Environment Day Special

Trees cut down for making Helipad in Mysore:-

Environmentalists in Mysuru are up in arms against the state government’s plan to create a helipad opposite Lalith Mahal Palace Hotel. They have suggested that the existing helipad near the palace premises, belonging to the royal family, be used instead. Mysureans have started a campaign and voice that Mysuru should not become Bengaluru “a barren concrete space, where the green cover has been lost owing to civic works.”

Environmentalists say that the place proposed for the project is a wooded area opposite the hotel, where over 180 butterfly species and 80 bird species can be seen fluttering, breeding, roosting and migrating. Many have opposed making a helipad at the cost of 1000 trees. The current status is that after all the petitions signed and gaining continuous coverage in media against the Helipad, The Forest Department, Mysore has announced a date for Public Hearing and that is on 23rd April 2021 and a decision will be taken based on the objections by Public to go ahead or to withdraw the project.

The space in contention is home to state butterfly- Southern Bird Wing, Malabar Banded Peacock, Scarce Shot Silverline, Indigo Flash, Red Flash, Common Shot Silverline, Red Helen, Lime Swallow Tail, Stripped Pierrot, Western Striped Albatross. The area has over 40 host plants for butterflies.

The list of birds sighted includes Blythes Reed Warbler, Brown Shrike, Gray Wagtail, Brown Flycatcher and Indian Golden Oriole, Indian Grey Hornbill, Common Iora, Purple Rumped Sunbird and Grey Francolin to name a few. K S Shivashankar, another Mysuru-based environmentalist said already the temperatures are soaring high, now if this green cover is lost, then it will be worse. 

Environmentalists have said that if putting the tree cover at risk just for VIP's, the beauty of Mysuru will be lost. The natural beauty of the forest cannot be compared to the concrete floors of the city and the big buildings that are encasing the city in a breathless race against time.

Though it may give comfort to a few people at which cost?

So this environment day, sign the petition to stop this from happening:

Here's the link: http://chng.it/yPkNDxVZwq

Just a few minutes of your time can do much good in the world, increasing one tree cover at a time.