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Sunday, Jun 06, 2004

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BMP to set up panel on canopy management

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, JUNE 5. The Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) will soon set up a committee of environmentalists to study the tree pattern and suggest measures for canopy management, the Mayor, P.R. Ramesh, said here today.

Speaking at the World Environment Day function organised by the civic body, he said that the committee would include experts such as A.N. Yellappa Reddy and Suresh Heblikar.

"They will study the tree pattern and find out the reason for uprooting of trees. They will also guide us on systematic tree planting," the Mayor said.

"The World Environment Day should not be observed just on one particular day. We should protect our environment and also educate our children about this. To make children eco-conscious, the BMP is planning to introduce books on environment in all high schools from this year," he said.

The BMP plans to plant over 25,000 saplings this year. Planting will begin soon and will be completed in the next two months, he said.

The JP Bio-diversity Park at Mathikere will become another Lalbagh. Trees of rare species are being planted in the 85-acre park . The park, to be ready in the next four months, will also have a 25-acre water body," the BMP Commissioner, M.R. Sreenivasa Murthy, said.

Aquatic life restored

After the recent rains did their bit to fill the Sankey Tank, the BMP has started restoring the lake's aquatic life. On Saturday, over 3,000 fish from the University of Agricultural Sciences Fish Farm were introduced into the lake for better weed management and weed control.

Four varieties of fish — Grass Carp, Silver Carp, Catla and Mrigal — were transported to the tank in huge water-filled polythene bags.

While Grass Carp and Silver Carp were imported from China, Catla and Mrigal are the Indian major Gangetic carps.

The fish would not multiply or would be harmed even if the water level in the tank subsides. While the Grass Carp feeds on soft aquatic grass and weeds, the Silver Carp feeds on algae. The Catla feeds on zoo planktons and Mrigal on bottom waste including mosquito larvae. This will help in weed management, they said.

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