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Cutting trees: A sustainable approach to road widening
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Cutting trees: A sustainable approach to road widening

May 6, 2025

By Dr. B.R. Guruprasad, Zoologist, Yuvaraja’s College Peltophorum species, commonly known as Copper Pod or Yellow Flame trees, are fast-growing deciduous trees native to tropical regions. They can reach heights of 15 – 25 metres and typically live for 50 to 70 years, depending on environmental conditions. Their rapid growth, wide canopy and bright yellow…

Covert tree killings across Mysuru city raise alarm
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Covert tree killings across Mysuru city raise alarm

May 5, 2025

Mysuru: Despite public uproar over the overnight felling of 40 trees on Hyder Ali Road for road expansion, environmentalists warn that a more insidious campaign to destroy Mysuru’s urban greenery is underway. Trees along major thoroughfares are being deliberately damaged, with acid and chemical sprays reportedly used to dry them out, often at the behest…

Uprooted trees get new life at Kukkarahalli Lake
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Uprooted trees get new life at Kukkarahalli Lake

May 4, 2025

Mysuru: In a pioneering ecological initiative, four fully grown Akasha Mallige (Indian Cork) trees that were uprooted at Kukkarahalli Lake during a recent storm have been scientifically replanted near the lake’s embankment. This marks the first such experiment in Mysuru, setting a precedent for sustainable green cover restoration. The initiative was spearheaded by environmental activists…

Tall Trees, in Tall Trouble
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Tall Trees, in Tall Trouble

May 4, 2025

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…

Tree massacre: Environmentalist lodges complaint with Lokayukta
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Tree massacre: Environmentalist lodges complaint with Lokayukta

April 28, 2025

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…

Tree felling: Deputy Commissioner orders probe, forms three-member committee
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Tree felling: Deputy Commissioner orders probe, forms three-member committee

April 23, 2025

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)…

Thoughts on Earth Day
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Thoughts on Earth Day

April 22, 2025

By 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…

Tree felling case: Forest Minister orders probe
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Tree felling case: Forest Minister orders probe

April 20, 2025

Seeks report within seven days Environmentalists and concerned citizens have questioned the necessity and legality of the act. Media reports suggest there was no urgent need for road widening in this area, yet the trees were axed in apparent haste. — Forest Minister Eshwar B. Khandre Mysuru: Forest Minister Eshwar B. Khandre has ordered a…

125 trees marked for axing to widen Manandavadi Road
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125 trees marked for axing to widen Manandavadi Road

April 20, 2025

Mysuru: Even as the ‘Save Trees of Mysuru’ movement gathers momentum, plans to axe 125 trees for the proposed widening of Manandavadi Road have drawn sharp criticism from environmental activists. The project, stretching from the Outer Ring Road Junction to Udbur Gate till the Dr. Vishnuvardhan Memorial, has reignited the debate over urban development versus…

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