COSTS of face-lift over 212 National Highway ( Bangalore - Calicut )

The legends that once stood tall who had their branches spread far are now cut down to size and uprooted. Road expansion on National Highway 212 has started @ Gundulpet.

Trees by the road are the first victims, with them the homes of many Birds, Bats, Squirrels & the Bees.

With respect to development, every new age positive comes with negatives. A row of tress could have been planted behind the existing line to keep the system cool and calm.The residents of these trees have to find a new address, the constant shrink for must be scary.

An opportunity to watch the Trees in their Glory days – you could ask for a copy @ the DreamCatcher Café. Photograph the existing tress to show your appreciation, beautiful ficus trees where their hanging roots looks like a beard or sample some tamarinds along the way, the natural khatta meetha.

Plant some saplings to keep the Balance – Cheers 

Wild Elephants in our Backyard

As you all know we have a plantation behind and it is seeing its last days of its harvest. Last Nite about 9:45 the plantation had visitors ... “ELEPHANTS”. We did not see them as they manage to sneak past.

This morning we discovered their tracks and set out on their trail eager to find them. Judging by the tracks we figured there might have been two of them lurking around the area. Guilty as charged for uprooting a few banana plants in the property. They managed to cross the highway to the neighboring plantation and quenched their thirst from the tank. We walked the trail to a near by thicket of the next village and headed back to the Café

The Locals in the area were surprised by the visit as this hasn’t happened in more the 20 years. They suspect the elephants were at a nearby water source Nalluru Aman Kere Jalashya about 4km from where we are from - http://wikimapia.org/#lat=11.845007&lon=76.7030239&z=14&l=0&m=b

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