A proposal demanding recognition of Hesaraghatta grasslands as a conservation reserve has been signed by 75,000 Bengaluru residents and was handed over to the principal chief conservator of forest Vijaykumar Gogi Wednesday.
It comes only a day earlier than when the State Board for Wildlife will maintain a gathering to debate the destiny of the grasslands unfold over 5,000 acres of land and over 40 km away from the state capital Bengaluru.
Vijay Nishanth, president of the NGO Undertaking Vruksha Basis, who began the signature marketing campaign on October 28, mentioned, “We had hoped to run a marketing campaign for 15 days to attraction that all the 5,000 acres of Hesaraghatta grasslands be declared as a conservation reserve. Nonetheless, with the announcement of a wildlife board assembly scheduled for November 3, we needed to trim down the marketing campaign to 3 days (October 28-31). In these three days, now we have garnered 75,000 signatures.”
Location of Hesaraghatta grasslands from Bengaluru (Picture: Screengrab-Google Map)
“We’re eager for tomorrow. For the reason that case went again to the desk of the State Wildlife Board, native politicians have been spreading lies similar to that one can’t graze their cattle within the grasslands as soon as it’s declared as a conservation reserve. Some have even mentioned that after the declaration wild animals shall be introduced there,” he added.
Hesaraghatta grasslands location in Karnataka (Picture-Screengrab-Google map)
Appearing on a petition filed by Nishanth, the Karnataka Excessive Courtroom in July directed the federal government to rethink its 2021 rejection of the proposal to declare the Hesaraghatta grasslands a conservation reserve.