Tumakuru's Environment & Heritage Issues

Yellowthroated Bulbul: A new home to secure the future of this exclusively 'Indian' bulbul. Pic: Clement Francis ----------Quote--------- Saving the bulbul's home Amit S Upadhye TNN Bangalore: In 1906, when the British government notified a 42.27-sqkm forest patch on the hills along east Tumkur district as Devarayanadurga state forest, it left out 6 sqkm abutting it. Over a hundred years later, the patch is now getting its due, with conservationists formulating a proposal to declare it a yellow-throated bulbul conservation reserve. The area is a nesting ground for these winged beauties, apart from being home to sloth bears and leopards. On World Forestry Day recently, researchers from the Indian Institute of Science, members of the Wildlife Aware Nature Club (WANC), Tumkur, and forest department sleuths began a two-day survey of the patch, which is categorized as southern thorny scrub forest. The forest department will formulate the proposal based on the study re...

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...