The three -member committee headed by Srinivas.c., The Bangalore University registrar, reported that the “BIO Park” has already been founded on a country identified for the construction of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering’s new campus on Jnanabharathi.
. “The soil will not be diverted for any other purpose, as Bio-Park plays a key role in carbon sequestration and contributes significantly to environmental stability, diversity and achievement of sustainable development goals,” the report said.
The State Cabinet decided to set up the first autonomous institute for the IIT model, on 50 acres on the Jnanabharathi campus at Bengalur University at the estimated cost of 500 GBP Crore 26.
In this context, the university has established a three member committee, which studied the advantages and disadvantages of carrying out construction work in this area.
“This part of the Bio-Park has evolved since 2015, along with natural vegetation associated with birds, insects, animals and microbial diversity. More than 150 different types of trees belonging to 58 different families were recorded in the proposed 50-Acqura land for NSC. Santal wood, including red sandalwood with dense and naturally regenerating sandal wood trees with a height of more than 15 feet, ”said the report.
“This place has been developed to maintain thousands of Western Ghat plant species with the help of several NGOs and philanthropists in the last few years, and if it were protected, it would be one of the hotspots of biodiversity.
The report also stated that the proposed area is also a nest for 134 species of birds, including water and earthly birds. The existing 32 species of flowering plants/trees belonging to 29 genera under 14 families are used to sit birds. The area has hundreds of peacocks a total of 64 types of butterflies belonging to eight families.
At the end, the report said that in accordance with the National Forest Policy and University Grant Commission (UGC) Nagar Vana Yojana, the soil will maintain for biodiversity. “Another diversion of the biodiversity rich in the biodiversity is the Indian Government against the Biodiversity Act and the 1986 Indian Government Act. Dushing these areas would lead to serious ecological damage to the biodiversity not only in the proposed area but also in neighboring and surrounding areas,” it explained.
No objection
University resources claimed that Varsity has no objection to the establishment of a new campus of National Jnanabharathi, who was previously under the jurisdiction of Bangalore University. “This report is exaggerated and far from the facts. The university decided not to present this report to the government,” confirmed the university source.
Published – 29 March 2025 21:35
