Mysore, May 14, 2013;
The people of the Mysore district and industry stake holders have high expectations from the new Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Siddaramaiah is the second Chief Minister from Mysore district. It took almost three decades for a person from the district elevated to the pivotal post after D. Devaraj Urs. Though there were several leaders like Nagarathnamma, Rajashekara Murthy who came almost near to the pivotal post none were able to get it.
Siddaramaiah, had released a separate manifesto exclusively for Mysore during the election campaign had announced that steps would be taken to implement them on priority.
He had promised that all-round development would be the Congress’ commitment to the people of Mysore district. He also underlined the imperatives of promoting and developing Mysore as an international tourist destination, apart from notifying Mysore as a heritage city.
The Congress had also announced its commitment to notify Greater Mysore by including 41 surrounding villages and sanctioning Rs. 200 crore for infrastructure development. As a result expectations are high from the new government.
Improved connectivity by way of road, rail and air, tourism promotion, thrust to industries, drinking water facilities, better civic amenities and a booster dose for K.R. Hospital infrastructure are among the expectations. On the other hand the industry sector also expected huge investments from outside.
If everything goes well and the Congress manifesto for Mysore is taken as the blueprint for future development of the city and the surrounding regions, one can also hope for a monorail or metro for the city and the surroundings to beef up mass transportation.
On the industrial sector and connectivity front, stakeholders like the Mysore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mysore Industries Association (MIA) and Karnataka Laghu Udyog Bharati have pitched in for expediting the track-doubling between Mysore and Bangalore.
Suresh Kumar Jain, MIA general secretary, said that the development of roads and greater impetus to air services to Myssore was high on the agenda of industrialists. Regular flights from Mysore to Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Coimbatore and Kochi were also on the wish list of the industrialists, who perceive that Mysore’s industrial growth has been handicapped by lack of air services.
On the industrial front, the MIA conducted a stakeholders’ meeting in the run-up to the elections and submitted their wish list, some of which were incorporated in the Congress manifesto.
Often projected as the second most important city after Bangalore for investors, it has not translated into reality yet.
The tourism industry needed institutionalization of certain modalities that has a bearing on tourism in general and only the Chief Minister could pursue it.
