Residents living in and around Lingambudhi Lake, which is a major lung space in the city, staged a demonstration on Thursday to express their opposition to the proposed entry fee to ensure proper maintenance.
The Lingambudhi Lake is spread over 216.23 acres of which the water span is 75 acres and the remaining portion is land which has been developed into a tree park and is a major biodiversity hotspot.
The demonstrators urged the Forest Department to drop the move and ensure that there is no entry fee as it amounted to taxing the commoners besides children and senior citizens for making use of the lung space. They said that in the interest of the public the proposal should be dropped. The members were drawn from various organisations under the banner of ‘’Lingambudhi Nagara Udyanavana Vayuharigala Samithi’’
