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Mayawati’s penchant for setting up parks has, ironically, not found favour with environmentalists and naturalists. This is because her idea of a park is not about greenery and nature, but statues, concrete and mortar. Bird watchers are agitated over an Ambedkar Park coming up in Noida opposite ....Read more

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Parks and Open spacesBy: Ramesh Kapoor | Sunday , 5 Apr '09 9:42:05 AM Reply | Forward I am a strong believer of having parks and open spaces in cities - concrete jungles - and it is refreshing to see parks and open spaces with water ponds or artificial lakes. However, having statues within the parks is distressing, if they end up with birds perching on them and pooping all over them. It is one thing to honor a hero, but it is another when birds defecate over them, or some miscreants paint grafitti all over them or even piss over them. I would not kill such endeavors where a city dweller can come closer to nature.

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