Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (MM/MB)
Pics: RK Durga Digitals
Udupi, Jun 4: Some citizens here staged a protest her on Sunday June 3 afternoon, against the felling of of trees to make way for footpaths.
Hundreds of protesters, led by the Swamiji of Shirur Math, joined together at the spots where the trees were being felled and registered their opposition to cutting of trees.
As a sequel the authorities stopped cutting the trees temporarily. At the same time, Shriram Divana, district president, Karnataka Communal Harmony Forum and Premananda of Dakshina Kannada Parisarasaktara Okkuta were arrested by the police here for staging the protest.