Mysuru: At a time when almost every tourist attraction in Mysuru is being fully utilised to attract hordes of visitors for Dasara to project the city as a place with a host of tourist activities, the Tourism Department has washed its hands off the historic Tongas and Sarots, an integral part of Mysuru tourism industry.
Since three years, the Tongas and Sarots that ferry tourists from the Mysore Palace to surrounding areas have been left to fend for themselves by the Department and the reason officials cite is the tongawallas and sarotwallas are from the unorganised sector and they do not have a registered association.
