The proposed food zone and construction of 196 shops at Chamundi Hills has drawn flak from citizens who have dubbed the project as an example of concretising a forest ecosystem.
There is also a renewed demand to constitute a Chamundi Hills Authority for the management and conservation of the ecosystem and divest it from the local panchayat whose members were perceived to be reckless in approving projects to the detriment of the local environment.
The fresh round of opposition follows the ground-breaking ceremony for a project in which 196 stalls have been proposed in addition to the existing 116 stalls that are already constructed.
