Mysuru, Aug. 10 -- * Dasara Kambala plans shrouded in secrecy

* But trees felled, land levelled at Sathagalli

Has the State Government begun preparations to host Kambala during Dasara this year despite growing opposition to the event and concerns over environmental destruction at the proposed venue in Sathagalli, adjacent to the Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) Regional Centre along the Outer Ring Road?

Opposition has also been growing against what activists describe as an attempt to introduce a coastal cultural event into the traditional Mysuru Dasara celebrations, a legacy associated with the Wadiyars of Mysuru.

Clandestine Kambala preparations

However, environmental activists and residents of the area have alleged that ...