This key decision was taken at a meeting of the monitoring committee of the Mysore-Mananthawadi road repair/formation, constituted by the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court.
The committee, which met on January 12 under the chairmanship of Kaushik Mukherjee, Principal Secretary, Forest, Ecology and Environment Department, had sought the immÂediate transfer of the 14-km str e tch of road between Da m m anakatte and Udbur Junction.
The principal secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, has assured the committee of all help. The secretary has informed the panel that the chief executive officer, Zilla Panchayat, Mysore, in his letter dated August 13, 2010, had already requested the Public Works Department to implement the road upgradation. Read the full report here.
Source: Subhash Chandra N.S, Deccan Herald, Bangalore.
