Mysore/Mysuru: In response to residents’ allegations of constructing a road in the middle of Dewan Poornaiah Canal, MUDA Superintending Engineer Chennakeshava clarified that they have only cleared vegetation for a service road, not a thoroughfare on the Canal itself.
He explained, “A service road is being constructed to maintain the Poornaiah Canal (Raja Kaluve) or the stormwater drain. This is to facilitate the maintenance of the Canal and provide public access to the nearby crematorium. The removal of trees and plants using a bulldozer was done solely for the purpose of maintaining the Canal and providing public convenience, not for road construction. Following the objection by the residents, we have stopped the service road construction.”
