Mangaluru: Amid police security, Forest Department officials began cutting trees for the proposed Deputy Commissioner’s office complex at Padil here on Wednesday. The Tree Officer, through an order on Tuesday, allowed the district administration to cut down 202 trees for the project coming up on 5.89 acres. There are 666 trees in all. And, permission […]

Mangaluru : Alleging that the district administration, instead of being benevolent towards citizens, is poised to make Mangaluru a green-free city, green activists recently asked the Deputy Commissioner to justify the decision for shifting the district office complex to Padil that entails the felling of 386 trees. They said that there are enough vacant spaces […]