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Mysuru Grahakara Parishat (MGP) has reiterated its absorption to the works projected nether the PRASHAD strategy atop Chamundi Hills.
In a missive addressed to Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy, MGP president S.K. Dinesh said, “As you indispensable beryllium aware, we from MGP person been objecting to immoderate enactment that harms the practice of Chamundi Hills and besides affects its biodiversity for respective years. We person been acrophobic astir the carrying capableness of the environmentally delicate Chamundi Hills. Our concerns were corroborated by the Bengaluru-based Ashoka Trust for Research successful Ecology and the Environment.”
He said that erstwhile the PRASHAD strategy was archetypal conceived and plans were drawn up, MGP had objected, raising the basal contented that alternatively of promoting Chamundi Hill arsenic a “spiritual centre”, the strategy would extremity up converting it into a “commercial centre”.
The missive stated that erstwhile the multi-level parking installation and assemblage analyzable were constructed, MGP had objected connected respective grounds. “One of them was the nonaccomplishment to undertake a full-fledged Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). MGP filed a PIL successful the Supreme Court. Though we did not win successful stopping the work, we succeeded successful lodging our protestation successful a antiauthoritarian and ineligible way,” it said.
With respect to the PRASHAD scheme, the MGP urged the Deputy Commissioner to gully the government’s attraction to 3 important issues. Since Chamundi Hills was declared a practice tract successful the past Mysuru Master Plan, anterior support from the Heritage Committee should beryllium secured earlier undertaking immoderate enactment connected the hill. “To our knowledge, nary specified support has been obtained. Secondly, arsenic mentioned earlier, a full-fledged EIA should person been conducted. Again, determination is nary specified EIA. Finally, alternatively of removing each amerciable encroachments and promoting Chamundi Hill arsenic a spiritual centre, efforts look to beryllium moving successful the other absorption of converting it into a ‘commercial centre’,” the missive stated.
The MGP urged the Deputy Commissioner to pass the authorities astatine the earliest astir nationalist absorption to the strategy and the protests by starring NGOs, which person been supported by the nationalist done soundless protests implicit the years, including online signature campaigns.
“Stopping the strategy would beryllium the eventual tribute to precocious writer S.L. Bhyrappa, who opposed projects promoting commercialized tourism by stating that ‘Tourism kills tourism’,” Mr. Dinesh said.
