Now, a demand to bifurcate Mysuru district crops up

A demand for creation of another new district in Karnataka by bifurcating Mysuru was made by former JD(S) legislator A H Vishwananth on Monday.

He met Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa at his residence with a proposal to create a new district named after former chief minister Devraj Urs by carving out six taluks from Mysuru district.

Similar appeals have been made for Vijayanagara, Jamkhandi, Chikkodi and Madhugiri districts.

"There is a proposal that has been made now to make Hunsur a district and name it after Urs. It will have six taluks - Hunsur, K R Nagara, Piriyapatna, HD Kote, Sargur and Saligrama," Vishwanath, who represented Hunsur assembly constituency until he was disqualified, said.

Speaking to reporters after meeting the Chief Minister, he said, There is a demand for a new district. Shortly, a meeting of public representatives from all the six taluks, leaders, organisations and people concerned will be called and a committee will be formed to formulate a ...