On Valentine’s day, greens to show love for nature
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Feb 13, 2021, 06:00 IST
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As a show of love on Valentine’s Day, greens are expected to turn up in large numbers to show their love for nature. Environmental volunteers are scheduled to conduct a walkathon around
Turahalli on Sunday, against the proposed
tree park in the Turahalli
forest area. The walkathon will begin from the current Turahalli tree park, with the group walking around the periphery of the Turahalli forest. The walkathon has been divided into three phases; two kilometres, five
kilometres and 10 kilometres.
Abdul Aleem, President, Changemakers of Kanakapura Road, told Bangalore Mirror, “A tree park by modifying an already existing forest is not needed. Instead, we need transparency about any activity happening inside the forest and want the
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Encroachments around
Rachenahalli Lake are on Palike’s demolition radar; similar action is planned for 25 other lakes. They CAN touch this.
At least eighteen families living in the two mid-size apartments and four independent houses near Rachenahalli lake in North Bengaluru are facing the worst time of their lives.
The buildings that they call their homes have been identified as encroachments. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (
BBMP) has already slapped a notice to raze a portion of these buildings, which are sitting on the lake land. The shocked residents insist that they built their houses only after following all due processes.
Residents protest against plan to convert part of Turahalli forest into a tree park
Bengaluru:
Over 250 people including activists and residents have been protesting against the Karnataka government s move to develop Turahalli minor forest into a tree park. Bulldozers have started rolling into the area on Kanakpura Road on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The protest is being led by Changemakers of Kanakpura Road and Clean Up Turahalli .
In December 2020, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa unveiled the Bengaluru Mission 2022 under which the municipal agency BBMP s administrator Gaurav Gupta said the mini forests in Turahalli, Kadugodi, JP Nagar and Mathikere would be developed and popularised. This had alarmed residents and environment activists.
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The Governor also said that his government has accorded high priority for completion of ongoing Metro works in the city.
Agencies Phase 2 and phase 2A are under progress and it is aimed to have 75 km of Metro line by 2022, he said.