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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
R. Krishna Kumar

A heritage market in Mysuru counts its days

A slice of Mysuru which charmed generations of tourists and locals alike - being the single source for retail purchase of commodities for nearly 140 years - is on the brink disappearing from the city’s landscape.

The future is grim with the political representatives and the Government supportive of its demolition, ostensibly in ‘’public interest’’, while the litigants, who had approached the High Court to stall the Government move, have lost the legal battle though an appeal is pending before the Apex Court.

It stood tall

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