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Vizag, a city of poles?!
The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) officials have been instructed to plant 1 lakh trees in Vizag city. This is highly commendable. As is clear from any Google satellite image of Vizag, almost all the greenery in Vizag is only within compounds such as Railways, Andhra University, HPCL Quarters, Harbour... -
A paradise on wings
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary (0.67 sq. km) is about 18km form Mysore (Karnataka) situated on the banks of the river Cauvery. This Bird Sanctuary owes its existence to the world famous ornithologist Dr. Salim Ali who convinced the Maharaja of Mysore in 1940 to declare Ranganathittu as a protected area. The... -
Where have all the birds gone?
Posted by Rama Menon June 9, 2012 3 Comments“One for sorrow, two for joy, three for letter, four for boy….” goes a nursery rhyme we all learnt in childhood. Children used to blissfully count the number of mynas they saw and exchanged notes on whether they would get a letter or go on a journey. Dragon flies and butterflies... -
Don’t approve bauxite mining in Vizag
The Kala Committee has failed to visit the bauxite mining areas of Visakhapatnam as the local tribals organized a bandh against its visit. The only visit that was made by them to the area was in a helicopter, that too reportedly funded by the mining companies from whom the committee... -
Time to count the elephants
It is time to count the elephants in India, starting today. The census will take place in the forest areas of Kerala, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa, where the elephant habitat is contiguous. `The Hindu’ reports that one of the centres of intense activity will be the Nagarahole... -
Kerala’s only tribal village under threat
Kerala has decided to seek the intervention of National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) to conserve and preserve the traditional way of life of the state’s only tribal village, Idamalakkudi. IANS reports that a team of the Kerala State Biodiversity Board (KSBB) recently visited the village inhabited by Muthuvan tribe, and found... -
Karnataka goes green
India’s only saffron state in the south, Karnataka is going green ! The Times of India reports on how Karnataka will boast of 9000 ’environment-friendly schools’ by the end of March 2013. Students at these schools will grow their own vegetables, plant medicinal plants in their school’s backyard and be high... -
During earth hour, Chandy had a candle light dinner
Here is a man who practises what he preaches. During Earth Hour on March 31, between 830 and 930 pm, Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy shut off the lights at his home and decided to have a candle light dinner with his wife. Proof of the pudding is in the... -
Morning, Necklace Road and Cycling
Hyderabad’s 3 km long Necklace Road is to turn a cycling and pedestrian zone between 5 and 7 am, starting March 18. The initiative, jointly promoted by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and Hyderabad Bicycling Club, is called `Bicyclone’. In the run-up to the International Biodiversity Conference to be...
