Ads may not grow on trees; but they sprout close to them on this tree-lined avenue.
Mysore is advertised as a heritage city. One wonders what could have prompted a heritage-conscious city administration to permit this.
When the hoardings first appeared a couple of years back there was public protest.
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Oh yes, i have seen these ads on the major roads of mysore! I seriously think they shouldn't be there.....for one thing, they make mysore look more like bangalore, and that isn't really a nice thing. And they are very distracting and loud. I don't think they should put up these things near trees...advertising in malls and cinema halls is better, i feel.
And it also distracts the driver....
Krishnaraja Boulevard WAS a lovely sight before, say 20-25 years back. How happily people used to walk, jog and even relax on those beautifully dressed stone benches under those trees of this boulevard. The great Nalwadi on his tour to Europe had seen a boulevard in France and so he wanted one in Mysore. This is the fruit of his imagination. As business activities began to grow, vendors appeared on this area and spoilt the situation. Now it is an ugly sight with those ugly lawns and barricades what with the hoardings. No one can walk on it, nor do anything there.. the amount of water being wasted trying to prevent that ugly lawn from dying is enormous - a couple of ladies are seen with a hosepipe all the time which is a sad sight. Water stops trickling in our homes very soon before the tanks are full and we see water gushing through that hosepipe 24x7. This is the ugliest idea of the authorities to make money snatching public pedestrian place which is now useless and Mysore's eyesore.
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