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Leader of Opposition successful the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok joined the protesting employees of Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation’s (KSIC) filature mill successful T. Narsipura adjacent present connected Friday, and threatened to motorboat a ‘Save Mysuru Silk’ run against the operation of a stadium successful the mill premises.
Speaking astatine the protestation tract successful T. Narsipura, Mr. Ashok said the BJP volition rise the contented successful the coming Budget league of the State Legislature, scheduled to commencement connected March 6, if the Government does not driblet the connection to conception a stadium successful the filature mill premises.
“We volition not let adjacent an inch of the filature factory’s onshore to beryllium utilized for operation of a stadium,” helium said portion assuring the protestors that the BJP volition basal with them successful their struggle. “We are acceptable to instrumentality retired a padayatra connected the issue,” helium said.
Though the BJP is not against operation of a stadium, the enactment volition not let a profit-making manufacture similar KSIC, which was established by the erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore, to beryllium closed down. “Let them conception a stadium elsewhere. Why bash they privation the onshore of this mill for the stadium?” helium questioned.
He said the KSIC, which produces the famed GI-tagged Mysuru silk sarees, had made a nett of ₹ 96 crore past twelvemonth and alleged that the Government had transferred the magnitude to BESCOM, portion the KSIC officials had made a overseas trip, spending ₹ 1.5 crore, connected the pretext of upgrading the machinery.
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But, the Government had transferred astir fractional of the factory’s onshore for constructing a stadium, helium said, portion alleging that a Congress protagonist had bagged the ₹ 12 crore declaration and the Government was pushing for the task for the involvement of the commission.
He besides alleged that the Government was conspiring to yet adjacent down the KSIC filature factory, which supplies earthy silk to the weaving units successful Channapatna and Mysuru for manufacture of Mysuru Silk sarees, to payment different Congress leader, who runs a ample reeling unit. If the KSIC-run filature mill closes, the portion tally by the Congress person volition benefit, helium claimed.
The closure of the KSIC-run filature mill volition dependable the decease knell for its weaving units successful Channapatna and Mysuru, which unneurotic employment astir 2,000 workers.
Mr. Ashok, who besides visited KSIC’s silk weaving mill successful Channapatna, and addressed a property league successful Mysuru, said determination is perfectly nary request to conception a stadium connected this portion of onshore that besides has 2 ample boilers. The onshore has hundreds of afloat grown trees that assistance incorporate the precocious somesthesia and foul odor emitted by the industry. “If the stadium is built, 430 trees volition person to beryllium cut,” helium said.
He wondered however immoderate sporting enactment could beryllium conducted successful a stadium situated adjacent to the boilers and an manufacture that emits foul smell. “If immoderate mishap occurs, who volition instrumentality the responsibility?”, helium questioned.
