Mysuru: After the Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha gave orders to hand over 282.35 acres of land listed under Nehru Loka in Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4, Kasaba Hobli, Mysuru Taluk, the District Administration has handed over 283 acres of land abutting Chamundi Hill reserve forest to the Forest Department.
The land is located on both sides of the road leading to Chamundi Hill and spread over the Northern, Eastern and Western parts of Chamundi Hill and comes under Kurubarahalli Survey No. 4.
Following the transfer of the land, the RTC and MR (Mutation Record) have been entered in the name of Forest Department, according to Tahsildar Naveen Joseph.
DCF Dr. V. Karikalan, citing the habitat of several animals and bird species were being threatened, had written a letter to the Tahsildar seeking handing over of the said land to the Forest Department, following which the City Survey Planning Officer, after conducting a survey and drawing a fresh map, had submitted the same to the Assistant Commissioner (AC).
Later, the AC had sent a report recommending transfer of a total of 282.35 acres of land (green colour block measuring 132.37 acres and yellow colour block measuring 149.38 acres) of land to the Forest Department.
Acting on the AC’s report, the DC directed the transfer of the said land to Forest Department.
