Mysore/Mysuru, March 7 -- Activist and filmmaker Prakash Belawadi has said Mysuru should be developed as a model city while preserving its unique aesthetics.

He was speaking after inaugurating a day-long symposium on 'Sustainable Development Vision for Greater Mysuru', organised by the National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru, in association with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Centre for Sustainability, Chanakya University, Bengaluru, at the NIE Diamond Jubilee Complex Hall in the city yesterday.

Belawadi expressed concern over the growing environmental crisis, stating that rapid development has led to increasing pollution of air, water, soil and oceans year after year. At the same time...