MYSORE: This poll season, the Chamundi Hills land scam has made it to political circles. The Opposition leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday said the party will order a comprehensive probe if Congress is voted to power. Asked if the party will order a probe in case it is voted to power, Siddaramaiah said: "We've raised the issue at the house too and will certainly order a probe. Action will be initiated against those found guilty even if they are from the political class." It should be investigated thoroughly, which the BJP government is avoiding, he stated.
Meanwhile, the prime land at the foothills of Chamundi Hills will be declared as green zone and conserved, the Congress said and promised to get additional funds from the Congress-led UPA for the development of the city. It announced to promote Mysore as heritage city to get additional funds both for tourism promotion and preservation of vintage monuments dotting the city. While the party has devised pan-Karnataka strategy to address urban and semi-urban voters in the polls to the urban local bodies, it released Mysore-centric manifesto calling it 'Mysore citizen manifesto' in a move to win votes to its 65 candidates contesting the elections in the Mysore City Corporation.
Much of the document has tracked the development works it initiated while ruling the MCC for five years in coalition with the JD(S). Multi-crore projects taken up under the Centre's ambitious JNNURM aimed at urban renewal figure prominently in the document that was released by opposition leader Siddaramaiah, who said it is their commitment and not just vision document. With the city set to get additional funds from the Centre in the second phase of JNNURM, the Congress promised to get funds for some of the projects planned like augmenting water supply to the city and upgrading the underground drainage system in parts of the city.
The party said it will reserve land at the foothills of Chamundi Hills as buffer zone and develop it as a garden on the lines of Botanical Gardens at Ooty. It also said Mysore's achievements in promoting yoga will be encouraged internationally and added that Devaraja, Mandi and Vani Vilas Markets will be reconstructed, something which is hanging fire for long.
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