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2 DECCAN HERALD B Friday, June 3, 2016 Metro BENGALURU: Kriyative the- atre, a city-based bilingual theatre group is back with yet another creative and ex- perimental play. 'Where the Shadow Ends', an English play, will be staged on June 3. It tickles one into thinking through its unique plot.. Directed and designed by Veena Basavarajaiah, the play has seasoned actor Lakshmi Chandrashekar, dancer Preethi Bharadwaj, Serbian performer Kristian Al-droubi and actor-cum-lighting design- er Vinay Chandra. The play presents a contem- porary interpretation of an epic, which is common across cultures by blending varied performing arts such as music, storytelling, rhythm, choreog- raphy, poetry among others. Veena, also a contemporary choreographer, said, “The play travels seamlessly through myths, history and modern re- alities exploring the space be- tween realities and shadows of the past. This is the first time, the play is being premiered in the city and the country. Based on the response from the audi- ence, more shows would be arranged. This is a dream come true project as I got to work with a talented bunch of peo- ple.” Scripted by Shreekanth Rao, the play revolves around com- plex concepts that may not be easily understandable by chil- dren below the age of 12, Veena, who makes her debut as a director with this play, added. Lakshmi Chandreskhar said, “I am excited to be part of the play. The concept was de- veloped six months back and we have been developing it as we were rehearsing. It has evolved beautifully.” The team is keen to take the play across the country and worldwide. They are planning to travel to Serbia and stage the play there as well. Kriyative Theatre Trust, founded by Lak- shmi Chandrashekhar, has ren- dered more than 500 perform- ances in the country and given more than 50 performances abroad. The one hour and 15 minute- long play will be staged at Ran- ga Shankara, JP Nagar First Phase at 7.30 pm and each tick- et is priced at Rs 200. DH News Service BENGALURU: Age is just a number and life is endless, goes a saying. This is indeed true as the city will get to witness a rare Bharata- natyam performance by two senior artistes. Come June 4, Minakshi Thakor (59) and Deva Nahata (67) will present a Bharat- anatyam performance 'Swap- naakaar- Living the Dream of Dancing Feet’, directed by Bharathi Vittal. For Minakshi this is the first stage performance. Nahata is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer. The artistes said that their childhood dreams of learning dance motivated them to learn Bharatanatyam and perform one day. Minakshi, a mother of two children, said, “I happened to visit a Bharatnatyam dance class a few years ago and won- dered if I also could learn the dance form. I took dance class- es under the guidance of Shob- hana Rajendran and her daughters Leena and Lekha in Vadodra. Now, I am all set to fulfill my desire to perform on the stage for the first time.” Donning many caps as a writer, poet, singer and Bharat- natyam dancer is Deva Nahata, a former student of K M Ra- man, who is being trained by Bharathi Vittal at present. She performed her first Nritya Ab- hinaya in 2010 at the age of 60 and there has been no looking back ever since. Nahata said, “I received the Brahmi Kala Award by Vihar Manch, Kolkata in 2012. Last year, I presented the Bhara- tanatyam performance ‘Bhav- abhinaya,’ a blend of Hindi po- etic compositions, some of them written by me. This will be my seventh solo perform- ance and my aim is to keep learning. Minakshi and I are practising regularly and I am really looking forward to per- forming.” To watch the performance of the two dance enthusiasts, head to KEA Prabhat Audito- rium, Kamalanagar where the show will start at 6.30 pm on June 4. DH News Service BENGALURU: Two blind Bonnet Macaques residing in the People for Animals (PFA) shelter in Kengeri have turned out to be a blessing in disguise for young rescued primates, rescuers and veterinarians. Elizabeth (13) and Nanny (14) are nurturing young primates by extending motherly love and affection. Nanny was rescued and re- habilitated at PFA 4 years ago after she was hit by a car. Eliz- abeth made PFA her home when she was six years old. A vegetable vendor had thrown acid on her when she was try- ing to steal vegetables. So far, Elizabeth has taken care of 10 babies, while Nanny has already nurtured 6 and is handling three others at pres- ent. Dr Karthik M, veterinarian at PFA told Deccan Herald that these two primates have not been trained and the caretak- ers have minimal interaction with them, except when their enclosure has to be changed or they have to be fed. “It seems like they have a natural mater- nal instinct as they have been mothers before. They are also comfortable with the place and surroundings that they seem to be psychologically helping other animals relax and make the shelter their home,” he ex- plained. The PFA houses 264 ani- mals of which there are 77 kites, 28 parakeets and other birds, 38 monkeys, 30 terra- pins and 3 snakes. “It also seems like it’s mostly to do with company. There are rescued birds who learn to peck on food by way of obser- vation. That’s not the case with the two primates. Elizabeth and Nanny, compared to other animals, are also calmer. Their maternal instincts also seem very high,” he said. Abandoned primates The veterinarians and caretak- ers nurture abandoned pri- mates when they are toddlers. “When they turn two-and-half to three months, the young pri- mates are allowed to mingle with Elizabeth and Nanny who take care of them. These nan- nies comfort them and help them learn, through natural in- stincts, how to feed themselves and even ‘monkey tricks’,” Karthik said. DH News Service Whitefield Rising, Forest dept to plant 1,000 trees in Mandur BENGALURU: Whitefield Ris- ing, in association with the Forest department, has decid- ed to plant 1,000 saplings in the Mandur reserve forest patch on the World Environ- ment Day on June 5. Utkarsh Singh, founder of Save Whitefield, said, “The group decided to undertake a massive drive to plant 1,000 saplings of native tree species in the forest. The area was identified with the help of for- est officials as it had shrubs and bushes. It was chosen as it is safe and well protected. Public spaces in the city are not safe for greening because of cattle grazing, encroach- ment and infrastructure proj- ects uprooting trees.” The members of Whitefield Rising and Forest department officials aim to create mini Cubbon Parks and Lalbaghs across the city and this is one of their efforts in east Ben- galuru. More such efforts are being planned under public private partnership at Gunjur- palya and Kadagudi. Plantation drive Around 500 people are ex- pected to participate in the plantation drive, of which 250 have already confirmed. For- est officials will also be pres- ent. A forest official said that there was huge amount of land in east Bengaluru which remains green only on paper. There is a need to protect such urban forest patches from encroachment. Planta- tion drives involving people will help, as they will have a role in ensuring protection and the efforts will lead to young citizen forest wardens. Urban planner R K Mishra said a large number of citizen volunteers are engaged in var- ious initiatives like reducing traffic congestion, lake rejuve- nation, tree plantation, traffic management and infrastruc- ture improvement. This plan- tation drive is an ambitious ef- fort to improve quality of life in this part of Bengaluru, he said. DH News Service In brief Last date extended » The DPUE has upload- ed 26,000 scanned ans- wer scripts so far and 40,0- 00 more are under process. The last date to apply for revaluation has been exten- ded to June 9, said the DP- UE director Ramegowda. Man held with banned substance » The Narcotics Control Bureau sleuths arrested a man and seized 878 gram Methamohetamine, a banned substance worth Rs 35 lakh. The suspect had kept the psychotropic sub- stance among bags of food and pickles. He was caught at check-in baggage count- er. The suspect was to leave for Bangkok by a Thai Air- ways flight. He was pro- duced before Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances court. Bus fares hiked » Commuters who travel by air-conditioned Ban- galore Metropolitan Trans- port Corporation and Kar- nataka State Road Transport Corporation bus- es will have to shell more. Both the transport corpora- tions have decided to in- crease the fare by six per cent. The corporation was prompted to take the deci- sion after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley imposed serv- ice tax on state carriage AC buses in the recent Union budget. Patient dies, kin go on flash stir » The death of a patient led to tension at Mang- ala hospital in Yeshwantpur on Thursday evening as the victim's relatives staged a flash protest and broke win- dowpanes of the hospital. Salma was rushed to the hospital for treatment late afternoon and a doctor ad- ministered some injections. Salma’s heath deteriorated and she died after a while. Salma's relatives alleged that she died after the doc- tor administered the wrong injection. Some of them even broke the window- panes. The police rushed to the spot on being alerted and controlled the situa- tion. However, the victim's relatives are yet to lodge a complaint, said the police Polytechnic diploma course » The Directorate of Technical Education has extended the last date for downloading and sub- mitting the applications for the first year Polytechnic diploma course 2016-17 from May 30 to June 10. The students should have passed SSLC or any other equivalent exam with a minimum of 35 per cent to apply for the diploma course. Keeping the stu- dents’ welfare in mind, the Directorate of Technical Education has extended the last date to download the applications, document ver- ification and online submis- sion of the filled-in applica- tions to the government colleges and government aided colleges to June 10, till 5 pm. PG diploma course » The Indian Institute of Packaging, an autono- mous body under Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India, has announced ad- missions for two-year post- graduate diploma in pack- aging. The candidates should have passed a gradu- ate degree examination in science with a minimum of second class to be qualified to apply for the course. The last date to apply is June 10. The entrance exam will be conducted on June 17 at the Indian Institute of Packag- ing, Bengaluru. Detergent making course » The Multi-Disciplinary Training Centre (MSME), Khadi and Village Industries Commission, un- der the Ministry of MSME, GoI, is organising a training in detergent cake making from June 3 to 18 on MSME premises, Vijinapura, Door- vaninagar, B’luru-560016. Call 99676 70431 for infor- mation. GENERAL Karnataka Media Academy: Discus- sion on “Defamation treated as crimi- nal offence - Impact on media,” Minis- ter Roshan Baig to take part, Hotel Parag, Raj Bhavan Road, 11 am. Bangalore International Centre: Talk on “Einstein’s “Century-old pre- diction verified at last, the momen- tous discovery of gravitational waves,” Professor Ajit Kembhavi to preside, Auditorium, Bangalore Inter- national Centre, 4th Main Road, Dom- lur II Stage, Domlur, 6.30 pm. Kannada and Culture Department and Karnataka Shilpakala Acade- my: Workshop on “Wood Carving,” inauguration by Mahadevappa, Presi- dent of Shilpakala Academy, District Children Protection Unit, M H Marigowda Road, near Kidwai Hospi- tal, 11 am. Banjara Academy: Helping hand talk on “Is it good to take risks?,” by Dr Ali Khwaja, Banjara Academy, No 84, R V Road, Basavangudi, near Lal- bagh West Gate, 4 pm. National Institute of Advanced Studies: Public lecture on “Engineer- ing of need and want” by Dr Purnen- du Ghosh from the Birla Institute of Scientific Research, Lecture Hall, NIAS, IISc Campus, 3.30 pm. Centre for Child and Law: Two-day workshop by state-level school de- velopment and supervision commit- tee, inauguration by litterateur Baraguru Ramachandrappa, Student Christian Movement of India, CSI Compound, Mission Road, 11 am. CULTURAL Nrithya Lahari Kala Kendra Trust: Bharatanatyam Rangapravesha by Manjushri, Ravindra Kalakshetra, JC Road, 6 pm. Academy of Music: Kannada drama festival - “Ranga Rangoli,” staging of the drama - “Shivarathri,” Chowdiah Memorial Hall, JD Park Layout, Vya- likaval, 7.30 pm. Sri Maruthi Janapada Cultural As- sociation, in association with Kan- nada and Culture Department: “Haadu Hase” - a musical programme, Kalagrama, Mallathahalli, 5 pm. Heritage Foundation of Art and Cul- ture: “Nazariya,” a painting exhibi- tion portraying children’s view on en- vironment, Venkatappa Art Gallery, Kasturba Road, 10 am. Alliance Francaise: Young talent programme, art exhibition on the theme “Bengaluru” by artist Archana Narendran, Alliance Francaise, Thim- maiah Road, Vasanthnagar, 10 am. RELIGIOUS Paramartha Vichara Sangha Trust: Lecture on Brahmasutra Bhashyam by Dr K G Subraya Sharma; Adhyatma Mandira, V V Puram; 7:45 am. Vedanta Satsanga Kendra: Lecture on “Bruhadaranayaka Upanishat” by K G Subraya Sharma , Vedanta Nilaya, Sakamma Gardens, Basavangudi, 9 am. Sri Ramakrishna Seva Trust: “Geetha Gnana Yagna” - Bhagavad Gita - Chapter Six - by Sree Swamy Abhayachaitanya, Sree Vasavi Kanya- ka Parameswari Devi Temple, 8th Cross, Malleswaram, 6.30 pm. In city today Rainfall 20.3 Humidity 87 pc Sunrise 5.53 am Sunset 6.43 pm Moonrise 4.07 am Moonset 4.59 pm (Relevant data recorded at 5.30 pm. Source: IMD) City weather FORECAST: Generally cloudy. TEMPERATURES Maximum 33.3 C Minimum 21.0 C A still from the play ‘Where the Shadow Ends.’ Bosky Khanna BENGALURU: The proposal by the Army to revive Bel- landur lake has received a mixed response. Departments involved in the revival of the lake are claiming that they have expertise to han- dle the problem, but residents and experts opine that the Army can do a better and faster job. Mahendra Jain, Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Devel- opment Department, and chairperson of the expert com- mittee for restoration of Bel- landur lake, said portions of the water body abutting defence areas like near HAL and Agara were well taken care of. Their proposal seems be nice, but a decision will be taken later. The Bangalore Develop- ment Authority is the custodi- an of the Bellandur lake. Jain is also the BDA Board chair- person. But this proposal has not gone down well with BDA offi- cials. A BDA official said, “BDA has revived many lakes in the past and our engineers are qualified. The help of the Army is not needed. However, a de- cision will be taken by the Board.” The BDA is awaiting govern- ment funds to revive 25 lakes under its limits in the last one year. The state government is also awaiting a Rs 500-crore grant from the central govern- ment, to revive Bellandur and Varthur lakes. This was prom- ised by Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar during his last visit to Bengalu- ru, in 2015. B V Satish, BBMP executive engineer (lakes), said that the Army has a condition that sewage flow should be stopped. “But 99% of the problem is sewage entering Bellandur lake. Once sewage is stopped, the lake will revive by itself. There is no need for anyone to do anything.” Prof T V Ramachandra from the Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, who is a part of the expert committee, said that allowing the Army to revive the lake was the best solution as so far, nothing has been done. They have technology and ex- pertise. The Army's eco-battal- ion is doing a good job in clean- ing River Ganga. The government will hand over the task to contractors, who will make money. The contractors and the departments will dry up and desilt the lake. Wet dredging is ideal for such a huge water body and the Army has the technology. Former member of the Bel- landur Panchayat K Jagannath said that the government was considering the proposal by the Namma Bengaluru Founda- tion. But, if the Army revives it, then there is no problem, he said. DH News Service Army better placed to revive lake, say residents, experts Departments claim they have know-how for undertaking task ECO WATCH The frothing due to the flow of chemical effluents into the Bellandur lake has been a cause for concern. DH FILE PHOTO BENGALURU, DHNS: The mod- el footpath and road in Yediyur ward was inaugurated on Thursday by MLA R Ashoka. Speaking after the inaugu- ration, the MLA said, “At least Rs 13 crore is spent to construct a km-long stretch under the TenderSURE project. “The 1.7 km-long model foot- path and road from the South End Circle to Ganesha Temple has been developed at Rs 1.6 crore under the TenderSURE project. The mayor and the BBMP commissioner should emulate this model road for de- velopment of other stretches in the city,” he added. Ashoka said the Tender- SURE project was approved by the BJP government. But the estimated cost was ten times less than what the Congress government is spending today. This wastage of money should be investigated. The statement embarrassed Mayor B N Man- junath Reddy who said the cost of TenderSURE project shot up because of the shifting of the utilities beneath the foot- path. He, however, agreed that there are some shortcomings in the TenderSURE project which will be corrected later. The Mayor also hailed the model footpath and road, which has all the facilities. The key feature of the model footpath and road is that not only utilities have been shifted beneath it, but there are also 50 rainwater harvesting pits. It also has a mini-garden running in the middle of the footpath. ‘Where the Shadow Ends’ at Rangashankara today Minakshi Thakor and Deva Nahata. Age no hindrance for this dancing duo Childhood dream drove them to learn Bharatanatyam ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| No scope for ownership Ajai Mishra, CEO of the Karnataka Lake Develop- ment and Conservation Authority, said there is a norm by the state govern- ment which the Army will have to comply. There cannot be owner- ship or commercial inter- est in the lake. Lakes can- not be leased also. They can only contribute to- wards rejuvenation, as part of charity or philanthropic activity. Let a proposal come to the government and then a decision will be taken, he said. ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 2 blind monkeys are nannies to rescued animals BENGALURU, DHNS: An acci- dental fire in one of the trans- formers of 400/220 KV line at Hoody plunged many areas in North and Eastern parts of Bengaluru into darkness from 3 am on Thursday till after- noon. Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (Bescom) Managing Director Pankaj Ku- mar Pandey told Deccan Herald that power supply got effected because one of the transformers caught fire at around 3 am in the morning. The power supply across the city was restored by Thursday noon. The Bescom re- ceived 13,000 calls and 11,000 complaints, till 2:30 pm on Thursday, from the residents of the aforementioned areas, stat- ing interruption in power supply and power outages for long hours without prior informa- tion. A senior Bescom official added that one of the three in- terconnected 440/220 KV transformers in Hoody had caught fire. They were intimi- dated by their KPTCL counter- parts and had to immediately rush to the spot to control the fire. The transformer had caught fire at midnight due to some technical issues and it took more than half an hour for the power corporations to control the fire. Inquiry is un- derway to ascertain the cause and it will be restored soon, said a KPTCL official. Due to this accident the downstream supply lines in HAL, Hebbal, ITPL, Manyata Tech Park, Kadubeesanahalli, Banaswadi, Hennur and sur- rounding areas were affected. By Thursday evening, the prob- lem was fixed. Loads were shifted to 220 KV Malur station and to Subramanyapura and HSR Layout stations. The loads were normalised by Thursday evening, the BESCOM official added. Blind Bonnet Macaque Nanny nurtures the young primates at the People for Animals shelter in Kengeri. DH PHOTO The 1.7 km-long model footpath and road from the South End Circle to Ganesha Temple has been developed at a cost of Rs 1.6 crore under the TenderSURE project. DH PHOTO ‘This model footpath and road are worth emulating’ Transformer accident causes power outages
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BENGALURU: Kriyative the-atre, a city-based bilingualtheatre group is back withyet another creative and ex-perimental play.
'Where the Shadow Ends',an English play, will be stagedon June 3. It tickles one intothinking through its uniqueplot..
Directed and designed byVeena Basavarajaiah, the playhas seasoned actor LakshmiChandrashekar, dancerPreethi Bharadwaj, Serbianperformer Kristian Al-droubiand actor-cum-lighting design-er Vinay Chandra.
The play presents a contem-porary interpretation of anepic, which is common acrosscultures by blending variedperforming arts such as music,storytelling, rhythm, choreog-raphy, poetry among others.
Veena, also a contemporarychoreographer, said, “The playtravels seamlessly throughmyths, history and modern re-alities exploring the space be-tween realities and shadows ofthe past. This is the first time,the play is being premiered inthe city and the country. Basedon the response from the audi-ence, more shows would be
arranged.This isadreamcometrue project as I got to workwith a talented bunch of peo-ple.”
Scriptedby ShreekanthRao,the play revolves around com-plex concepts that may not beeasily understandable by chil-dren below the age of 12,Veena, who makes her debutas a director with this play,added.
Lakshmi Chandreskharsaid, “I am excited to be part ofthe play. The concept was de-veloped six months back andwe have been developing it aswe were rehearsing. It hasevolved beautifully.”
The team is keen to take theplay across the country andworldwide. They are planningto travel toSerbia and stagetheplay there as well. KriyativeTheatreTrust, foundedbyLak-shmiChandrashekhar,hasren-deredmorethan500perform-ances in the country and givenmore than 50 performancesabroad.
Theone hourand15minute-long play will be staged at Ran-ga Shankara, JP Nagar FirstPhaseat7.30pmandeachtick-et is priced at Rs 200.DH News Service
BENGALURU: Age is just anumber and life is endless,goes a saying. This is indeedtrue as the city will get towitness a rare Bharata-natyam performance bytwo senior artistes.
Come June 4, MinakshiThakor (59) and Deva Nahata(67) will present a Bharat-anatyam performance 'Swap-naakaar- Living the Dream ofDancing Feet’, directed byBharathi Vittal.
For Minakshi this is the firststage performance. Nahata isa trained Bharatnatyamdancer.
The artistes said that theirchildhood dreams of learningdance motivated them to learnBharatanatyam and performone day.
Minakshi, a mother of twochildren, said, “I happened tovisit a Bharatnatyam danceclass a few years ago and won-dered if I also could learn the
dance form. I took dance class-es under the guidance of Shob-hana Rajendran and herdaughters Leena and Lekha inVadodra. Now, I am all set to
fulfill my desire to perform onthe stage for the first time.”
Donning many caps as awriter, poet, singer andBharat-natyam dancer is Deva Nahata,
a former student of K M Ra-man, who is being trained byBharathi Vittal at present. Sheperformed her first Nritya Ab-hinaya in 2010 at the age of 60and there has been no lookingback ever since.
Nahata said, “I received theBrahmi Kala Award by ViharManch, Kolkata in 2012. Lastyear, I presented the Bhara-tanatyam performance ‘Bhav-abhinaya,’ a blend of Hindi po-etic compositions, some ofthem written by me. This willbe my seventh solo perform-ance and my aim is to keeplearning. Minakshi and I arepractising regularly and I amreally looking forward to per-forming.”
To watch the performanceof the two dance enthusiasts,head to KEA Prabhat Audito-rium, Kamalanagar where theshow will start at 6.30 pm onJune 4.DH News Service
BENGALURU: Two blindBonnet Macaques residingin the People for Animals(PFA) shelter in Kengerihave turned out to be ablessing in disguise foryoung rescued primates,rescuers and veterinarians.Elizabeth (13) and Nanny(14) are nurturing youngprimates by extendingmotherly love and affection.
Nanny was rescued and re-habilitated at PFA 4 years agoafter she was hit by a car. Eliz-abeth made PFA her homewhen she was six years old. Avegetable vendor had thrownacid on her when she was try-ing to steal vegetables.
So far, Elizabeth has takencare of 10 babies, while Nannyhas already nurtured 6 and ishandling three others at pres-ent.DrKarthikM,veterinarianat PFA told Deccan Herald thatthese two primates have notbeen trained and the caretak-ers have minimal interactionwith them, except when theirenclosure has to be changed or
they have to be fed. “It seemslike they have a natural mater-nal instinct as they have beenmothers before. They are alsocomfortable with the place and
surroundings that they seemto be psychologically helpingother animals relax and makethe shelter their home,” he ex-plained.
The PFA houses 264 ani-mals of which there are 77kites, 28 parakeets and otherbirds, 38 monkeys, 30 terra-pins and 3 snakes.
“It also seems like it’s mostlyto do with company. There arerescued birds who learn topeck on food by way of obser-vation. That’s not the case withthe two primates. Elizabethand Nanny, compared to otheranimals, are also calmer. Theirmaternal instincts also seemvery high,” he said.
Abandoned primatesThe veterinarians and caretak-ers nurture abandoned pri-mates when they are toddlers.“When they turn two-and-halfto three months, the young pri-mates are allowed to minglewith Elizabeth and Nanny whotake care of them. These nan-nies comfort them and helpthem learn, throughnatural in-stincts, how to feed themselvesand even ‘monkey tricks’,”Karthik said.DH News Service
WhitefieldRising,Forestdepttoplant1,000treesinMandurBENGALURU: Whitefield Ris-ing, in association with theForest department, has decid-ed to plant 1,000 saplings inthe Mandur reserve forestpatch on the World Environ-ment Day on June 5.
Utkarsh Singh, founder ofSave Whitefield, said, “Thegroup decided to undertake amassive drive to plant 1,000saplings of native tree speciesin the forest. The area wasidentified with the help of for-est officials as it had shrubsand bushes. It was chosen as itis safe and well protected.Public spaces in the city arenot safe for greening becauseof cattle grazing, encroach-ment and infrastructure proj-ects uprooting trees.”
The members of WhitefieldRising and Forest departmentofficials aim to create miniCubbon Parks and Lalbaghsacross the city and this is oneof their efforts in east Ben-galuru. More such efforts arebeing planned under publicprivate partnership at Gunjur-palya and Kadagudi.
Plantation driveAround 500 people are ex-pected to participate in theplantation drive, of which 250have already confirmed. For-est officials will also be pres-ent. A forest official said thatthere was huge amount ofland in east Bengaluru whichremains green only on paper.There is a need to protectsuch urban forest patchesfrom encroachment. Planta-tion drives involving peoplewill help, as they will have arole in ensuring protectionand the efforts will lead toyoung citizen forest wardens.
Urban planner R K Mishrasaid a large number of citizenvolunteers are engaged in var-ious initiatives like reducingtraffic congestion, lake rejuve-nation, tree plantation, trafficmanagement and infrastruc-ture improvement. This plan-tation drive is an ambitious ef-fort to improve quality of lifein this part of Bengaluru, hesaid.DH News Service
In brief
Last date extended
»The DPUE has upload-ed 26,000 scanned ans-
wer scripts so far and 40,0-00 more are under process.The last date to apply forrevaluation has been exten-ded to June 9, said the DP-UE director Ramegowda.
Man held withbanned substance
»The Narcotics ControlBureau sleuths arrested
a man and seized 878 gramMethamohetamine, abanned substance worth Rs35 lakh. The suspect hadkept the psychotropic sub-stance among bags of foodand pickles. He was caughtat check-in baggage count-er. The suspect was to leavefor Bangkok by a Thai Air-ways flight. He was pro-duced before NarcoticDrugs and PsychotropicSubstances court.
Bus fares hiked
»Commuters who travelby air-conditioned Ban-
galore Metropolitan Trans-port Corporation and Kar-nataka State RoadTransport Corporation bus-es will have to shell more.Both the transport corpora-tions have decided to in-crease the fare by six percent. The corporation wasprompted to take the deci-sion after Finance MinisterArun Jaitley imposed serv-ice tax on state carriage ACbuses in the recent Unionbudget.
Patient dies, kingo on flash stir
»The death of a patientled to tension at Mang-
ala hospital in Yeshwantpuron Thursday evening as thevictim's relatives staged aflash protest and broke win-dowpanes of the hospital.
Salma was rushed to thehospital for treatment lateafternoon and a doctor ad-ministered some injections.Salma’s heath deterioratedand she died after a while.Salma's relatives allegedthat she died after the doc-tor administered the wronginjection. Some of themeven broke the window-panes. The police rushed tothe spot on being alertedand controlled the situa-tion. However, the victim'srelatives are yet to lodge acomplaint, said the police
Polytechnicdiploma course
»The Directorate ofTechnical Education
has extended the last datefor downloading and sub-mitting the applications forthe first year Polytechnicdiploma course 2016-17from May 30 to June 10.
The students should havepassed SSLC or any otherequivalent exam with aminimum of 35 per cent toapply for the diplomacourse. Keeping the stu-dents’welfare in mind, theDirectorate of TechnicalEducation has extended thelast date to download theapplications, document ver-ification and online submis-sion of the filled-in applica-tions to the governmentcolleges and governmentaided colleges to June 10,till 5 pm.
PG diploma course
»The Indian Institute ofPackaging, an autono-
mous body under Ministryof Commerce and Industry,India, has announced ad-missions for two-year post-graduate diploma in pack-aging. The candidatesshould have passed a gradu-ate degree examination inscience with a minimum ofsecond class to be qualifiedto apply for the course. Thelast date to apply is June 10.The entrance exam will beconducted on June 17 at theIndian Institute of Packag-ing, Bengaluru.
Detergentmaking course
»The Multi-DisciplinaryTraining Centre
(MSME), Khadi and VillageIndustries Commission, un-der the Ministry of MSME,GoI, is organising a trainingin detergent cake makingfrom June 3 to 18 on MSMEpremises, Vijinapura, Door-vaninagar, B’luru-560016.Call 99676 70431 for infor-mation.
GENERALKarnataka Media Academy: Discus-sion on “Defamation treated as crimi-nal offence - Impact on media,” Minis-ter Roshan Baig to take part, HotelParag, Raj Bhavan Road, 11 am.Bangalore International Centre:Talk on “Einstein’s “Century-old pre-diction verified at last, the momen-tous discovery of gravitationalwaves,” Professor Ajit Kembhavi topreside, Auditorium, Bangalore Inter-national Centre, 4th Main Road, Dom-lur II Stage, Domlur, 6.30 pm.Kannada and Culture Departmentand Karnataka Shilpakala Acade-my: Workshop on “Wood Carving,”inauguration by Mahadevappa, Presi-dent of Shilpakala Academy, DistrictChildren Protection Unit, M H
Marigowda Road, near Kidwai Hospi-tal, 11 am.Banjara Academy: Helping handtalk on “Is it good to take risks?,” byDr Ali Khwaja, Banjara Academy, No84, R V Road, Basavangudi, near Lal-bagh West Gate, 4 pm.National Institute of AdvancedStudies: Public lecture on “Engineer-ing of need and want” by Dr Purnen-du Ghosh from the Birla Institute ofScientific Research, Lecture Hall,NIAS, IISc Campus, 3.30 pm.Centre for Child and Law: Two-dayworkshop by state-level school de-velopment and supervision commit-tee, inauguration by litterateurBaraguru Ramachandrappa, StudentChristian Movement of India, CSICompound, Mission Road, 11 am.
CULTURALNrithya Lahari Kala Kendra Trust:Bharatanatyam Rangapravesha byManjushri, Ravindra Kalakshetra, JCRoad, 6 pm.Academy of Music: Kannada dramafestival - “Ranga Rangoli,” staging ofthe drama - “Shivarathri,” ChowdiahMemorial Hall, JD Park Layout, Vya-likaval, 7.30 pm.Sri Maruthi Janapada Cultural As-sociation, in association with Kan-nada and Culture Department:“Haadu Hase” - a musical programme,Kalagrama, Mallathahalli, 5 pm.Heritage Foundation of Art and Cul-ture: “Nazariya,” a painting exhibi-tion portraying children’s view on en-vironment, Venkatappa Art Gallery,Kasturba Road, 10 am.
Alliance Francaise: Young talentprogramme, art exhibition on thetheme “Bengaluru” by artist ArchanaNarendran, Alliance Francaise, Thim-maiah Road, Vasanthnagar, 10 am.
RELIGIOUSParamartha Vichara Sangha Trust:Lecture on Brahmasutra Bhashyamby Dr K G Subraya Sharma; AdhyatmaMandira, V V Puram; 7:45 am.Vedanta Satsanga Kendra: Lectureon “Bruhadaranayaka Upanishat” byK G Subraya Sharma , Vedanta Nilaya,Sakamma Gardens, Basavangudi, 9 am.Sri Ramakrishna Seva Trust:“Geetha Gnana Yagna” - BhagavadGita - Chapter Six - by Sree SwamyAbhayachaitanya, Sree Vasavi Kanya-ka Parameswari Devi Temple, 8thCross, Malleswaram, 6.30 pm.
In city today
Rainfall 20.3
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Sunrise 5.53 am
Sunset 6.43 pm
Moonrise 4.07 am
Moonset 4.59 pm(Relevant data recorded at 5.30 pm.
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A still from the play ‘Where the Shadow Ends.’
Bosky Khanna
BENGALURU: The proposalby the Army to revive Bel-landur lake has received amixed response.
Departments involved in therevival of the lake are claimingthat theyhave expertise to han-dle the problem, but residentsand experts opine that theArmycandoabetterandfasterjob. Mahendra Jain, AdditionalChief Secretary, Urban Devel-opment Department, andchairperson of the expert com-mittee for restoration of Bel-landurlake,saidportionsofthewater body abutting defenceareas like near HAL and Agarawere well taken care of. Theirproposal seems be nice, but adecision will be taken later.
The Bangalore Develop-ment Authority is the custodi-an of the Bellandur lake. Jainis also the BDA Board chair-person.
But this proposal has notgone down well with BDA offi-cials. A BDA official said, “BDAhas revived many lakes in thepast and our engineers arequalified. The help of the Armyis not needed. However, a de-
cision will be taken by theBoard.”
The BDA is awaiting govern-ment funds to revive 25 lakesunder its limits in the last oneyear. The state government isalso awaiting a Rs 500-croregrant from the central govern-ment, to revive Bellandur andVarthur lakes. This was prom-ised by Union EnvironmentMinister Prakash Javadekarduring his last visit to Bengalu-ru, in 2015.
B V Satish, BBMP executiveengineer (lakes), said that theArmy has a condition thatsewageflowshouldbestopped.“But 99% of the problem issewage entering Bellandurlake. Once sewage is stopped,the lake will revive by itself.There is no need for anyone todo anything.”
Prof T V Ramachandrafrom the Centre for EcologicalSciences, IISc, who is a part oftheexpertcommittee,saidthat
allowing the Army to revive thelake was the best solution as sofar, nothing has been done.They have technology and ex-pertise. The Army's eco-battal-ion is doing a good job in clean-ing River Ganga. Thegovernment will hand over thetask to contractors, who willmake money. The contractorsand the departments will dryup and desilt the lake. Wetdredging is ideal for such ahuge water body and the Army
has the technology.Former member of the Bel-
landur Panchayat K Jagannathsaid that the government wasconsideringtheproposalbytheNamma Bengaluru Founda-tion. But, if the Army revivesit, then there is no problem, hesaid.DH News Service
Armybetter placed to revivelake, say residents, expertsDepartmentsclaimtheyhaveknow-howforundertaking task
ECO WATCH The frothing due to the flow of chemical effluents into the Bellandur lake hasbeen a cause for concern. DH FILE PHOTO
BENGALURU,DHNS: Themod-el footpath and road in Yediyurward was inaugurated onThursday by MLA R Ashoka.
Speaking after the inaugu-ration, the MLA said, “At leastRs13croreisspenttoconstructa km-long stretch under theTenderSURE project.
“The1.7km-longmodelfoot-path and road from the SouthEnd Circle to Ganesha Templehas been developed at Rs 1.6crore under the TenderSUREproject. The mayor and theBBMP commissioner shouldemulatethismodelroadforde-velopment of other stretchesin the city,” he added.
Ashoka said the Tender-SURE project was approved bythe BJP government. But theestimated cost was ten times
less than what the Congressgovernment is spending today.This wastage of money shouldbe investigated. The statementembarrassed Mayor B N Man-junath Reddy who said the costof TenderSURE project shotup because of the shifting ofthe utilities beneath the foot-path. He, however, agreed thatthere are some shortcomingsin the TenderSURE projectwhich will be corrected later.The Mayor also hailed themodel footpath and road,which has all the facilities.
The key feature of the modelfootpath and road is that notonly utilities have been shiftedbeneath it, but there are also50 rainwater harvesting pits. Italsohasamini-gardenrunningin the middle of the footpath.
‘WheretheShadowEnds’atRangashankaratoday
Minakshi Thakor and Deva Nahata.
Age no hindrance for this dancing duoChildhooddreamdrove themto learnBharatanatyam
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No scope forownershipAjai Mishra, CEO of theKarnataka Lake Develop-ment and ConservationAuthority, said there is anorm by the state govern-ment which the Army willhave to comply.There cannot be owner-ship or commercial inter-est in the lake. Lakes can-not be leased also. Theycan only contribute to-wards rejuvenation, as partof charity or philanthropicactivity. Let a proposalcome to the governmentand then a decision will betaken, he said.
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2 blind monkeys are nannies to rescued animals
BENGALURU, DHNS: An acci-dental fire in one of the trans-formers of 400/220 KV line atHoody plunged many areas inNorth and Eastern parts ofBengaluru into darkness from3 am on Thursday till after-noon.
BangaloreElectricitySupplyCompany Limited (Bescom)Managing Director Pankaj Ku-marPandeytoldDeccanHeraldthat power supply got effectedbecauseoneofthetransformerscaught fire at around 3 am inthemorning.Thepowersupplyacross the city was restored byThursdaynoon.TheBescomre-ceived 13,000 calls and 11,000complaints, till 2:30 pm onThursday,fromtheresidentsoftheaforementionedareas,stat-inginterruptioninpowersupplyand power outages for longhours without prior informa-tion. A senior Bescom officialadded that one of the three in-terconnected 440/220 KV
transformers in Hoody hadcaught fire. They were intimi-dated by their KPTCL counter-parts and had to immediatelyrush to the spot to control thefire. The transformer hadcaught fire at midnight due tosome technical issues and ittook more than half an hourfor the power corporations tocontrol the fire. Inquiry is un-derway to ascertain the causeand it will be restored soon,said a KPTCL official.
Due to this accident thedownstream supply lines inHAL, Hebbal, ITPL, ManyataTech Park, Kadubeesanahalli,Banaswadi, Hennur and sur-rounding areas were affected.ByThursdayevening, theprob-lem was fixed. Loads wereshiftedto220KVMalurstationand to Subramanyapura andHSRLayoutstations.Theloadswere normalised by Thursdayevening, the BESCOM officialadded.
Blind Bonnet Macaque Nanny nurtures the young primatesat the People for Animals shelter in Kengeri. DH PHOTO
The 1.7 km-long model footpath and road from the SouthEnd Circle to Ganesha Temple has been developed at a costof Rs 1.6 crore under the TenderSURE project. DH PHOTO
‘This model footpath androad are worth emulating’
Transformer accidentcauses power outages
