Mysuru, June 16 -- Though eight years have elapsed since the indoor stadium, exclusively meant for playing shuttle badminton, was built in Nivedithanagar in city, under Chief Minister's Special Funds for the year 2017-18, there is no word yet on opening the facility for public use.

As the stadium continues to remain unused, the unabated growth of weeds and shrubs around the building present a pathetic sight of the premises, resembling a warehouse of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC).

The then Corporator of Nivedithanagar Ward M.J. Jagadish had taken initiative to construct a separate full-fledged facility for budding shuttle badminton players of this part of the city, by tapping special funds from the Chief Minister. Apart from the indoor s...