Mysuru: MLA Vasu performed puja using a trowel (karni) for the renovation and restoration of the 185-year-old Maharaja’s PU College building on JLB Road here this morning. The work has commenced as the Director, Department of PU Education C. Shikha, has released Rs.1.50 crore grant, though the proposal sent by the College was for Rs. 3 crore.
The heritage building’s walls are crumbling, plasters are peeling off, compound has collapsed, plants have grown on the walls which house the library and the convention hall in the first floor. “All this will be a thing of the past once the restoration work is over. The entire work is likely to be completed in 11 months and the heritage structure will be restored to its past glory,” said Vasu, who is also the Chairman of the College Development Committee.
