Protecting the city
Updated:
February 26, 2021 16:42 IST
Updated:
February 26, 2021 16:42 IST
A campaign by awakened citizens has halted the work on turning Turahalli forest into a tree park, but the threat still persists. By M.A. Siraj
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A campaign by awakened citizens has halted the work on turning Turahalli forest into a tree park, but the threat still persists. By M.A. Siraj
Turahalli forest, the focus of the city’s green activists, has been spared the fate of a tree park, thanks to the support ‘Save Turahalli’ movement gathered over a fortnight demanding that it be kept in its pristine natural form. But the threat still looms as it is part of the Vision 2022 Programme document announced by Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa. An on-the-spot announcement by Forest Minister Arvind Limbavali after inspection, in response to people’s resistance, has for the time being halted the work and bulldozers have been withdrawn.