Mysore/Mysuru, April 16 -- As the proposal to build a Railway Underpass at the Railway Level Crossing near Crawford Hall and Kukkarahalli Lake junction on Bogadi Road in city has triggered a row, with 80 trees marked for felling, an agreement entered between the then Mysuru Urban Development Authority [MUDA, now Mysuru Development Authority (MDA)] and Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), to prepare a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the conservation and development of Kukkarahalli Lake, way back in the year 2013, smacks of yet another controversy.

According to the MoU that was signed between MUDA and INTACH, the focus was on the conservation of buffer area surrounding Kukkarahalli Lake and the preparation of a d...