India, May 12 -- By R. Chandra Prakash

The Supreme Court's observations during the hearing of a PIL by R. Raja Chandra and Gouri Satya are a very severe indictment of the Government's rigid and unscientific approach towards preservation of Mysuru's century-old two heritage buildings - the Devaraja Market and the Lansdowne Building. It is to be recollected here that a PIL on this issue was dismissed at the High Court level.

Thanks to the perseverance of the petitioners who carried their untiring legal struggle to the Supreme Court to protect these two heritage buildings, a hope is kindled for protecting the city's heritage.

Mysuru's vanishing heritage

Over a period of a few decades, many heritage value assets were lost in the name of '...