15 by Shivasugnana Theertha Swamiji of Avaremadanahalli Mutt. As part of Mahashivaratri festival, the city’s Prajapita Brahma Kumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya’s Alanahalli Service Centre has set up the art work. The artwork is giving a feel of Mount…
Mysore/Mysuru: The public hearing to seek objections to felling of trees in front of Lalitha Mahal Palace for the Heli-Tourism project has been postponed. The hearing was slated to be held on Apr. 23 (tomorrow) at the Forest Department Office — Aranya Bhavan — in city at 11 am. A press release from Deputy Conservator…
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…
Mysore/Mysuru: Member of erstwhile Mysore royal family Pramoda Devi Wadiyar has objected to the public hearing called by the Forest Department on Apr. 23 to elicit public opinion on cutting of more than 100 trees for the proposed Heli-Tourism project in the surroundings of Lalitha Mahal Palace. In a letter to Divisional Conservator of Forests…
Mysore/Mysuru: Politicians cutting across party lines and from within the ruling BJP have reiterated that Mysuru does not need Heli-Tourism from Lalitha Mahal surroundings at the cost of environment and after cutting hundreds of trees. Apart from MP Pratap Simha, Mysuru District Minister S.T. Somashekar and Opposition Leader and former CM Siddharamaiah, joining the chorus…
District Minister Somashekar says he was not much aware of Tourism Department plans Forest Department to hold public hearing on tree-felling on Apr. 23 Mysore/Mysuru: Two days after Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha launching a no-holds-barred attack on the proposed Heli-Tourism Project at the 40-acre Tourism Department land near Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel, District Minister S.T….
Calls the project a publicity stunt; says no tree will be chopped near Lalitha Mahal Mysore/Mysuru: Heli-Tourism concept without a vision document is a flawed one and the much-publicised project will not be allowed in Mysuru at the cost of environment. Public opinion against the project is rising by the day and the Government will…
Is Mysuru a tourist city? Yes. Is tourism crucial to our city’s economy? Absolutely. So do we need Heli-Tourism to enhance it? Why not? But… While tourist attractions are needed they cannot be and should not be developed at the cost of nature, especially when nature itself can be a tourist attraction. Our Tourism Minister,…
Over 35,000 people sign within 24 hours to save trees Mysore/Mysuru: An online campaign has been launched against axing of hundreds of trees for the proposed Heli Tourism near Lalitha Mahal Palace that is a butterfly zone. A petition posted on www.change.org, has garnered the support of over 35,279 people from all over the world….
Green activists write to Tourism Minister against Heliport facility from a butterfly-dominated area Mysore/Mysuru: Three prominent social activists in city have appealed to the State Government to shelve its proposed construction of a helipad next to Lalitha Mahal Palace or on its surroundings in a bid to promote ‘Heli Tourism’ in Mysuru. In a letter…
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