Overview
- Civil works for the proposed stadium were reportedly halted pending a high-level meeting between the Sericulture and Youth Empowerment and Sports departments.
- On Feb. 25, about 700 workers in Mysuru, 150 in Channapatna, and nearly 190 at the filature stayed off the job, disrupting operations that feed GI‑tagged saree production.
- KSIC’s role as a major cocoon buyer raises the risk of ripple effects on market prices and sericulture farmers if the stoppage continues.
- Mysore Grahakara Parishat warned it will move the High Court with a PIL unless the stadium is shifted from the factory premises.
- Environmental groups and visiting politicians backed the protest, citing century-old trees, site biodiversity, and the 1912 heritage of the filature, with MP Yaduveer saying he has written to the Chief Minister.