The Shibpur Botanic Garden authorities have issued a notice prohibiting parking of cars by morning walkers inside the garden.
The notice was seen at the main gate on Monday evening. The authority said no vehicles four-wheelers, two-wheelers or bicycles would be allowed in the garden between 5 am and 7.30 am from Tuesday morning onwards.
“Around 1,000 vehicles used to be parked by morning walkers in the garden daily, leading to pollution. We have taken this move to save the trees,” said garden director Himadri Sekhar Debnath. Policemen will be posted at both entrances from Tuesday, he added.
Earlier in the day, the garden security staff gheraoed the director for about four hours to protest Sunday’s incident, in which six of them had been beaten up by morning-walkers. They demanded that security be intensified in the garden. The agitation was withdrawn around 4 pm after the director promised to look into the matter.
Times of India
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