updated: Feb 04 2021, 01:48 ist
Residents of Kanakapura Road, Turahalli and Gubbalala held a protest on Wednesday morning against the state government’s decision to create a 400-acre tree park in the Turahalli Reserve Forest.
Protesting outside the Turahalli forest, they asked the government to immediately stop the excavation work inside the forest area.
A day after spotting earth excavators working along the forest’s periphery, residents took up cudgels asking the forest area to be left alone.
Abdul Aleem, co-founder of Changemakers of Kanakapura Road, said: “There is no point in converting an existing forest into a tree park by planting more trees. All one needs to do is to retain the forest and it will come up on its own.”