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MYSURU: As Mysuru prepares to usher in the New Year, the city traffic police have made elaborate arrangements for smooth flow and regulation of traffic across the city.
As part of the traffic regulations, there will be changes in routes, vehicular parking norms and restrictions on movement from 10pm on December 31 to 5am on January 1.
Invoking the Indian Motor Vehicle Act 1988 and the Motor Traffic Act 1989, police have called for ban of all vehicles on BN Road (Shivaratri Rajendra Circle to Chamarajendra Circle), Purandara Road (B Rachaiah Circle to Kusti Akada), Old Sayyaji Road Road (B Rachaiah Circle to Krishnaraja Wadiyar Circle) and Albert Victor Road (Jayachamarajendra Circle to Krishnaraja Wadiyar Circle) which are near Mysuru Palace.
Aerial monitoring of forest fires will help douse them before they cause too much damage, say officials
MYSURU: Intent on securing the thick woods from raging infernos, forest department officials at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, which is infamous for its annual forest fires, has sought the assistance of Indian Air Force (IAF).
Foresters have requested the IAF to operate flights at low altitudes to help detect fires and alert the department on the ground to mitigate the disaster.
Field director and Bandipur Tiger Reserve conservator of forests Natesha Sri Rajappa said that he had discussed the possibility of such an operation with Air Marshal RD Mathur, who heads the IAF Training Command. “We have requested IAF to deploy helicopters to alert us about forest fires and help extinguish them. The IAF authorities have agreed to help,” Rajappa told STOI.