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
December 28, 2021Mysore/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…
56 trees in Vijayanagar First Stage marked for cutting?
April 12, 2021Local residents allege that MUDA wants to widen road at the cost of greenery Mysore/Mysuru: Close on the heels of hundreds of trees being numbered to be chopped off for Heli-Tourism project in the surroundings of Lalitha Mahal Palace, more than 50 fully-grown and healthy trees have been numbered at Vijayanagar First Stage purportedly for…
Youth’s murder: Police pick up nine persons for questioning
June 20, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The murder of a youth in broad daylight on June 16 in Vijayanagar Fourth Stage has turned out to be a case of professional rivalry and competition to cash in on increased customer base of beauty care. This rivalry resulted in one of the parties to give Supari to eliminate the other, Police said….
Rs.15,000 worth goods stolen from milk booth
March 20, 2019Mysuru: A Nandini Milk Booth in Vijayanagar First Stage was the target of burglars in the wee hours of Tuesday and they decamped with cash and milk products worth Rs.15,000. The booth is located in front of the MUDA Complex, Kalidasa Road, Vijayanagar First Stage, opposite Sony Centre. In a complaint with Vijayanagar Police Station,…
Residents plant saplings only to be removed by MCC
July 22, 2018Mysuru: Chamaraja MLA Nagendra visited the Ground-level Water Tank Park at Vijayanagar First Stage this morning and expressed shock over the removal of saplings that were planted by Vijayanagar First Stage Residents Welfare Association. The MLA said that he will direct the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to replant the trees and restore the park. It…
Gazebo, garden inaugurated at Vijayanagar First Stage Park
June 26, 2017Mysuru: A newly-constructed gazebo was recently inaugurated at the park in front of Sri Yoganarasimhaswamy Temple, Vijayanagar First Stage. MLAs G.T. Devegowda, Vasu and Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha inaugurated the gazebo and the garden. Mayor M.J. Ravikumar, MUDA Chairman D. Dhruvakumar, Corporator Pushpalatha Chikkanna and MCC Commissioner G. Jagadeesha were present along with the office-bearers…
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