Mysuru DC directs three-member committee to investigate axing of 40 trees on Hyder Ali Road
Mysuru: Deputy Commissioner G Lakshmikanth Reddy has constituted a three-member committee to inquire into the axing of 40 fully grown trees on Hyder Ali Road, which had infuriated the citizens of Mysuru and also led them to hold a candle-light protest.
The DC, issuing the order on Monday, said that the panel would be chaired by the Commissioner of the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and will include the Deputy Conservator of Forests, Hunsur, as a member, and the Executive Engineer of the District Urban Development and Planning Department as secretary, reports The Hindu.
The committee has been directed to probe the matter thoroughly and find if the project to widen the road was essential and if the axing of the trees was justified technically. The committee has also been asked to investigate if all required permissions and clearances had been obtained and if the action complied with the applicable regulations.
The panel has been given seven days’ time to investigate the matter and submit a detailed report carrying the findings and recommendations related to the issue.
Up to 40 trees near the office of the Superintendent of Police had been axed recently, with the officials claiming it to be a part of a road-widening project. The citizens, NGOs and environmentalists, however, had not only expressed shock at the felling of the fully grown trees on Hyder Ali Road but also protested against the move by the government authorities. They had questioned the need to replace green cover with urban infrastructure and also to widen a road that had no traffic congestion problem.
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Dakshina Kannada Qazi declares Eid-Ul-Adha celebration on May 28
Bengaluru: The State Moon Sighting Committee has announced that Bakrid (Eid al-Adha) will be celebrated across Karnataka on May 28, as there were no confirmed reports of the sighting of the crescent moon marking the beginning of the month of Dhul Hijjah from any state in the country.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the committee held on Sunday evening at the office of the Karnataka State Waqf Board on Cunningham Road in Bengaluru.
Committee members said the announcement was made after gathering information regarding moon sighting from various districts of Karnataka as well as moon sighting committees in other states.
Dakshina Kannada Qazi Al-Haj Twaka Ahmed Musliar also made similar announcement adding that Eid-Ul-Adha will be celebrated on May 28 in Dakshina Kannada district.
