Govt school children to have free forest safari: Minister R Shankar
Bengaluru, June 28: Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister R Shankar said that the government is planning to introduce a programme to take students of the government schools and colleges for free safari into the forest to educate and inculcate curiosity among them on forest and wildlife.
Inaugurating a programme organized to present national and state environmental awards by the Yuva Chetana Yuvajana Kendra and Kadina Mitra magazine at the Cubbon Park here on Thursday, the Minister said that the Forest department has already introduced ‘One sapling for a child- Park for a school’ programme. In the same way, he was discussing with the Forest department officials on free safari to students of schools and colleges to create awareness among them on the forest and its importance. The government, non-governmental organizations, schools and colleges have been toiling hard to protect the forest and conserve the nature. If the pollution was more, it would have negative impact on the life. So, it should be the responsibility of every individual to protect the forest, he said.
In recent days, the incidents of wild animals damaging crops were increasing and farmers were incurring heavy loss. He would discuss with the Chief Minister on compensating the crop loss to the farmers, he said.
Bhadra Tiger Project director HC Kantharaju said that in the world, India has more number of tigers and in the state, there were more than 600 tigers. Because of the conservation of tigers, herbivorous animals would be balanced in the nature. For this reason, priority was given to conserve tigers, he said.
Environmental activist Nandidurga Balu Gowda was present on the occasion.
More funds in budget
Minister R Shankar said that he would discuss with Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy to reserve more funds for his department in the 2018-19 Budget.
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SRH knocked out of play-off race after washout against DC
Hyderabad, May 5 (PTI): Sunrisers Hyderabad were eliminated from the play-offs race after their Indian Premier League fixture against Delhi Capitals was called off due to heavy rain following the first innings here on Monday.
Pat Cummins-led SRH pace attack ran through the DC batting line-up to limit the visitors to 133/7 before rain dashed the slim hopes of the home team. Both teams shared a point each for the abandoned game.
With 13 points from 11 games, DC remain in contention for a top-four spot.
After reaching the final last year, it was a season to forget for SRH who could not replicate their ballistic run of 2024 with the bat. Having collected only seven points from 11 matches, SRH will now be playing for pride.
Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were already eliminated from the competition.
Before rain lashed the Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, the hosts put up a clinical effort with the ball and were on course for only their fourth win of the season until rain arrived, creating large puddles of water on the outfield. The match officials decided to call off the game at 11.10 pm local time.
The shot selection of Delhi Capitals' batters contributed to their downfall after being put in to bat.
They were left reeling at 29 for five in 7.1 overs with captain Cummins causing the maximum damage.
Cummins had Karun Nair caught behind on the very first ball of the match with a good length ball around the off-stump. It was a rather loose shot from the DC batter first up.
Faf du Plessis departed in Cummins' following over, a failed attempt to put the relentless Australian away for a boundary. Not getting any loose ball from Cummins, the South Africa went for a pull on the charge only to be caught by the wicket-keeper.
Cummins' third victim was Abhishek Porel who was caught after mistiming a flick.
Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat then got into the act by dismissing Axar Patel and K L Rahul respectively. The in-form Rahul went for a drive on the up but ended up edging it to Ishan Kishan behind the stumps.
It was one way traffic until Tristian Stubbs (41 not out off 36) and impact player Ashutosh Sharma (41 off 26) combined to take DC to a respectable total. They shared a 66-run stand off 45 balls.
Sharma was able to break the shackles by depositing leg-spinner Zeeshan Ansari for a couple of sixes over long-on in the 15th over.
Stubbs did not look as comfortable as Sharma in the middle but managed to provide much needed support to the latter. The South African could find only four boundaries with the last one coming off the final ball of the innings.
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Match 55 between @SunRisers and @DelhiCapitals has been called off due to wet outfield.
Both teams share a point each.
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