#Citizens #protesting against felling of trees are pejoratively called “ #EnvironmentalActivists ” “ #BuddhijeeviAndolanjeevi ” & worse, by a certain section of #politicians & ppl. #Transcending political ideology, state & #CentralGovernments & powerful ppl #intoxicated with #money view public #protests with undisguised hostility.

#ConflictOfInterest between #greedy #corporations & #government who benefit from #ecocide projects & #citizens suffer the adverse effects.

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Why Are Governments Hostile To Peaceful Efforts by Citizens To Protect the Environment?

In Bengaluru, criminal cases were registered against 70 citizens for marching peacefully and silently against tree-felling and flyover construction alongside the iconic Sankey tank.

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