The Mini Forest in J P Nagar 3rd phase has a one-kilometre stretch of lovely trees, called the Mini Forest. This stretch is broken up into four parts, and it is intriguing that one part alone has been maintained very beautifully, with paved walkways, green grass, plants, communication boards, a playground corner, a yoga corner and so on. The other three parts have been left to their own devices.

Still, having even one part looking so pretty was good…some of it was by neighbouring software companies, who are doing their bit for the environment.

But yesterday, I was not happy to see this on the lamp-posts in the sector:

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I thought, initially, that they must be solar charging panels, and went up to two men who were soldering it in place, what it was. “Speakers”, was the laconic reply.

Now I am as fond of music as anyone else; but the idea of some devotional music or Radio Mirchi being played full-blast in the dawn of what should be a quiet morning does get my goat. There are, after all, plenty of walkers who listen to music on their iPods (or old-fashioned Walkmans!)…what is the need to bathe the entire park in waves of sound, early in the morning?

Quite a lot of money seems to have been spent to get these speakers fixed to the light stands…and I cannot help wondering at the cost, and whether the initiative will be worth it….