Responding to a PIL, Karnataka High Court has given many orders to reduce tree felling in Bengaluru. Now citizens have greater say in decisions on tree felling as well.
Waiting in line to perform my mother’s last rites at Sumanahalli Crematorium, the familiar smell in the air took me towards the valley. The Vrishabhavathi river flowed dark and foul next to the crematorium.
Efforts to grab forest land in Turahalli Gudda, as it’s long been known, has persisted over the years. And, people have been in the forefront to protect it.
With no income in the lockdown, Abdul Sattar and other embroiderers in Bengaluru were desperate to return to their West Bengal village. Now, with no work in the village, Sattar is desperate to come back to the city.