Mysore/Mysuru: Here is a classic example of how the authorities have shown apathy in maintaining an ‘existing’ monumental 36-year-old Reading Room situated near the junction of Pulikeshi Road - Ashoka Road. The broken/cracked grey marble plaque still exists and it says: Reading Room was inaugurated on 2.9.1985 by the then Mayor Satyanarayana and in the presence of Deputy Mayor K. Gopalaswamy, luminaries, and dignitaries of Mysore City.
But, it has been locked up ever since and is at present a garbage dump and its surrounding, a toilet for people; its roof is collapsed, windows/door are missing and is in a pathetic condition. It is located near some of the oldest slum areas of Mysuru — Lashkar Mohalla, Kailasapuram, Manjunathapura, Veeranagere, Gumchi.
