<p>Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has ordered issue of notice to both the state and central governments in a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the tender notification for setting up of an amusement park/Disney Land at the Brindavan Garden, Krishnaraja Sagara (KRS) dam in Mandya district. </p><p>A vacation bench comprising Justices BM Shyam Prasad and KV Aravind posted the matter to June 9, 2025 and also ordered to issue notice to the National Dam Safety Authority of India and others.</p><p>The petition is filed by K Boraiah and four others, all residents of Mandya district. They challenged the March 15, 2025 tender notification to establish non-agricultural commercial exploitation in the region of KRS Dam covering about 198 acres of land with a project cost of Rs 2,663 crore. The petitioners stated that that the entire area of KRS Dam, with a radius of 20 kms, is a protected area and activities endangering the safety of the Dam, including mining activities, are prohibited.</p>.Vehicle involvement enough to award relief under no-fault clause of MV Act: Karnataka High Court.<p>The petition said the state government issued three notifications; two in 2024 (September 9 and December 2) and the third notification on March 15, 2025 to take up the scheme to establish an amusement park/Disney Land in the name of Brindavan Garden upgrading under Public Private Partnership (PPP). The petitioners claimed that the state government has not sought for necessary permission from the National Dam Safety Authority of India and also not publicized the scheme inviting suggestions/objections. The authorities are hastily going ahead with the project ignoring key factors such as the protected area, dam security, environmental protection, ecological Imbalance, bio diversity, the petitioners claimed.</p><p>The petition said that the primary objective was to utilise the dam and storage of water for irrigation purposes. “The grievance of the farmers in the catchment and Cauvery basin since several decades is to upgrade the water canals and desilting of the tanks for storage of water, till date the government has not taken any decision, but the new scheme to invest Rs 2,663 crore out of public revenue is hasty decision detrimental to the interest of public at large,” the petition said.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has ordered issue of notice to both the state and central governments in a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the tender notification for setting up of an amusement park/Disney Land at the Brindavan Garden, Krishnaraja Sagara (KRS) dam in Mandya district. </p><p>A vacation bench comprising Justices BM Shyam Prasad and KV Aravind posted the matter to June 9, 2025 and also ordered to issue notice to the National Dam Safety Authority of India and others.</p><p>The petition is filed by K Boraiah and four others, all residents of Mandya district. They challenged the March 15, 2025 tender notification to establish non-agricultural commercial exploitation in the region of KRS Dam covering about 198 acres of land with a project cost of Rs 2,663 crore. The petitioners stated that that the entire area of KRS Dam, with a radius of 20 kms, is a protected area and activities endangering the safety of the Dam, including mining activities, are prohibited.</p>.Vehicle involvement enough to award relief under no-fault clause of MV Act: Karnataka High Court.<p>The petition said the state government issued three notifications; two in 2024 (September 9 and December 2) and the third notification on March 15, 2025 to take up the scheme to establish an amusement park/Disney Land in the name of Brindavan Garden upgrading under Public Private Partnership (PPP). The petitioners claimed that the state government has not sought for necessary permission from the National Dam Safety Authority of India and also not publicized the scheme inviting suggestions/objections. The authorities are hastily going ahead with the project ignoring key factors such as the protected area, dam security, environmental protection, ecological Imbalance, bio diversity, the petitioners claimed.</p><p>The petition said that the primary objective was to utilise the dam and storage of water for irrigation purposes. “The grievance of the farmers in the catchment and Cauvery basin since several decades is to upgrade the water canals and desilting of the tanks for storage of water, till date the government has not taken any decision, but the new scheme to invest Rs 2,663 crore out of public revenue is hasty decision detrimental to the interest of public at large,” the petition said.</p>