Road works at the expense of Hampi monuments

The Vijayanagara monuments are crumbling, courtesy of official apathy and unplanned civic works. A week after a portion of a fort near Kamal Mahal came crumbling due to unabated construction activities, extraction of mud for road works has damaged yet another fort of medieval times near Shiva Temple in Talavara Ghatta on Saturday.

The region, which lies under the Hampi core zone, saw use of heavy machines and earthmovers to extract mud bringing down a portion of the fort. The mud extraction also poses a threat to the Shiva temple which is just 25 metres away.

Two back-to-back incidents have left the heritage activists fuming.