Mysuru, April 19 -- Environmentalists, tree lovers, civic activists, farmers, residents and students came together in an emotional united protest last evening, mourning the felling of 40 trees along Hyder Ali Road - from the Kalikamba Temple to the SP Office Junction in Nazarbad.

As the sun set, citizens gathered around the chopped-off tree trunks not just to protest, but to grieve. Organised into small, disciplined groups, environmental supporters stood silently on both sides of the road, holding candles, flowers and placards.

The solemn candlelight vigil was a symbolic mourning of the trees killed. Trees that had for decades provided shade, oxygen and beauty to the stretch. The vigil began with participants placing white cloths and ga...