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The High Court of Karnataka connected Friday ordered contented of announcement to the State authorities connected a PIL petition, which complained astir neglect of authorities successful protecting and maintaining Kempegowda Fort, built by city’s laminitis Kempegowda during 17th Century, astatine Magadi of Bengaluru South district.
State-owned monument
The fort and its moat are State-protected monuments nether the provisions of the Karnataka Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1961, and are coming nether the purview of the State’s Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha passed the bid connected the petition filed by H.M. Krishnamurthy, laminitis and president of Sri Kempegowda Abhivrudhi Samithi, Magadi taluk, Bengaluru South district.
‘Total apathy’
There has been a full apathy and negligence connected the portion of authorities successful protecting and maintaining the fort and the moat, the petitioner complained, portion pointing retired that nary enactment has been taken to support the monument contempt respective representations to the authorities, including the section administrations, and holding demonstrations.
While respective portions of fort are successful a dilapidated condition, galore areas of the fort and surrounding portions are utilized for dumping discarded and for Sunday and sheep market, the petitioner complained, portion besides pointing retired that immoderate information of the moat is being destroyed owed to operation of road, which is thing but a blatant onslaught connected the bequest of Kempegowda and amounts to erasing the footprints of humanities legacy.
Direct authorities
Complaining that nonaccomplishment to support the fort is threatening imperishable harm to its structures, the petitioner has sought directions to the authorities to instrumentality contiguous steps to support and support the fort, removal encroachment of areas of the monument and represent a committee of experts to oversea the conservation of the fort.
