Tag: Trees

60 Trees Fall
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60 Trees Fall

May 15, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru:  An estimated 50 to 60 trees in the city have uprooted and the branches of about 140 to 150 trees are broken and fallen apart, following the copious rainfall and heavy wind recently. Public are indeed surprised over the extent of damages witnessed in the form of falling of tree branches on either side…

Watering green with voluntary help
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Watering green with voluntary help

April 30, 2024

Mysore/Mysuru: With no respite from summer heat, the trees and plants in public places are going dry, forcing the Forest Department to seek the help of volunteers to keep the green cover intact. N. Raghavan of Raghulal and Co.,, a popular pharmacy shop of the city who has been doing his mite for the cause…

MGP urges Forest Department to stall cutting of over 25 trees
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MGP urges Forest Department to stall cutting of over 25 trees

March 4, 2024

All trees standing in precarious condition threatening public safety, clarifies ACF Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department’s decision to authorise the cutting of certain old and fully-grown trees across various areas of the city has sparked outrage among environmental activists and the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP). They are raising concerns about whether the Department conducted a thorough…

Licence to kill trees is with MCC officers, staff
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Licence to kill trees is with MCC officers, staff

August 27, 2023

Concrete, interlocking tiles around trees on pavements choking city’s greenery Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), responsible for safeguarding the city’s verdant charm, seems to be veering in a contrary direction. Under the guise of development, roots of many trees on sidewalks are choked beneath interlocking tiles, spelling a gradual demise for these trees and…

20 fully grown trees axed in Vijayanagar First Stage
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20 fully grown trees axed in Vijayanagar First Stage

December 28, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Over 20 fully grown trees including 18 shade-giving Honge varieties were chopped to widen the road in Vijayanagar First Stage yesterday. The trees were cut amidst stiff opposition from some of the residents and Green activists who argued with the Forest Department, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and Mysuru Urban Development (MUDA) authorities. These trees…

Trees not hindering road widening felled: Activists
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Trees not hindering road widening felled: Activists

December 28, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: A delegation of over 40 green activists visited the Vijayanagar First Stage this morning to assess the eco damage due to cutting of 20 fully grown shade trees. They later visited the Forest Department office at Ashokapuram to meet Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) Kamala Karikalan. As the DCF is indisposed, a memorandum was…

City’s own green Warrior
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City’s own green Warrior

April 27, 2021

By M.B. Pavan Murthy At a time when hundreds of trees are being felled in the name of development and infrastructure projects in city, a green warrior has been contributing his mite silently for the expansion of green cover by planting and nurturing hundreds of trees. N. Raghavan, proprietor of Raghulal and Co., a Pharmacy…

Youths redeem ‘Gods’  abandoned under trees
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Youths redeem ‘Gods’ abandoned under trees

April 4, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: Members of Yuva Brigade came together and disposed of old and damaged photos and idols of Gods and Goddesses and other items abandoned under trees across the city. The damaged photos and idols were then taken to a designated place where pits were dug to bury them. This is a State-wide programme launched by…

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