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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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
