Think before you plant tree

People are the ultimate. This fact about the strength of the people unfortunately was not known to the people until recently. And it was reflected in the election results. These election results are going to be the beginning of a new chapter in the annals of Indian history. Now the people will not look back. They take initiative to correct any misrule by BJP or Congress.

Now with a craze for resorts and holiday homes , Western Ghat is being ripped off esp at Sakleshpur and Kudremukh which is so beautiful , with drizzle all round the year keeping the entire place cool and green and the many waterfalls runnig all round the year! But not any more since I see large patches being cleared in the midst of the valleys for these resorts, honestly it is so frustrating to see this happening and who else to blame but the Karnataka governemnt, most of the time we have had Congress ruling here and ...

Purely on a humourous note you may like shifting to a BJP ruled state till Karnataka votes back BJP. Pl understand BJP and COngress are two sides of the same coin.

LOL, why I mentioned Congress was because it is two of their ministers who are responsible for destroying thee foest cover in the name of development.Kudremukh iron ore drilling was stopped after years of fight by the enviornmentalists against this particular minister who is very closse to the gandhi family ..Now he has started his new project with other bigwigs at Western Ghats and that too openly , which goes to show that Congress government has no concern for environmental issues ...So one hopes that BJP learns from these lessons and gives a better performance if and when it comes into power here !

I appreciate the sentiments behind your concern. I have no political affiliation, but over the years I have observed that when different parties come to power they do the same things, only intensity may differ. BJP rule in Karnataka produced the iron ore scam due to which Congress came back to power and the ministers referred to by you have got again opportunity to cause environment degradation. So should we blame BJP for this. It is we the people who have to rise and stop all these. Why was Yeddiurappa elected back or the above Congress Ministers for that matter re-elected. We keep supporting them and wish they will not do wrong things. It is their bread and butter which we authorise them to carry on by re-electing them. We want our battles to be fought by others. My "humourous" remark was on the spur of the moment and in good jest - thank you for taking it lightly.

During Yeddy rule in Karnataka, the role of governor's house is always questionable and you are forgetting that aspect.

Now with a craze for resorts and holiday homes , Western Ghat is being ripped off esp at Sakleshpur and Kudremukh which is so beautiful , with drizzle all round the year keeping the entire place cool and green and the many waterfalls runnig all round the year! But not any more since I see large patches being cleared in the midst of the valleys for these resorts, honestly it is so frustrating to see this happening and who else to blame but the Karnataka governemnt, most of the time we have had Congress ruling here and ...

Purely on a humourous note you may like shifting to a BJP ruled state till Karnataka votes back BJP. Pl understand BJP and COngress are two sides of the same coin.

LOL, why I mentioned Congress was because it is two of their ministers who are responsible for destroying thee foest cover in the name of development.Kudremukh iron ore drilling was stopped after years of fight by the enviornmentalists against this particular minister who is very closse to the gandhi family ..Now he has started his new project with other bigwigs at Western Ghats and that too openly , which goes to show that Congress government has no concern for environmental issues ...So one hopes that BJP learns from these lessons and gives a better performance if and when it comes into power here !

I appreciate the sentiments behind your concern. I have no political affiliation, but over the years I have observed that when different parties come to power they do the same things, only intensity may differ. BJP rule in Karnataka produced the iron ore scam due to which Congress came back to power and the ministers referred to by you have got again opportunity to cause environment degradation. So should we blame BJP for this. It is we the people who have to rise and stop all these. Why was Yeddiurappa elected back or the above Congress Ministers for that matter re-elected. We keep supporting them and wish they will not do wrong things. It is their bread and butter which we authorise them to carry on by re-electing them. We want our battles to be fought by others. My "humourous" remark was on the spur of the moment and in good jest - thank you for taking it lightly.

Of course I understand your concerns and I have similar concerns - about Yediyurappa - it is presumed that he is behind all ills in Karnataka which is not the case at all...In fact he was against bringing in both the Reddy brothers who were in Congress but wanted to join BJP when it came to power. All the iron ore scam happened during Congress tenure but got highlighted during BJP rule. That apart, Yediurappa is taking on the blame for his family of son and 2 son inlaws and a nephew who have been involved in scams and used his name for which he has apologised in the high court and in front of the media, this is known here very well, and it is because of this reason that he has been voted back but Modi has asked him to fight the cases and come out and also work for the party before he is given any role in decision making.. As far as the Congress minister is concerned there was opposition to his becoming a minister in the present Siddaramaiah government , even the CM was not for it but Sonia Gandhi wanted him to have the post ! There were many clean Congress MLAs who deserved the ministerial post but were denied, so this shows the attitude of the Congress leader ! Arrogance and personal gains is what they want more than anything else !

It seems truth about karnataka is ydt go bd revealed.

Many a times what happens within the state is known only to the locals since a very sketchy picture is given in the national media...However, no matter what the reality is , law is the same for all and one has to face the consequences no matter who you are - Yediurappa or Sonia Gandhi ! :dry:

Now with a craze for resorts and holiday homes , Western Ghat is being ripped off esp at Sakleshpur and Kudremukh which is so beautiful , with drizzle all round the year keeping the entire place cool and green and the many waterfalls runnig all round the year! But not any more since I see large patches being cleared in the midst of the valleys for these resorts, honestly it is so frustrating to see this happening and who else to blame but the Karnataka governemnt, most of the time we have had Congress ruling here and ...

Purely on a humourous note you may like shifting to a BJP ruled state till Karnataka votes back BJP. Pl understand BJP and COngress are two sides of the same coin.

LOL, why I mentioned Congress was because it is two of their ministers who are responsible for destroying thee foest cover in the name of development.Kudremukh iron ore drilling was stopped after years of fight by the enviornmentalists against this particular minister who is very closse to the gandhi family ..Now he has started his new project with other bigwigs at Western Ghats and that too openly , which goes to show that Congress government has no concern for environmental issues ...So one hopes that BJP learns from these lessons and gives a better performance if and when it comes into power here !

The humorous note of the member helped in extracting some more deeds of anti environmental activities by the previous governments.. I must thank him.

Receiving thanks from you is equivalent to my having planted 100 trees !

Many a times what happens within the state is known only to the locals since a very sketchy picture is given in the national media...However, no matter what the reality is , law is the same for all and one has to face the consequences no matter who you are - Yediurappa or Sonia Gandhi ! :dry:

The opposite is also true : Many a times what happens within a state is known only to the locals since a very rosy picture is promoted / given in the national media.

Many a times what happens within the state is known only to the locals since a very sketchy picture is given in the national media...However, no matter what the reality is , law is the same for all and one has to face the consequences no matter who you are - Yediurappa or Sonia Gandhi ! :dry:

Absolutely, many a times, national media is completely ignoring issues related to local situations as only one reporter for a state for them.

National media too has different wings devoted to different regions. For example Indian Express has button in its home page,On clicking it you can see news from different states.

All electronic media channels are ignoring regional news altogether.

I'm getting all the news pertaining to my region and even from remote parts of my region from electronic media. Yesteryear CNN has highlighted the GAIL pipeline gas leakage that happened in the most remote part of AP

You get even the most minor news from villages on the net....Our local paers may not have all the news but I find it on the net. So there is no dearth of news nowadays !
Everybody esp our politicians make a big noise about trees and preserving nature but do precious little, in this regard I salute the Indian army for maintaining the green cover around all their properties and in Bangalore there is a constant tussle between them and the state government which eyes their lush properties to widen the roads. earlier there was a scam when army land was raken over by the then state government with Moily as the CM but the land was later used for a commercial complex where a lt of money was made by everyone . after which the army is very careful and I am all for it...there is enough land with the government lying vacant meant for developmental purposes so there is no need for them to grab army land :angry:

:ocal News papers which have wider circulation devote pages for other states' news as well as international news. For example "Eenadu" is a widely circulated Telugu news paper, not only in AP but also in the neighboring Karnataka also. It covers widely news from All states.
Now coming to the point. My place is the head quarters of Eastern Naval command. I often visit the Head quarters of ENC. That is a vast expanse of Lush greenery. Its a feast to the eye. I can understand what amount of labour must have gone to make such a Green place that makes all green with envy.

:ocal News papers which have wider circulation devote pages for other states' news as well as international news. For example "Eenadu" is a widely circulated Telugu news paper, not only in AP but also in the neighboring Karnataka also. It covers widely news from All states.
Now coming to the point. My place is the head quarters of Eastern Naval command. I often visit the Head quarters of ENC. That is a vast expanse of Lush greenery. Its a feast to the eye. I can understand what amount of labour must have gone to make such a Green place that makes all green with envy.

It is reported that in J&K state during peak days of terrorism, advantage was allegedly taken by many forest contractors and large areas of mountain slopes lush with tall trees were cleared and converted into barren slopes. As cities expand adjacent farmlands and wastelands with large and full bloom old trees are cut down for making buildings for stay and commerce. hardly any trees are grown in the developed areas and forest cover goes on reducing.

:ocal News papers which have wider circulation devote pages for other states' news as well as international news. For example "Eenadu" is a widely circulated Telugu news paper, not only in AP but also in the neighboring Karnataka also. It covers widely news from All states.
Now coming to the point. My place is the head quarters of Eastern Naval command. I often visit the Head quarters of ENC. That is a vast expanse of Lush greenery. Its a feast to the eye. I can understand what amount of labour must have gone to make such a Green place that makes all green with envy.

It is reported that in J&K state during peak days of terrorism, advantage was allegedly taken by many forest contractors and large areas of mountain slopes lush with tall trees were cleared and converted into barren slopes. As cities expand adjacent farmlands and wastelands with large and full bloom old trees are cut down for making buildings for stay and commerce. hardly any trees are grown in the developed areas and forest cover goes on reducing.

Unless we learn the meaning of the adage, " give back, what's taken from the nature" ,the situation goes on like this. Once we used to see townships amidst greenery. Now we see patches of greenery amidst the concrete jungles.

In last 20 yrs my native place normal temp gone from 29 to 32 in hot summer plus add six to eight virtual temperature due to humidity. it is due to large scale cutting of trees near sea zones. :ohmy: :ohmy:

The present delayed monsoon is a shining example of environmental abuse created due to absence of Afforestation .

In last 20 yrs my native place normal temp gone from 29 to 32 in hot summer plus add six to eight virtual temperature due to humidity. it is due to large scale cutting of trees near sea zones. :ohmy: :ohmy:

Everyone knows and agrees that deforestation is harmful but it still goes on. Can not it be stopped.

In last 20 yrs my native place normal temp gone from 29 to 32 in hot summer plus add six to eight virtual temperature due to humidity. it is due to large scale cutting of trees near sea zones. :ohmy: :ohmy:

Everyone knows and agrees that deforestation is harmful but it still goes on. Can not it be stopped.

Yes it cannot be stopped. Dooms day also cannot be stopped.

In last 20 yrs my native place normal temp gone from 29 to 32 in hot summer plus add six to eight virtual temperature due to humidity. it is due to large scale cutting of trees near sea zones. :ohmy: :ohmy:

Everyone knows and agrees that deforestation is harmful but it still goes on. Can not it be stopped.

Yes it cannot be stopped. Dooms day also cannot be stopped.

If there is a will there is a way and if more developed western countries are able to do it , we too certainly can try. But here even tring is a big IF....This is because of lack civic and environmental awareness among the masses. We have people who go and pluck flowers and destroy plants from public parks, so what can we expect from such people ? Some of these are educated and not illiterate and thats the tragedy !