Karnataka Veterinary and Fisheries Sciences University in no mood to lose green cover

While the green cover in the city is diminishing, the lush areas are falling prey to development activities. In this backdrop, the government’s decision to allot 21 acres at Karnataka Veterinary Animal and Fisheries Sciences University for the Judges Colony has run into controversy with objection from environmentalists.

On Thursday, a meeting attended by RN Srinivas Gowda, vice-chancellor of Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University and Raghuram Gowda, president of the Karnataka Veterinarians’ Association (KVA), along with others, was held to take stock of the situation, “We don’t want yet another concrete jungle, especially, when at a campus like this, which we have developed to meet farming needs. We can’t have quarters in the middle of it,” said a source who did not wish to be named.

Educational institutions have become the target of politicians, said Bharath Curam, Rotarian from Yelahanka. “The largest land space is occupied by educational institutions. If judges have some wisdom, they must protest against it,” he said.

In the meeting, it was decided to stage a protest on January 5, 2011, near the Mahatma Gandhi statue.