Mysore/Mysuru, March 9 -- Sericulture Minister announces in Assembly; says officers misguided CM

Under mounting pressure from Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation (KSIC) staff, environmental groups and Opposition parties, the State Government has decided to drop the proposed stadium project inside the premises of the KSIC Filature Factory at T. Narasipur.

Sericulture Minister K. Venkatesh announced in the Assembly this morning that the plan to construct a stadium within the 13.11-acre factory campus has been scrapped. Earlier, the proposal envisaged building the stadium on 5.08 acres of land that had been handed over to the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports (DYES).

The announcement follows an agitation by KSIC employees, who ...