Tumakuru's Environment & Heritage Issues

Dumping of plastic and food remains from an eatery inside the bund of Tumkur Amanikere near Gadi Anjenya temple Dumping of construction debris inside the bund of Tumkur Amanikere near Gadi Anjenya temple Dumping of construction debris inside the bund of Tumkur Amanikere near Gadi Anjenya temple Dumping of construction debris inside the bund of Tumkur Amanikere near Gadi Anjenya temple Dumping of construction debris inside the bund of Tumkur Amanikere near Gadi Anjenya temple Dumping of construction debris inside the bund of Tumkur Amanikere near Kari Basava Swamy Circle / Sarvodaya Junior College Dumping of construction and encroachment inside the bund of Tumkur Amanikere near Kari Basava Swamy Circle / Sarvodaya Junior College An encroachment inside Tumkur Amanikere near Kari Basava Swamy Circle / Sarvodaya Junior College The sad state of the board put up by Forest Department indicating the importance of Tumkur Amaikere near Kari...

Akka - Thangi Kere is a pair of wetlands located adjacent to each other on the outskirts of Tumkur City. Due to the rapid expansion of Tumkur City the wetlands were slowly being encroached. To prevent this, the Tumkur District Environment Week Celebration Committee headed by the then DCF of Tumkur District and consisting of nature lovers from the city decided to convert the wetland into a forest. A massive tree planting programme was organised in October 2000 involving nature lovers and school kids of Tumkur City. Dedicated efforts by the forest department helped the wetland become a beautiful forest. Due to the construction of the Golden Quadrilateral of National Highways throughout India, these wetlands have fallen prey to development. The following pictures tell you the story THE STATE OF AKKA-THANGI KERE NOW View of construction debris and bio-waste being dumped inside the boundaries of Akka Thangi Kere from the under-construction New Tumkur Bypass Sira Road (Mumbai - Bangalore Na...