Mysuru, April 16 -- * Get Forest Department to plant new trees

* Stop MCC from widening the road

It was a black Sunday for Mysureans. On April 13, 2025, Sunday, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the Forest Department jointly executed what Star of Mysore called 'Green Carnage', mercilessly felling 45 fully grown trees with rich foliage. Answer given, to those who questioned this irrational, untenable and unpardonable action, is unacceptable to any Mysurean.

MCC wanted to widen this very short stretch of Hyder Ali Road - flanked on one side by the compound wall of the Karnataka Police Academy and on the other side by the office compound of the Superintendent of Police (SP). It is not a commercial road and naturally traffic at all times i...