Mysore/Mysuru, Feb. 19 -- Tourism Department fails to produce work order, mandatory permissions

Following publication of the report in yesterday's Star of Mysore about the 'quiet and hidden' construction works being carried out on the banks of Karanji Lake Nature Park, attached to Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens, the Mysuru Zoo Executive Director P. Anusha has directed the Tourism Department to halt the civil works related to the proposed zipline project at the Lake, stating that mandatory permission had not been obtained from Zoo authorities.

She said, although Rs. 14 crore zipline project, part of the total Rs. 18.36 crore tourism development project under the Centre's Swadesh Darshan scheme had been approved by Zoo Authority of ...