Mysuru, June 26 -- Activists demand accountability for 40 axed trees; seek proof of compensatory sapling plantation

High drama was witnessed on Hyder Ali Road at Nazarbad this morning as environmentalists forced the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to halt road-widening work, demanding proof of compensatory sapling plantation for the 40 fully grown trees felled in April.

Activists of Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) led by their Founder-President Dr. Bhamy V. Shenoy, Rajya Parisara Kriya Samiti State President & former MLA A.T. Ramaswamy, Mysuru District Parisara Samiti President Parashurame Gowda and others, staged a flash protest by wearing green caps.

While Samiti leaders demanded that the works be resumed only after the proof of altern...