Hasire Usiru
Campaign to Reclaim Bangalore's Commons
In the Media
November 10, 2008. Hasiru Usiru for Garden City - DH News Service, Bangalore
More than 1,000 residents took part in a walk to draw attention towards the need for better road and protection of green cover in the city.
�The government should not chop trees in the name of development,� said Shamala Rao, one of the participants in the walk.
Initiated by Hasiru Usiru, a non governmental organisation along with a conglomeration of various other city-based community organisations, the walk for better city took off from Lal Bagh and ended at Town Hall.
�I am happy that the citizens are being concerned and have addressed crucial issues like bad roads and loss of green cover in Bangalore. The public has decided to raise their voices through the walk,� said Dinesh Gundu Rao, Legislator, Gandhinagar constituency who flagged off the rally. Kathyayini Chamaraj, Executive Trustee, CIVIC and part of Hasiru Usiru said the event marks that citizens of Bangalore should be included in the rebuilding process of the city.
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