Mysuru: A delegation of World Bank officials led by their Officer Zhiyu Jerry Chen, visited the city on Apr. 22 and 23. Prior to that, the visiting delegation of officials was briefed about the proposals of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the funds required for providing basic infrastructural facilities, in a power-point- presentation organised…
Thoughts on Earth Day
April 22, 2025By Maj. Gen. (Retd.) S.G. Vombatkere The night-time felling of 75-year-old Peltophorum trees by the Mysuru City Corporation on Hyder Ali Road shocked the people of Mysuru. In an unprecedented expression of outrage, nearly 2,000 Mysureans assembled on the evening of Apr. 18, 2025, at the site of this “green carnage” and stood peacefully and…
MCC to plant 400 saplings for 40 lost heritage trees
April 18, 2025Rs. 5 crore to widen 0.36 km road Mysuru: Amid public outrage and a planned candlelight protest this evening over the felling of 40 fully grown, shade-giving trees — each over 50 years old — on Hyder Ali Road near the SP Office, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has come under intense criticism from environmental…
April 13: A dark day for Mysuru’s green heritage
April 17, 2025By Bhamy V. Shenoy April 13 is likely to be remembered as a black day in Mysuru’s environmental history. In the early hours of that morning, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), in an act shrouded in secrecy, carried out a green massacre by axing more than 40 fully grown, decades-old heritage trees lining Hyder Ali…
New plan to save Kukkarahalli Lake
April 16, 2025Pollution Board and MGP conduct on-site inspection to assess pollution levels Mysuru: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) will assess pollution levels at Kukkarahalli Lake to help the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), University of Mysore, District Administration and Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) formulate a comprehensive action plan to halt the daily inflow of untreated…
Felling of avenue trees
April 16, 2025Mysuru: It was a black Sunday for Mysureans. On April 13, 2025, Sunday, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the Forest Department jointly executed what Star of Mysore called ‘Green Carnage’, mercilessly felling 45 fully grown trees with rich foliage. Answer given, to those who questioned this irrational, untenable and unpardonable action, is unacceptable to any…
Activists protest felling of 40 trees on Hyder Ali Road
April 16, 2025Mysuru: Strongly condemning the felling of over 40 trees along Hyder Ali Road — from Kalikamba Temple to SP Office Circle — under the guise of road widening, members of the Gandhada Gudi Foundation staged a protest march yesterday from SP Office Circle to Kalikamba Temple in Mysuru. The protesters argued that Hyder Ali Road…
25 giant trees marked for cutting on Uthanahalli Road near arch
April 16, 2025Mysuru: Close on the heels of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Forest Department felling over 40 trees along Hyder Ali Road — from Kalikamba Temple to SP Office Circle — under the pretext of road widening, fresh concerns have emerged over plans to axe another 25 fully grown trees along Uthanahalli Road near the…
Green activists outraged over felling of 40 shade-giving trees
April 14, 2025Mysuru: Environment activists have expressed outrage over the felling of over 40 Peltophorum trees — known for their broad canopy and generous shade — by the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) early yesterday morning. The trees were axed to facilitate the widening of Hyder Ali Road between Venkatalingaiah Circle (SP Office Circle) and the Kalikamba Temple….
Green carnage: 45 heritage trees felled
April 13, 2025Trees older than 50 years chopped to widen 50-ft road between Nexus Mall and SP Office Mysuru: In a staggering blow to Mysuru city’s urban ecology, 45 fully grown, shade-giving trees — each more than 50 years old — were felled early this morning to make way for a road-widening project. The mass tree cutting,…
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