The Centre’s administrative nod for the implementation of Pilgrimage Rejuvenation And Spiritual Augmentation Drive (PRASAD) scheme at a cost of ₹45.70 crore has riled activists in the city who are bracing for a showdown with the authorities.
The PRASAD scheme entails development of a slew of facilities for pilgrims and activists have questioned the need to take up fresh construction atop Chamundi Hills given its ecological fragility.
N.S. Rangaraju of INTACH Mysuru and former Dean of Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Mysore, said the Detailed Project Report should be discussed with the public before taking up a project of such magnitude which might have a bearing on the ecosystem.
