Mysore/Mysuru, July 2 -- Chamaraja MLA K. Harishgowda regretted over how the unruly residents have been encroaching upon footpath space, underground drainage (UGD) and Raja Kaluve (big storm water drains), caring a hoot for the law.

He was speaking during a Jana Samparka sabhe organised by Vijayanagar 1st and 2nd Stages (Ward No. 20) Residents Welfare Association at Yoga Mantap in the park opposite Sri Yoganarasimha Swamy temple, Vijayanagar first stage in city recently.

MLA Harishgowda sounded helpless after receiving a grievance from a resident, who in the memorandum, had explained about unabated footpath encroachment. There is a growing tendency among the residents of Vijayanagar to grow garden in front of their houses encroaching fo...