As many as 150 trees (down from 627) are to be felled for a helipad at Lalit Mahal in Mysuru
More often than not, the price for development is hefty and in most cases at the cost of whatever greenery we do have left. Every time trees are earmarked for felling to make way for a developmental project, environmentalists and other like-minded citizens have been quick to try and stop it or look for alternatives. This time around, it is the proposed felling of 627 trees in about eight hectares near Lalit Mahal in Mysuru for the setting up of a helipad that has got the goat of green activists.
‘Stop the Greenocide for Mysuru helipad’
ByAmit KumarAmit Kumar / Updated: Apr 5, 2021, 06:00 IST
Environmentalists demand
project be dropped or shifted away from Lalitha Mahal Palace
Trees at least 624 of them seem to be standing in the way of the government’s ambitious heli tourism project for Mysuru. Tourism minister
CP Yogeshwar had announced the plan during a visit to
Mysuru last month.
Udupi are also to get helipads to promote tourism.
In accordance with the government’s liking for the project, the forest department has started marking trees that will be felled to make way for helicopters and tourists.
The helipad is to come up near Lalitha Mahal palace where over 1,000 trees over five acres add to the beauty of the heritage structure.