Mysore/Mysuru, Sept. 3 -- Mysuru City Corporation directed to deposit Rs. 5 lakh to facilitate new structural survey

The Supreme Court has ordered a fresh structural assessment of Mysuru's historic Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building, tasking the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee with the evaluation.

A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Sandeep Mehta passed the order on Sept. 2 in response to a plea challenging the Karnataka authorities' decision to demolish and reconstruct the 19th-century heritage buildings while retaining their facades.

The Court has directed IIT Roorkee to submit a report, to be filed in a sealed cover, on whether the two structures can be preserved through repairs and renovation instead of being de...