The green thumb of South City, has been Smt Kamala Krishna, who spearheaded the landscaping working group along with her team
1. Inspection of plants, trees and related areas
- There were many trees that were heavily infected, which the pest control department tried to fix, BBMP forest department was coordinated, most trees were saved, but a few had to go as they were spreading the infection to near by trees, and the only option was to remove the trees. This was a very difficult choice but something that had to be done in the interest of retaining grenery across
- The condition of the fence plants (Durantas) were in a bad shape due to extensive cutting, these were rescued were possible
- Good quality flowering and decorative plants are planted across South City to improve the overall appeal.
2. Restoration of the South City Park
Persistent followup by Smt Kamala Krishna, along with the Secretary Shri Smaran Mudbidri and the Jt Secretary Amit Gupta following up with various BBMP offices and BBMP Horticulrture detpartment helped the department allocate restoration activity of the Mango Park at no cost to South City residents. As part of this, the following are being implemented to highlight a few
- Lot of South City garden waste was dumped over the past 2 years in the Mango park, along with tree trunks, plastics etc as this park was not the focus area . This area was cleaned, the manure helped Trees recover, though they require additional fertilizer and pesticides to come to good state of health. This has been informed to horticulture department.
- The aspect of dumping of waste from the Laxmi layout area has been highlighted for corrective actions, as this is leading to debris, rat problem and eventually ofcourse to other predators that would surface
- BBMP is setting up 2 shredders to help recycle the green waste
- The wall that had collapsed has been reconstructed by BBMP
- sunken water laden walk ways were relaid / replaced and made even, water drain holes made,
- BBMP is constructing a Udyānasthāna, lotus water body, childrens park, painted the boundarys, the culverts
- The park has an renovated appeal and brings much needed lung space to south city and its neighbourhood
It has been observed that the green cover in the South City park has tremendously imrpvoed this year.
3. Increasing flowers, exotic plants and bringing in lawn to cover clay slippery mud areas
Smt Kamala Mam has tremendous passion to making South City beautiful and has planted beautiful plans, ofcourse working with her team, in many areas like the area in front of the Club House, There is an interest to improve to a much better level with vision to plan sound reduction trees in select areas to help residents
Lawn was suggested by her fellow member, Shri Smaran, without cost to South City, using her innovative approaches planted lawn at various stretches making South City more beautiful. Request residents to allow for the grass to gain roots prior to starting to walk on these. This idea stemmed from a common problem being faced by many residents during rainy days - the mud would get very slippery and a lot of mud was being washed on to the roads. This was a pilot to prevent such issues.