Theme park proposal for Hesaraghatta ruffles feathers
The Hindu
The controversy over the rejection of conservation reserve status to the last remaining grasslands in the city at Hesaraghatta has not yet died down. In the new budget, unveiled on March 8, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa announced a ‘theme park’ spread over 100 acres at Hesaraghatta. This has not gone down well with environmentalists and conservation activists.
“A theme park will be established on 100 acres in Hesaraghatta with private partnership to provide information and training with permanent exhibition and demonstration of native livestock, breeds of sheep/goats and poultry breeds,” Mr. Yediyurappa said in his speech. This has raised many an eyebrow as it comes on the back of a big blow to conservation efforts for the grasslands during the recent meeting of the State Wildlife Board on January 19. The Chief Minister had shot down the proposal to declare it ‘Greater Hesaraghatta grasslands conservation reserve’.More Related News