Mandya / Mysuru: The State Government’s plan to develop KRS Dam and Brindavan Gardens on the lines of Disneyland Park in California has not gone down well with many in Mandya especially farmers as they fear that they will lose their land. Farmers have said that their fertile land will be snatched by the government…
Disneyland plans: CM’s Financial Advisor visits KRS
November 14, 2018Mysuru: The visit of Balasubramaniam, Chief Minister’s Financial Advisor to Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam on Nov. 12 has set in motion the State Government’s grand plans of building a Disney-land like Amusement Park at the vast environs of KRS. The high-ranking officer, who takes a call on the State’s finance health, in consultation with…
Mining around KRS reservoir Vedike padayatra to Bengaluru
November 7, 2018Mysuru: Members of Kasthuri Karnataka Janapara Vedike will take out padayatra from Mysuru to Freedom Park in Bengaluru on Nov. 9 demanding the Government to completely ban illegal stone quarrying and mining activities around KRS Dam in Mandya district. They will begin the Padayatra from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at around 10 am and will reach…
‘Impose blanket ban on mining around KRS’
October 24, 2018Mandya: Members of various progressive, Dalit, Raitha Sangha and Women’s Organisations staged a protest here recently demanding the District Administration to ban mining and stone quarrying completely around Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) besides fulfilling other demands. The protesters, shouting slogans against the Police and District Administration, demanded the State government to order a judicial probe…
Over 2 lakh tourists visit KRS, Brindavan Gardens in six days
October 22, 2018Mysuru: Even as the city was flooded by scores of tourists from across the country and the globe during the 10-day Dasara celebrations from Oct. 10 to 19, the Brindavan Gardens at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) dam in Srirangapatna taluk of Mandya district, a very popular destination among tourists, witnessed a footfall of over two…
Tourist rush continues; gate collections surge
October 21, 2018Mysuru: The city is witnessing a large number of tourist footfalls. Visitors are flooding Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, Mysore Palace, Chamundi Hill and Brindavan Gardens at Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Reservoir even after two days of the culmination of Dasara festivities. As schools and colleges will be reopened from tomorrow after Dasara vacation, visitors thronged the…
Brindavan Gardens to witness more footfalls today, tomorrow
October 20, 2018Mysuru: With the ten-day Dasara festival ending with the grand Vijayadashami procession yesterday, the KRS Dam and its Brindavan Gardens in Srirangapatna taluk is expected to see a huge jump in footfalls this weekend (today and tomorrow). While the KRS recorded 19,000 visitors on Ayudha Puja Day (Oct.18), 22,000 tourists visited the Dam on Vijayadashami…
KRS glows with 3D lights
October 17, 2018Mysuru: It was an altogether different world that was marked by colourful lighting explaining the history of Mysuru and Mandya, contributions of Wadiyars and people like Sir Mirza Ismail and Sir M. Visvesvaraya — all through lightings with associated imagery and its verdant colours. The lights were projected on water and concrete structures as people…
3D-lighting at KRS from today
October 16, 2018Mysuru: The Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam will come alive with 3D projection mapping and other special lighting arrangements for 9 days from this evening. The Mandya District Administration and Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited (CNNL) have made this arrangement till Oct. 24, to attract tourists as lakhs of them flock the historic Nada Habba Dasara…
Rs. 2 crore sought for KRS, Srirangapatna Dasara: MLA
September 28, 2018Srirangapatna: MLA A.S. Ravindra Srikantaiah informed that he had sought Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to release Rs. 2 crore exclusively to celebrate Dasara festivities at Srirangapatna and KRS this year. Chairing the preliminary meeting to discuss the preparations for Dasara festivities held at Sri Ranganatha Kalyana Mantap in Srirangapatna yesterday,he said that he had…














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