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The HSR Citizens Forum, a group of HSR residents, has turned a dilapidated median park into a community garden a while ago. Today, it’s not only a green lung space but also the educational ground for students. If you want to take part, you can drop anchor on any Sunday at the median park on 18th Cross in Sector 3, diagonally opposite McDonald’s. And if you want to understand organic gardening thoroughly, then every last Sunday of the month, there is a free workshop at Swachagraha Kalika Kendra in Sector 4 behind HP petrol bunk opposite BDA Complex, from 8am to 11am.
A few months ago, students from HSR’s Freedom International School were given a walk-through and a practical demonstration of how gardening is done. They even got their hands dirty to get a thrill of agriculture.
Says volunteer and resident Ratnakar Bhadravathi: “The school children were exhubarant and so am I to see the comprehensive activities of our team members. Kudos to each one of you to have made it a worthwhile place for children to visit and get sensitised about eco-friendly initiatives.”
Hangover and Botellon, the two pubs that were shutdown are showing all signs of re-opening, much against the wishes of the residents. Will the authorities act again remains to be seen?
In a move that was pending for over a year, the excise department has shutdown the Hangover pub on 17th Cross in Sector 1. It is learnt that the action was taken after the Lokayukta ordered the shutdown when residents HE Chandrashekar and BN Ravichandra Reddy of Federation of HSR Residents Welfare Association petitioned the … Read more
On October 23, Residents Watch wrote about a community fridge placed by Saibaba temple on the 19th Main footpath, so the poor can make use of it. Today, Sector 7 resident Ratnakar BNS Ratnakar did his bit for the underprivileged.
He decided to donate the harvest from his terrace and community garden to the community fridge. “I placed cabbage, brinjal, and Amaranthus leaves harvested today,” he told Residents Watch. “Hope the same will be relished by the users. We should encourage more such community fridges across HSR. I feel elated.”
We are elated too. If more residents start caring about the underprivileged, the world will be such a better place.
