The Karnataka government has decided to shift the Race Course, a major landmark in the heart of this city, to a new location, Public Works Minister C M Udasi said on Tuesday.

However, the new location has not yet been finalised, he said during question hour in the Legislative assembly.

Responding to R Roshan Baig (Congress), Udasi, standing in for Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa who was away in Delhi, said the Government proposed to build underground parking lots in the area where the race course is now located.

Baig urged the Government to retain the area, which now houses the Turf Club, as an "open space" and stressed the need to ensure that it was not handed over to private builders to put up "concrete structures".

Courtesy: Times of India