<p class="title rtejustify">AT least 100 people came together on Wednesday to urge authorities to save the historic Janatha Bazaar on KG Road.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The citizens, along with members of the CRISP Foundation, staged a protest to create awareness about the need to preserve the 83-year-old building.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Recently, the Public Works Department branded the Janatha Bazaar "very dangerous" for human occupation and planned to raze the structure immediately after the state Assembly elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Many shopkeepers complained that the authorities have installed huge barricades, blanking out parts of the pre-Independence building from public view.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Kumar Jahgirdrar, president of CRISP Foundation, said: "The water and electricity connections in the building have been cut-off. This has caused a lot of inconvenience to shopkeepers and women, and the officials are harassing the locals and preventing them from entering the building so that they can start the demolition to construct a concrete jungle."</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The activists see this as a clear sign that the building will be razed, and it will meet the same fate as the Krumbiegel Hall in Lalbagh, which was demolished on November 22, 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The Janatha Bazaar was dedicated to the public on September 11, 1935, by the Yuvaraj of Mysore, Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar Bahadur.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The protesters are planning to sign a memorandum, requesting the governor and state chief secretary to take appropriate steps to stop the demolition plans of the government agencies and protect and preserve the heritage building.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The protest was led by Jahgirdrar and was supported by environmental activists and senior women members of the Sumangali Seva ashram.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">AT least 100 people came together on Wednesday to urge authorities to save the historic Janatha Bazaar on KG Road.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The citizens, along with members of the CRISP Foundation, staged a protest to create awareness about the need to preserve the 83-year-old building.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Recently, the Public Works Department branded the Janatha Bazaar "very dangerous" for human occupation and planned to raze the structure immediately after the state Assembly elections.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Many shopkeepers complained that the authorities have installed huge barricades, blanking out parts of the pre-Independence building from public view.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Kumar Jahgirdrar, president of CRISP Foundation, said: "The water and electricity connections in the building have been cut-off. This has caused a lot of inconvenience to shopkeepers and women, and the officials are harassing the locals and preventing them from entering the building so that they can start the demolition to construct a concrete jungle."</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The activists see this as a clear sign that the building will be razed, and it will meet the same fate as the Krumbiegel Hall in Lalbagh, which was demolished on November 22, 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The Janatha Bazaar was dedicated to the public on September 11, 1935, by the Yuvaraj of Mysore, Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar Bahadur.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The protesters are planning to sign a memorandum, requesting the governor and state chief secretary to take appropriate steps to stop the demolition plans of the government agencies and protect and preserve the heritage building.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The protest was led by Jahgirdrar and was supported by environmental activists and senior women members of the Sumangali Seva ashram.</p>
