MYSURU: But for the plight of hundreds of pedestrians who don't have any choice but to stroll in close to complete darkness in Mysuru’s Central Business District (CBD), the whole scenario could be ‘darkly’ humourous.
Raja Marga mission was once launched to ramp up the ‘Heritage’ attraction of the realm surrounding Mysore Palace, and in particular the Dasara procession direction by means of installing decorative streetlight poles, but mockingly none of these new lighting fixtures were provided electric connectivity plunging an infinite part of the CBD in darkness!
In a textbook case of the best-laid plans going awry, the mission, which on paper, gave the impression to be a few of the many projects undertaken by means of govt agencies to support the city’s visual attraction, has ended up irritating an present drawback rather than offering a more eye-pleasing solution. Although one of the most older lamp poles remain at the road, maximum of them are switched off. The feeble glow emanating from the far-off lamps inside the Mysore Palace is the one supply of illumination for pedestrians within the space.
Ramesha, an auto motive force who operates close to the Palace, stated that each Sunday witnessed visitors snarls since scores of folks thronged the venue to catch sight of the illuminated structure, which besides its dazzling beauty, helped pedestrians navigate. “But, the lighting fixtures are switched off as a rule and it is very dangerous, in particular after eight pm,” he added.
Suresh J, a Nazarbad resident, also famous the irony of a brightly-lit Mysore Palace atmosphere the dark streets outside in stark relief.
Raja Marga mission was once envisaged in 2010, and the purpose was once to put in balustrades, rid the CBD of overhead cables, that have been to be routed underground, besides replacing the old streetlight poles with decorative ones and making improvements to the prevailing pavements.
However, although work at the mission commenced in ’10, it bumped into tough weather soon after, with the topic reaching the courts, which put a stopper at the formidable initiative, work on which were progressing at snail’s tempo to start with. Now, the loss of good enough streetlights on this extraordinarily busy pocket of the city has distressed pedestrians, motorists, and tourists.
Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) commissioner KH Jagadeesh admitted to the issue within the middle of the city and reaffirmed the civic company’s dedication to finding a solution on the earliest. “We will make choice preparations soon. The topic is in court, and as a result, work at the set up of the ornamental poles has flooring to a halt. We have carried out a survey at the possible price of offering cable connections to the ornamental poles, and our estimates display that it could come as much as Rs 50 lakh, which would be a burden on MCC” he told TOI.
Raja Marga mission was once launched to ramp up the ‘Heritage’ attraction of the realm surrounding Mysore Palace, and in particular the Dasara procession direction by means of installing decorative streetlight poles, but mockingly none of these new lighting fixtures were provided electric connectivity plunging an infinite part of the CBD in darkness!
In a textbook case of the best-laid plans going awry, the mission, which on paper, gave the impression to be a few of the many projects undertaken by means of govt agencies to support the city’s visual attraction, has ended up irritating an present drawback rather than offering a more eye-pleasing solution. Although one of the most older lamp poles remain at the road, maximum of them are switched off. The feeble glow emanating from the far-off lamps inside the Mysore Palace is the one supply of illumination for pedestrians within the space.
Ramesha, an auto motive force who operates close to the Palace, stated that each Sunday witnessed visitors snarls since scores of folks thronged the venue to catch sight of the illuminated structure, which besides its dazzling beauty, helped pedestrians navigate. “But, the lighting fixtures are switched off as a rule and it is very dangerous, in particular after eight pm,” he added.
Suresh J, a Nazarbad resident, also famous the irony of a brightly-lit Mysore Palace atmosphere the dark streets outside in stark relief.
Raja Marga mission was once envisaged in 2010, and the purpose was once to put in balustrades, rid the CBD of overhead cables, that have been to be routed underground, besides replacing the old streetlight poles with decorative ones and making improvements to the prevailing pavements.
However, although work at the mission commenced in ’10, it bumped into tough weather soon after, with the topic reaching the courts, which put a stopper at the formidable initiative, work on which were progressing at snail’s tempo to start with. Now, the loss of good enough streetlights on this extraordinarily busy pocket of the city has distressed pedestrians, motorists, and tourists.
Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) commissioner KH Jagadeesh admitted to the issue within the middle of the city and reaffirmed the civic company’s dedication to finding a solution on the earliest. “We will make choice preparations soon. The topic is in court, and as a result, work at the set up of the ornamental poles has flooring to a halt. We have carried out a survey at the possible price of offering cable connections to the ornamental poles, and our estimates display that it could come as much as Rs 50 lakh, which would be a burden on MCC” he told TOI.
Raja Marga project leaves pedestrians groping in the dark
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