Malleswaram Mirror Special: Around Town: Chip in
Malleswaram Mirror Special: Around Town: Chip in
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: Feb 20, 2021, 06:00 IST
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Put your Sunday, February 21, to good use and be a part of the Nails Free Trees campaign organised by the Namaste Hasiru Mission Volunteers, in collaboration with Bengaluru Hudugaru and Hasiru Mission.
Volunteers will assemble in front of Sampige Talkies, near
Mantri Mall, to carry out the campaign. Confirm your participation by sending this message – YES211, to Jairaj at 8884399711 or Vinod Kartavya 9611733032.
Bhaskar Rao, Chief of Railway Police, and
N Manjunath Prasad,
BBMP Commissioner will be the chief guests at the event. Volunteers are requested to bring their own nose plier / cutting plier / nail removing implement.
Nailing trees? Face criminal action: BBMP chief
Those stapling pamphlets, tying cables and wires on trees too will face action; Palike asks citizens to be part of ‘Nails Free Trees’ campaign
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BBMP Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad removes nails and staple pins from trees around Shivananda Circle in Bengaluru on Wednesday. (Photo | Express) By Express News Service
BENGALURU: Trees in the city have become a free advertising space for many, and to put an end to the menace, the BBMP chief on Wednesday launched a campaign, Nails Free Trees, and warned offenders of criminal action.Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Commissioner N Manjunath Prasad said that despite laws to protect them, trees are being ill-treated in the city. “Criminal action will be taken against those who staple and nail pamphlets on trees.