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Coimbatore: ‘Save Race Course’, a petition launched by a group of residents and environmentalists on change.org, has amassed 2,500 supporters in 24 hours. The group wants the city corporation to stop the Smart City project being taken up in the area, share the project plan with the public and form a consensus, before going ahead. The e-petition was launched after 70 trees were removed for the project and Thomas Park, which had some rare shrubs, was razed to the ground, said R Mohammed Saleem, president of the Environment Conservation Group. “They also removed three traffic islands opposite KG Hospital, Thomas Park and one diagonally opposite KG Theatre. Children’s playground and park at the entrance of West Club Road was also removed,” he said. ....
Representative image COIMBATORE: Acting against the Smart City project that was taken up by the Coimbatore Corporation, a group of residents and environmentalists started an e-petition on change.org website to “save race course”. The petition has received 2,400 signatures in 24 hours. The residents urged Coimbatore Corporation to immediately stop the Smart City project being taken up in the area. They first wanted the civic body to share the project’s plan with the public and get a consensus before going ahead. The petition was filed after residents complained that around 70 trees were cut and uprooted for the project and Thomas Park which housed a few rare shrubs was also razed. ....
Online petition against model road project on Race Course Road Updated: Updated: Share Article AAA Construction works for the model road project in progress on Race Course Road in the city on Friday. An online petition condemning the model road project undertaken by the Coimbatore Corporation on Race Course Road has garnered over 2,400 signatories in two days. Environmentalist R. Mohammed Saleem, who started the petition, alleged that over 70 trees were felled in the area to carry out the model road works under the Smart Cities Mission. He urged that the works must be stopped immediately and the Corporation must form a committee comprising residents, and environmentalists as stakeholders. “We are concerned about Coimbatore’s prioritisation with rapid development at the cost of the city’s public green spaces,” Mr. Saleem said in a statement. ....
Hunters target birds in grasslands of Kalangal near Coimbatore Updated: Updated: December 15, 2020 13:17 IST A nature enthusiast said he found nets to trap birds laid over large stretches, and alerted the Forest Department Share Article AAA Two men who were seen removing nets which they had laid to trap birds in Kalangal near Sulur in Coimbatore district on Monday | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A nature enthusiast said he found nets to trap birds laid over large stretches, and alerted the Forest Department Two days after some men were seen catching spot-billed pelicans at Ukkadam tank in the heart of Coimbatore city, long stretches of nets were found laid to trap birds in the dry grasslands at Kalangal near Sulur, on Monday. ....