The work on widening of Irwin Road in the city has resumed with the demolition of a portion of the Jamia mosque, which was coming in the way of the road widening project.
While Chairman of Mysuru district Wakf Advisory Council Ghayas Ahmed said the demolition was carried out in the presence of the Wakf Board and Mosque representatives after the High Court vacated a stay, Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra said the technical hurdles in the path of the road widening work were resolved through several rounds of negotiations with the Wakf Board and Mosque Committee representatives
The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had taken up a project to widen Irwin Road into a four-lane road in 2018. While much of the stretch of the road between the Arch Gate near suburban bus stand and the Babu Jagjivan Ram Circle in front of City Railway station had been widened, a few patches had remained unwidened due to the hurdles.
