Stadium planned at KSIC Filature Factory land in T. Narasipur: Protest intensifies to change site – Star of Mysore

T. Narasipur: Protest in opposition to the proposed stadium at the land belonging to Karnataka Silk Industries Company (KSIC) Filature Factory in the city has intensified with former T. Narasipur City Municipal Council member and actor Arjun Ramesh becoming a member of the stir with a requirement to shift the stadium to a unique location from KSIC premises.

Arjun Ramesh, who met the KSIC workers yesterday, alleged that each Chief Minister and District Minister had been meting out injustice to lots of of households simply to please their get together staff.

“The behaviour of the officers in the course of the marking of boundaries may be very evident that they’re going forward with the venture, regardless of stiff opposition, solely to placate just a few folks. Officers, whereas marking the boundaries of the 5-acre land earmarked for the stadium, should have executed the work on their very own, however marking the boundaries and laying the boundary stones in presence of a political get together staff doesn’t augur properly with the  society,” he added.

He additional mentioned that the involved officers should have enlightened the State Authorities on the hostile results of setting up the stadium on the proposed land. 

“As a substitute, the officers working as per the whims and fancies of politicians don’t serve any objective,” he alleged, questioning the necessity for stadium on a KSIC land. Alleging that the tender for stadium was being floated in haste, Arjun mentioned that the development of stadium would hurt households of the KSIC workers.

Arjun additionally requested CM Siddaramaiah to relook into the stadium proposal and to present help for the event of KSIC as Mysore Silk is a worldwide well-known model.

“Chief Minister and District Minister should not push lots of of households to disarray simply to please their get together. The proposal to assemble the stadium should be dropped and a unique land or site  should be recognized for the security of KSIC workers,” he added.

“I used to be among the many first to demand for a stadium in T. Narasipur throughout my tenure as a Councillor, however not at the fee of manufacturing unit staff. The State Authorities’s resolution to construct stadium at the manufacturing unit premises is faulty, as it’ll push about 200-250 workers to  hardship,” added Arjun Ramesh.

There are about 500 varieties of timber and totally different species of birds in the world. With timber current in abundance, it additionally acts as a supply of oxygen for the staff. This aside, presence of 33 % of timber is important for functioning of manufacturing unit.

— Arjun Ramesh, former member, City Municipal Council