Mandya: Even as farmer organisations including Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha have opposed the Disneyland-like amusement park at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam and Brindavan Gardens, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has said that he is committed to establish the amusement project as it is his brainchild. He told press persons here yesterday night: “It is my…
Disneyland at KRS: Govt. sets up Advisory Committee
January 6, 2019Bengaluru: The State Government has set up a 29-member Advisory Committee under the chairmanship of Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar to resolve problems that might arise during the upgradation of Brindavan Gardens at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya district on the lines of Disneyland in the United States. The Committee comprises elected representatives…
Disneyland at KRS will be within framework of law, says Minister
January 1, 2019Mysuru: State Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh has assured that the Government would make an honest attempt within the framework of law to replicate Disneyland in the vicinity of Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam. He was speaking to a section of the press yesterday in the context of Union Government’s gazette notification in November 2017 ruling…
Green hurdle for proposed Disneyland at KRS
December 31, 2018Environment Ministry declares 6,142 acres around Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary as Eco-Sensitive Zone Mysuru: The Karnataka Government’s ambitious ‘Disneyland’ project at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Reservoir is unlikely to get environmental clearance as the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has already declared Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary near Srirangapatna and its surrounding areas as Eco-Sensitive…
Those opposing Disneyland-like Park should know facts: Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh
December 9, 2018Mysuru: Tourism and Sericulture Minister S.R. Mahesh has said that people opposing the proposed Disneyland-like Theme Park at KRS Dam, should first get to understand the facts. Speaking to press persons here yesterday, S.R. Mahesh, reacting to reports on severe opposition to the project, said that the Government will take up the project only after…
Disneyland Project in KRS: Brindavan Gardens will not be disturbed – DKS
December 8, 2018Mysuru: Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) led a huge delegation of Ministers, officials and a battery of journalists from Bengaluru, Mandya and Mysuru this morning to unveil the grand plans of the State Government to develop the land surrounding Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Reservoir and the Brindavan Gardens as a “Must Visit Tourist Destination…
Disneyland at KRS Dam vehemently opposed
December 8, 2018Mysuru: Vehemently opposing the Government’s move to construct a Disneyland like project at KRS Dam site in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district, over a hundred activists from various association and organisations, under the joint banner of ‘Bebi Betta Ulisi, KRS Rakshishi,’ held a preliminary meeting at Karnataka Institute for Agricultural Marketing complex auditorium on Hunsur…
Disneyland at KRS: Team to inspect Dam on Dec.8
December 4, 2018Bengaluru: Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar (DKS) yesterday said, a Sub-Committee, comprising members from Engineers’ Association and a representative from erstwhile Mysore Royal Family, will be constituted soon to elicit views on the development of Brindavan Gardens in KRS Reservoir on the lines of Disneyland. Speaking to media at Vidhana Soudha, he said: “The upgrading…
Tourism on the Rise
November 22, 2018By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Disneyland is a one-of-its-kind international attraction. These huge amusement parks are not put up in Tier-2 cities like Mysuru as such high investments require a huge footfall to sustain. The only city which can host a Disneyland kind of investment is Bengaluru. How can an architect based in Jaipur…
No question of rescinding on Disneyland plans
November 21, 2018Chamarajanagar: There is no question of taking back the State Government’s plans of developing Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam and Brindavan Gardens on the lines of Disneyland in the United States of America, said Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh. The Minister’s statement comes at a time when farmers and structural engineers have opposed the plan. Farmers…
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