Tag: World Environment Day

Newly-wedded couples gifted saplings on Environment Day
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Newly-wedded couples gifted saplings on Environment Day

June 6, 2019

Mysuru: Seven couples, who entered into wedlock at a mass marriage organised as part of the seventh anniversary of Sri Kalyana Lakshmivenkataramanaswamy Temple on Dr. Rajkumar Road in Kalyanagiri were gifted saplings by RSS Southern Region Sanghachalak M. Venkatram, on the occasion of World Environment Day yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Venkatram said that mass…

Sasyaradhana: Month-long sapling planting programme launched
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Sasyaradhana: Month-long sapling planting programme launched

June 6, 2019

Mysuru: District in-Charge and Higher Education Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD) launched ‘Sasyaradhana,’ a programme to plant 1,000 saplings in each of the seven Wards in Hebbal during the Environment Month. By planting a neem sapling near Annapoorneshwari Temple in Hebbal, GTD launched a very significant programme as part of Environment Day celebrations. This programme is…

‘Dark clouds gather over agri sector due to extreme weather conditions’
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‘Dark clouds gather over agri sector due to extreme weather conditions’

June 6, 2019

BAI Mysuru launches World Environment Month celebrations Mysuru: Due to extreme changes in weather conditions, dark clouds have engulfed the agriculture sector, said National Institute of Advanced Studies’ Prof. Sindhu Radhakrishna. She was speaking during the inauguration of the World Environment of Month (WEM) celebrations organised by Builders’ Association of India (BAI), Mysuru Centre and…

Mysuru sends a green message
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Mysuru sends a green message

June 5, 2019

Mysuru: There is a paramount need to protect the environment at the moment, and this is what World Environment Day, which is celebrated every year on June 5, highlights. This year, the theme is ‘Air Pollution’. Mysuru joined the country this morning to celebrate World Environment Day. Jathas, planting of saplings, bicycle rallies, special lecture…

Events to mark World Environment Day celebrations in city tomorrow
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Events to mark World Environment Day celebrations in city tomorrow

June 4, 2019

Mysuru: Marking the World Environment Month (WEM), the Builders Association of India (BAI), Mysuru Centre, in collaboration with the Mysuru Builders Charitable Trust (MBCT), has lined up several programmes this month. Addressing a press meet at Pathrakartara Bhavana here yesterday, BAI Mysuru Centre Chairman J.V.R. Naidhruva said that Bengaluru-based Lake Conservationist Anand Malligavad will inaugurate…

Koti Vrksha to plant 1,000 saplings on June 5
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Koti Vrksha to plant 1,000 saplings on June 5

June 4, 2019

Mysuru:  As part of World Environment Day, 1,000 saplings will be planted near Karya village, Hullahalli hobli in Nanjangud taluk on June 5, said Shreekanth Bhat, the Founder of Koti Vrksha Pratishthan (KVP). Addressing a press conference at Pathrakartara Bhavan here on Sunday, Shreekanth said that he, along with environmentalists, nature-lovers and volunteers, would assemble…

Children throw light on air pollution through drawings
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Children throw light on air pollution through drawings

June 4, 2019

Mysuru:  On account of World Environment Day, the Forest Department had organised a drawing contest for school students at Lingambudhi Lake Park in Ramakrishnanagar here on Sunday. Over 250 students of various schools participated in the event under the theme ‘Beat Air Pollution.’ The children in the age group of 5 to 15 years excellently…

Tree Guardians
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Tree Guardians

June 1, 2019

Come June and it is the time to wake up and look at our environment. Every year June 5 is celebrated as World Environment Day. Mysuru was at one time called the air-conditioned city. During the peak summer, people were just using pankas (mostly weaved out of bamboo with a thin flat handle) swinging it…

Every Mysurean should celebrate
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Every Mysurean should celebrate

June 1, 2019

By Bhamy V. Shenoy All over the world, the 5th of June is celebrated as World Environment Day (WED) as designated by the UN since 1974. This year’s theme is “Beat Air Pollution” while the theme of the last year was “Beat Plastic Pollution.”  Celebration of WED gives an opportunity to create a powerful platform…

Urban greenery amidst concrete jungle
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Urban greenery amidst concrete jungle

May 31, 2019

Mysuru: A team of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) officials along with Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra inspected the MCC Quarters Park near Cheluvamba Park in Yadavagiri this morning to discuss the development of the park as urban forest and set up a children’s amusement and a Science Park. MCC owns 2 acres and 11 gunta land…

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