Tag: Mysuru District Heritage Committee

Heritage buildings survey nearing end
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Heritage buildings survey nearing end

May 18, 2023

By S.T. Ravikumar Mysore/Mysuru: The ongoing survey of 129 heritage structures within the limits of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) is nearing completion stage and the survey of 115 structures have already been completed.  A report will be submitted to Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra to be sent to the State Government for further action….

Development of Chamundi Hill under PRASHAD scheme: ‘Seek Heritage Panel’s nod before executing project’
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Development of Chamundi Hill under PRASHAD scheme: ‘Seek Heritage Panel’s nod before executing project’

January 20, 2023

Citizen activists to meet Deputy Commissioner, the Head of District Heritage Committee, on Jan. 25 Mysore/Mysuru: Taking further their preliminary meeting to decide the future course of action against the proposed development project of Chamundi Hill under the Centre’s Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) scheme, citizen activists, Chamundi Betta Ulisi Samithi and…

Devaraja Market and Lansdowne buildings: ‘To be or not to be’ dilemma faced by the authorities
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Devaraja Market and Lansdowne buildings: ‘To be or not to be’ dilemma faced by the authorities

April 28, 2022

The Mysuru District Heritage Committee presided over by its Chairman Dr. Bagadi Gautham, who is also the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Mysuru, took a very special and important decision in its meeting held on 14th of this month. The decision was to demolish over a hundred-year-old Devaraja Market building and the Lansdowne building, considered heritage…

Fate of Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building – Demolition not a right move: Pramoda Devi
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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 to close for half-a-day tomorrow
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Devaraja Market to close for half-a-day tomorrow

April 19, 2022

Mysore/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…

Devaraja Market tenants to get alternative place
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Devaraja Market tenants to get alternative place

April 14, 2022

Meeting 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…

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