On May 13, 2025, a selection procedure was issued and invited proposals for private entities for the development of an entertainment park near Kishnaraja Sagar as part of the public and private sector partnerships and maintenance for 30 years. | Photo Credit: File Photos
The Karnataka High Court ordered the publication of the Center and the State Government to the Pil, which challenged the legality of the proposal for the development of the Disneyland entertainment park near Kishnaraja Sagar (KRS) in the Mandya district for 2,663 Crore.
The bench for a holiday division, including the justice of BM Shyam Prasad and the judiciary of KV ARAVIND, issued an order for a petition filed by K. Boraiah and four other farmers from Krishnaraja Sagar of Srirangapatna Taluk in the district of Mandy. The bench also ordered the announcement of the National Office for the Security of the Dam (NDSA) and other authorities.
The petitioners also questioned the selection offer issued on May 13, 2025 and called on proposals for private entities to develop a project in the model of the public and private sector partnership and its maintenance for 30 years.
The purpose of the dam
The state government, which ignores the subject and purpose of the KRS dam for irrigation, has embarked on the scheme to introduce an entertainment park for commercial use of potential fertile agricultural land at the cost of the taxpayer and harmful to the interests of the agricultural community and agricultural activities.
The petitioners also complained that the Neeravari Nigamama Limited Cauvera, which carries out the project called “Development and Operation/Maintenance of the proposed modernization of Cauverry Brindavan Garden under the KRS dam”, did not require NDSA permission.
No public announcement of the objections and proposals of the public on the proposed project of the amusement park has been issued, although it has an impact on the environment and safety of the dam, it was complained in the petition.
The introduction of business activities, such as an amusement park, attracts 10,000 to 20,000 visitors every day and the movement of vehicles would result in contamination, causing irreparable damage to agricultural land and the ecosystem of the protected areas of approximately 120 -year -old dam, the petitioners claimed.
Farmers’ demand
The petitioners argued that the government was ready to spend 2,663 GBPs on the park to the public, ignoring the decades -long demand of farmers in the river basin and the river basin to upgrade the water channels and remove the mud from the water storage tanks.
The petitioners also pointed out that Gram Panchayats was already against the entertainment park project when it was originally designed in 2018.
Published – May 21, 2025 17:17
