Bhyrappa criticises Chamundi Hills development proposal
The Hindu
Writes to PM to increase its green cover instead
Saraswathi Samman awardee and Kannada writer S.L. Bhyrappa has expressed his anguish over the State government’s move to ‘develop’ Chamundi Hills under Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) scheme and said that it is environmentally unsustainable.
He has sent a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting him to ask the Tourism Ministry to apply the true spirit of an ‘imaginatively and beautifully conceived concept of PRASHAD’ to promote spiritual tourism for a project in Chamundi Hills in Mysuru.
“What I have heard about the project proposal submitted by the Karnataka government has pained me. It is concentrating more on the modern concept of architecture using concrete and environmentally unsustainable materials. What we need is to demolish the already existing concrete jungle and restore the natural beauty of the hill with minimum interference from contractors. The proposal adds some more to the concrete jungle in the name of glamorizing it,” said Mr. Bhyrappa in his letter.
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