Mysore/Mysuru, March 16 -- Park land converted into commercial zone, allege activists; owner claims purchase is legal

After an alleged attempt to encroach upon a 6.10-acre lake at K.C. Layout (Kempu Cheluvajammanni Layout) near the foot of Chamundi Hill by fencing the area, another encroachment row has surfaced in the city, this time concerning land on the banks of Kukkarahalli Lake.

Environmentalists staged a protest this morning opposing the construction of an apartment complex on a 2.20-acre land parcel, which is the lake buffer zone, opposite the Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Stadium (earlier called Gangothri Glades) on Open-Air Theatre Road inside the Manasagangothri campus.

The protesters alleged that certain private partie...