Mysore/Mysuru: Former Mayor Sandesh Swamy has opined that it is better to rebuild Lansdowne and Devaraja Market building instead of keeping them as ruins. He was responding to the confusions prevailing around the buildings whether they are to be renovated or to be rebuilt again after demolishing the existing structures. Sandesh Swamy said that Devaraja…
Fate of Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building – Demolition not a right move: Pramoda Devi
April 22, 2022‘Protests will not happen if public opinion is honoured’ Mysore/Mysuru: Reiterating her opposition to the demolition of Devaraja Market and Lansdowne building, member of erstwhile Mysore royal family Pramoda Devi Wadiyar this morning said that the demolition was not a right move and goes against public opinion. “Demolition does not hold good as Mysureans share…
Devaraja Market tenants oppose demolition move
April 20, 2022Market shut till 2 pm; occupants march till DC Office, voice their protest Mysuru: The 125-year-old Devaraja Market, usually teeming with shopkeepers and shoppers from dawn to dusk every day, wore a deserted look this morning with trade coming to a grinding halt as the Market was shut in protest against the proposal to demolish…
‘Next they might say Mysore Palace must be demolished’
April 20, 2022Yaduveer demands disbanding of Heritage Panel and formation of new one with real experts Mysuru: Mincing no words against the District Heritage Committee that has recommended the demolition of Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building, titular head of erstwhile Mysore royal family Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar — while launching a protest rally to save Devaraja Market…
Devaraja Market to close for half-a-day tomorrow
April 19, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Protesting against the Mysuru District Heritage Committee’s decision to demolish heritage Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building, paving way for new ‘heritage like’ structures in their place, tenants of Devaraja Market have decided to close their shops for half-a-day tomorrow from 9.30 am to 1 pm. The tenants will take out a procession from Devaraja…
Move to raze Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building: Tenants, stakeholders oppose demolition
April 18, 2022Seek support of Mysore royal family; Public meeting in a day or two Mysuru: The Mysuru District Heritage Committee’s recent decision to demolish and reconstruct the heritage Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building in ‘heritage-like style’ has not gone down well with the stakeholders like tenants of Devaraja Market and heritage experts. They have now reached…
Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building: Heritage Committee favours demolition
April 14, 2022Opinion to be submitted to the High Court and State Government, says DC Structurally weak buildings to be razed but heritage design to be retained Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru District Heritage Committee that met at the Deputy Commissioner’s (DC) Office yesterday under the leadership of DC Dr. Bagadi Gautham, who is also the Chairman of the…
Devaraja Market tenants to get alternative place
April 14, 2022Meeting next week with Tenants Association and Chamaraja MLA, says MCC Commissioner Mysore/Mysuru: If the Karnataka High Court accepts the opinion of the Mysuru District Heritage Committee to demolish the Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building, the dilapidated structures will make way for new heritage-like buildings. In such a scenario, the main task of the Mysuru…
MCC: Are you ready for disaster management this monsoon?
April 12, 2022If summer is here, can monsoon be far away? No. Come May-June, the blue sky above will turn grey and then black; wind will move faster and scorched earth would drench itself with the copious rain from above. Rains, in the beginning, come like thieves. Stealthily. Unpredictably. Poor two-wheeler riders are often caught unawares. And…
Reconstruction of Devaraja Market and Lansdowne buildings: MLA appeals CM for Rs.135 cr. budgetary allocation
February 11, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: With Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who also holds Finance portfolio, likely to present the State budget in the first week of March, Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra met the CM at Bengaluru on Thursday and appealed him to make a budgetary allocation of a total of Rs.135 crore for re-construction of dilapidated Lansdowne and Devaraja…
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