Residents and green activists oppose proposal for convention centre at Mysore Lamps

Amid growing concern over the future of the 22-acre Mysore Lamps factory site in Malleswaram following the State government’s Budget proposal to develop an international convention centre there, residents and civic groups have opposed the move, urging that the land be preserved as a “public green space.” Around the call to “leave Mysore Lamps alone” and protect a “green lung” from turning into a “concrete jungle,” the residents will be protesting on April 1, opposing the proposal.

The citizen groups in the area have also written to the GBA West Corporation, highlighting that the Mysore Lamps factory, established in 1936, stands on land that was historically part of the Malgal Valley reserve forests, which once spanned large parts of Yeshwanthpur and surrounding areas.