Row over land in buffer zone of Bannerghatta park
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People are claiming ownership of some plots
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People are claiming ownership of some plots
A row erupted over parcels of land in the buffer zone of the Bannerghatta National Park after the Bannerghatta Nature Conservation Trust alleged that people are laying claims over them.
Bannerghatta police, with whom a complaint has been filed, said the Forest Department had acquired the land but the person in question had not surrendered his. “He says it was sanctioned from the Revenue Department claims it is his private land. The trust members say it is forest land. We have approached the forest and revenue departments to survey the land and submit a final report,” police said.
HC notice on plea questioning nominations to wildlife board
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One of the members is the son of S.R. Vishwanath, Yelahanka MLA
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One of the members is the son of S.R. Vishwanath, Yelahanka MLA
The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday ordered issue of notice on a PIL petition questioning the legality of nominating nine people, including the son of an MLA not having suitable qualification as per the Wildlife (Protection), 1972, as members of the State Board for Wildlife.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Suraj Govindaraj passed the order on the petition, filed by one Boja Raju G.M., city-based environmental engineer.