The Forest Department has requested the Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC), Mysuru, to illuminate the Dasara procession route – from the Chamaraja Circle to Bannimantap – six days before the festivities commence for familiarising the Dasara elephants to the illuminated surroundings.
As this year’s Jamboo Savari inaugural ‘muhurtha’ is in the evening and the elephants have to return to the palace after dark (around 8.30 p.m. onwards after the completing procession), the forest authorities suggested the CESC to get the route illuminated in advance to acquaint the jumbos to the bright lights.
The CESC had also requested that the wires should be 22 ft above the road on the route and there should not be any bending cables.
