City’s first Botanical Garden has over 300 species of exotic and rare plants By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: Eleven years after it was first proposed, Mysuru city’s first Botanical Garden will open for visitors and tourists on Sept. 26, coinciding with the inauguration of Dasara-2022. The Garden will be open from 7 am to 7…
Mysore/Mysuru: Strongly opposing the Forest Department’s moves to introduce entry free for Lingambudhi Lake, citizens under the banner of Lingambudhi Park Joggers Samiti, staged a demonstration in front of the North Gate of Lingambudhi Lake in Ramakrishnanagar here yesterday. Maintaining that Lingambudhi Lake is the biggest lake of the city with a long historical background,…
Collects large quantity of plastic waste near Lingambudhi Lake Mysore/Mysuru: The student wing of Yuva Brigade yesterday conducted a cleanliness drive near Lingambudhi Lake and collected a large quantity of plastic waste which was strewn around. More than 20 student volunteers and students of NIE Institute of Technology (NIEIT), under ‘Swachateye Arogya’ campaign, conducted the…
Mysore/Mysuru: Once an idyllic little city, Mysuru prided itself on its leisure and laid-back outlook to life where walking predominated among the modes of getting from one place to the other. Now the city is no longer a haven for pedestrians, thanks to unusable pavements both at the city centre and even on the arterial…
Lingambudhi Palya residents warn of protests Mysore/Mysuru: Has the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) protected the interests of encroachers, the powerful and the influential by digging up Lingambudhi Lake bund (Kodi) with earth-movers? Yes, say villagers of Lingambudhi Palya who are facing excessive flooding now. They have threatened to launch protests if the original condition…
Mysore/Mysuru: Reacting on the allegations that MUDA has acted in favour of the Lingambudhi Lake encroachers, MUDA Commissioner Dr. D.B. Natesh told Star of Mysore this morning that the Lake bund was dug up to protect the lives of over 4,500 residents and MUDA has not acted under pressure. “We don’t bow to the dictates…
Now small drains in low-lying areas around Lake overflowing MUDA buckled under pressure from biggies, say residents Earth-movers destroy trees planted by Forest Department Fragile ecosystem of Lake threatened, allege green activists Mysore/Mysuru: To prevent water from the Lingambudhi Lake entering nearby layouts and properties owned by certain influential people, the Lake’s bund (Kodi) was…
Mysore/Mysuru: Tourism industry is likely to be hit this year if COVID-19 pandemic crisis continues, opined Tourism Minister C.P. Yogeeshwar. “Last year, Karnataka faced the impact of Corona. The pandemic has continued this year too. Till the threat of virus reduces, tourists from other States may not take the risk to come here,” the Minister…
In all, 145 bird species identified at the rejuvenated Lake Mysuru: Thippayyanakere situated adjacent to Ring Road in Lalithadripura has become one more birding hotspot in Mysuru after Karanji Lake, Kukkarahalli Lake, Lingambudhi Lake and the Hebbal Lake. Hundreds of foreign birds have arrived at Thippayyanakere and city-based Mysuru Science Foundation and Aranya Outreach had…
Mysore/Mysuru: Mysureans are lucky than others to have natural water bodies, parks, boulevards and green canopy in city, thanks to the vision and generosity of the rulers of erstwhile Mysore kingdom. Mysuru will soon get its first Botanical Garden which is all set for inauguration at the scenic Lingambudhi Lake in Srirampura II Stage, Ramakrishnanagar….
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