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Deepa's Jottings

Trees being cut even as we protest

December 22, 2015 Deepa Mohan

We recently protested against, and stopped, an illegal meeting by the Bangalore Metro authorities, to ratify cutting trees in Reach 2. However, we can’t protest all the time, and I recently found several large trees

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Meeting called by Bangalore Metro, and called off by citizens’ demand

November 25, 2015 Deepa Mohan

Environment Support Group (ESG) made this report about the meeting called by BBMP officials regarding tree-felling in Reach 2 of the Bangalore Metro Project. That link gives the entire details of what trasnpired in the meeting, and

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Flouting laws under the guise of “love of language”

December 10, 2014 Deepa Mohan

  Though it is illegal to have licence number plates only in Kannada (or any regional language), people routinely flout this rule, and cite their love for Kannada as a reason to have number plates

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