Mysuru: Tourist attractions of the cultural cities, Krishna raja Sagar reservoir and Brindavan Gardens, which were closed due to Cauvery agitation, were opened on Sunday, October 9.

The Cauvery Neeravari Nigama Ltd stated that they suffered a loss of `50 lakh since the closure of Brindavan Gardens for public. As many as 6,000 tourists visit the Brindavan Gardens on weekdays and about 20,000 visit the place during weekends. The number of visitors during vacations and Dasara festivities is more than 50,000.

The Cauvery Neeravari Nigama Ltd and the district administration had closed Brindavan Gardens for more than a month as thousands of farmers threatened to protest at the reservoir against the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu.