Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), with the support of local residents, is renovating a neglected park with many constructions including an open air theatre and two spacious rooms, thereby redefining the very word park. The irony is, however, this park is being named after environmentalist and green crusader Salumarada Thimmakka.
Residents, however, are defending their move to construct structures amidst greenery and they say that the park is the only place in the locality where the young and the old can indulge in some leisure. “Though the Karnataka Parks, Play-fields and Open Spaces (Preservation and Regulation) Act prohibits any construction activities in the park, here we have a combination of greenery and concrete structures,” said residents.
