Stating that the World Heritage Site of Hampi needed better tourism infrastructure and facilities for tourists, the High Court Karnataka on Saturday requested the Advocate-General to convey its suggestion to the State government to take necessary steps as tourism would also yield good revenue to the exchequer.
A Division Bench, comprising Chief Justice Prasanna B. Varale and Justice Krishna S. Dixit, made these observations orally while hearing a PIL petition filed in 2016 on the issue of illegal buildings in prohibited and regulated zones of Sowmya Keshava temple, an ancient monument, situated at Nagamangala in Mandya district.
Karnataka was number one in tourism in the 1990s, and now perhaps Madhya Pradesh was in the top position, the Bench said. Hampi required better tourism facilities as the existing facilities were not sufficient for tourists and the government had to do something to address the issue, it added.
