mysuru even though mysuru city corporation is in deep financial crisis it has taken up useless projects spending crores of rupees of public money more than three years ago the cashstrapped corporation had installed a musical fountain at nr subbarao park in niveditha nagar the fountain was similar to the one in brindavan gardens krs dam and cost mcc a whopping rs 50 lakh but it is yet to be inaugurated former sharadadevi nagar corporator js jagadeesh told toi that he managed to get special grants of rs 75 lakhs from the state government for the park as the park is on seven acres i planned to develop it as a model in the city and installed the musical fountain more than two years back and developed the rest of the park with the remaining amount but till date the fountain has not been inaugurated the effort which was put to get the amount sanctioned has gone waste as it is not useful for the public he said he also warned that he would protest if the mcc continues to neglect the park morning walkers in the park and niveditha nagar residents sridhar murthy and his wife gayatri said some local residents including themselves had met the local corporator several times and appealed to develop the park our pleas have fallen on deaf ears and the park is in a pathetic condition they said however ward corporator nirmala harish said the fountain will be inaugurated soon