Massive tree protest: Children, elders and thousands light candles to protest tree felling – Star of Mysore

Mysuru: Environmentalists, tree lovers, civic activists, farmers, residents and college students got here collectively in an emotional united protest final night, mourning the felling of 40 bushes alongside Hyder Ali Street — from the Kalikamba Temple to the SP Workplace Junction in Nazarbad.

Because the solar set, residents gathered across the chopped-off tree trunks not simply to protest, however to grieve. Organised into small, disciplined teams, environmental supporters stood silently on either side of the highway, holding candles, flowers and placards.

The solemn candlelight vigil was a symbolic mourning of the bushes killed. Timber that had for many years supplied shade, oxygen and magnificence to the stretch. The vigil started with members inserting white cloths and garlands of flowers on the tree stumps — now stark reminders of what was as soon as a thriving inexperienced cover.

Battle for all times, clear air

Candles had been lit beside every felled tree and silence crammed the air as protesters sat quietly on the highway in contemplation, sorrow, and solidarity. For these current, it was not nearly bushes — it was concerning the combat for all times, clear air, and Mysuru’s identification.

Following the vigil, the group staged a silent protest march from the SP Workplace Junction to the Kalikamba Temple. They carried highly effective placards that learn: “Cease Tree Reducing,” “Clear Metropolis, Inexperienced Metropolis,” “Say No to Initiatives That Hurt the Atmosphere,” and “We should Guarantee Clear Air, Water, and Meals for Our Youngsters and Grandchildren.”

Greater than 20 organisations lent their assist to the protest, together with Parisara Balaga, Mysore Grahakara Parishat, Folks’s Union for Civil Liberties, Staff Mysuru Basis, Let’s Do It Mysore, Yuva Brigade, Youth for Seva, Arya Vaishya Abhivruddhi Samithi, Kannadada Kannadi, Mysore Hridayavanta Kannadigara Balaga, Prakruthi Vakeelara Thanda, Rashtriya Brashtachara Nirmoolane Karyacharane Samithi, Karnataka State Farmers Welfare Affiliation, Mysore Biking Membership, Mysore Athletic Membership, Humanities Reduction Society, Progressive Fighters and the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha.

Their presence turned what might have been a quiet mourning into a robust present of public solidarity.

The protest was not restricted to environmental organisations. It drew widespread participation from civil society, highlighting the rising public outrage. Within the phrases of one protester: “This isn’t nearly 40 bushes. That is concerning the soul of Mysuru.”

Youngsters, college students, ladies and elders stood aspect by aspect, sporting black headbands to mark their silent resistance. The protest minimize throughout caste, creed and class, exhibiting Mysuru’s surroundings as a shared heritage and a shared accountability.