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Welcoming the Supreme Court’s verdict directing restoration of Mysuru’s iconic Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building alternatively of demolition, Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has urged the authorities of Karnataka not to record an appeal, and to instantly statesman conservation work.
MGP founding-working president Dr. Bhamy V. Shenoy said the judgement had brought alleviation not lone to practice conservationists but besides to the radical of Mysuru, who respect the 2 structures arsenic portion of the city’s taste identity.
The Parishat, which was portion of the citizens’ question seeking preservation of the practice buildings, said some INTACH and IIT Roorkee had recovered that astir 70% of the structures could beryllium repaired and restored portion retaining the existing foundation.
Drawing a examination with the restoration of Angkor Wat temples successful Cambodia, Dr. Shenoy said adjacent severely damaged practice structures elsewhere had been successfully conserved, proving that restoration of Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building was feasible.
Criticising the State Government for challenging the Karnataka High Court bid of August 2023, the MGP said the hold had resulted successful further deterioration of the buildings implicit the past 3 years. It urged the authorities to statesman restoration without further delay, and entrust the enactment to agencies with world-class conservation expertise.
In addition, Dr. Shenoy called for the assignment of a committee to analyse lease agreements and tenancy issues earlier renewing contracts successful the marketplace area. He said identifying rightful occupants and rationalising rents would beryllium a analyzable exercise, and should beryllium handled efficiently successful the interests of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC).
Pressure is mounting connected the authorities of Karnataka to instrumentality contiguous steps towards restoration, with request increasing from assorted quarters for the enactment to statesman without delay.
Mysuru MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar visited Devaraja Market successful Mysuru connected May 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Mysuru MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, who visited Devaraja Market connected May 11, was among those who demanded contiguous restoration of the 2 practice structures.
The apex court’s May 4, 2026 verdict ordering restoration of Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building has travel arsenic a alleviation for traders and tenants who had opposed demolition and reconstruction, citing the market’s practice worth and architectural significance.
The Lansdowne Building has remained out of bounds for traders for respective years aft a information of the operation collapsed, forcing galore to tally businesses from makeshift shops adjacent the site.
