Mysore/Mysuru, July 10 -- By S.T. Ravikumar

The ambitious project of converting the Krishna Raja Sagar Dam and Brindavan Gardens into a Disneyland-like tourist destination is more or less junked as the State Government has put its entire machinery and resources to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Government is silent on the issue mainly as one, the project is mired in controversy, two, farmers in the Mysuru and Mandya belt are opposing the dream project despite assurances that it will give jobs to the local populace and three, due to Coronavirus scare, the authorities might become a laughing stock if money is allocated to the project at this juncture.

Opposed to commercial exploitation

Apart from the farmers of Mysuru and Mandya belt,...