BBMP to provide funds to Forest Dept if it develops parks on its lands: DCM

Bengaluru Express
Bengaluru, June 18: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said that the BBMP would provide funds to the Forest Department if it comes forward to develop forest land in Bengaluru on the lines of Cubbon Park and Lalbagh.

Speaking at the World Environment Day organised at the Palace Grounds, he said, “If the Forest department develops its land parcels as parks on the lines of Cubbon Park and Lalbagh, it would benefit the public and it will also save forest lands from encroachment.”

“We all need to realise that land doesn’t belong to us but we belong to Earth. We can’t exploit mother earth ignoring the future. The government is committed protect our land, water and nature. We must realise that we are there only when Earth is there,” he said.

“All of us have to take an oath to develop at least one tree in our lifetime. The moment I became the Bengaluru Development minister, I had introduced a scheme in which every student adopts a plant. As many as 50,000 plants were planted as part of this scheme and the students are nurturing them,” he said.

“We have instructed schools to form a ‘climate action club’ comprising 25 students in each school. We need to think about our planet as pollution is increasing rapidly,” he added.

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