Chitradurga: Hundreds of senior citizens of Chitradurga town have appealed to the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) to allow them to enter the Chitradurga Fort for their early morning and evening walks, immediately, following a decline in Covid-19 cases. In a memorandum, senior citizens Dr Ramachandra Naik, and former member of Karnataka Nataka Academy, K Ngaraj, said that they could not enter the fort for the last nine months due to the pandemic, as it was closed by the ASI. Earlier, hundreds of people used to jog in the early morning and evening, inside the fort premises. Residents say that their health is getting affected as they are unable to jog.
They are also afraid that weeds will grow all over the fort premises, during the lockdown period, particularly in the stretch from Ontikallu Basavanna Temple to Yekanatheswhwari Temple, and can become a shelter for snakes and scorpions. They appealed to the ASI to get bushes and weeds removed, and to help senior citizens to continue their walks inside the fort, the memorandum stated.