On Valentine’s day, greens to show love for nature
BySridhar VivanSridhar Vivan / Updated: Feb 13, 2021, 06:00 IST
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As a show of love on Valentine’s Day, greens are expected to turn up in large numbers to show their love for nature. Environmental volunteers are scheduled to conduct a walkathon around
Turahalli on Sunday, against the proposed
tree park in the Turahalli
forest area. The walkathon will begin from the current Turahalli tree park, with the group walking around the periphery of the Turahalli forest. The walkathon has been divided into three phases; two kilometres, five
kilometres and 10 kilometres.
Abdul Aleem, President, Changemakers of Kanakapura Road, told Bangalore Mirror, “A tree park by modifying an already existing forest is not needed. Instead, we need transparency about any activity happening inside the forest and want the
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.”
Residents protest against plan to convert part of Turahalli forest into a tree park
Bengaluru:
Over 250 people including activists and residents have been protesting against the Karnataka government s move to develop Turahalli minor forest into a tree park. Bulldozers have started rolling into the area on Kanakpura Road on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The protest is being led by Changemakers of Kanakpura Road and Clean Up Turahalli .
In December 2020, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa unveiled the Bengaluru Mission 2022 under which the municipal agency BBMP s administrator Gaurav Gupta said the mini forests in Turahalli, Kadugodi, JP Nagar and Mathikere would be developed and popularised. This had alarmed residents and environment activists.
Seminar on maritime economy and its linkage to national security
Islamabad
January 29, 2021
Islamabad : National Institute of Maritime Affairs (NIMA) Bahria University organized one day seminar on ‘Maritime Economy and It’s Linkage to National Security’ to underline the significance of the maritime sector and its impact on National Security.
Pakistan is critically dependent on imported energy including oil, LNG, and coal. In addition, Pakistan handles over 91% of total cargo through sea. On average, 2.5 ships disembark daily energy related cargo on Pakistani ports, making it our critical vulnerability and can impact our national security.
Omar Ayub Khan, Federal Minister, Ministry of Energy Power Division graced the occasion as a chief guest whereas, eminent speakers; Dr. Gulfaraz Ahmed (former federal secretary MoPNR), Lt General (Retd) Ishfaq Nadeem Ahmad HI(M), Vice Admiral (r) Iftikhar Ahmad Rao HI(M) and Dr. Khurram Iqbal, Head of Department IR, NDU shared their int
Govt working to enhance energy mix: Omar Ayub
January 28, 2021
Minister for Power Division Omar Ayub says the government is working to enhance energy mix with the target to generate eighty percent of electricity through indigenous resources by 2030.
He was addressing a seminar titled Maritime Economy and its Linkage to National Security, organized by National Institute of Maritime Affairs, in Islamabad today (Thursday).
The Minister said this energy mix will include sixty percent energy through clean and green resources, ten percent each from nuclear and Thar coal resources. He said this will greatly help reduce import bill of the country.
Omar Ayub said the government has invested forty-seven billion rupees on transmission and seventy-four billion rupees on distribution system to make the power sector efficient and responsive.