BENGALURU: Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has announced Rs 1 lakh grant to each of the 224 assembly constituencies and 369 wards of Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) for celebrating Kempe Gowda Jayanti.
Speaking to the media after a meeting to discuss the celebrations of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda’s birth anniversary on Tuesday, the CM said, “Preparations are on for building a town planning college in the name of Kempegowda on the premises of Visvesvaraya Technological University. The jayanti will be celebrated in each assembly constituency. A grant of Rs 1 lakh is being released for each constituency. Soon the GBA will release Rs 1 lakh to each of its 369 wards. The date of this program will be decided by the Bengaluru development minister. Many suggestions have been received in this meeting.”
The CM said the government has decided to hold Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Jayanti on June 27 at 11.30 am in the newly constructed Kempegowda Layout. On this occasion, 15 lakh saplings will be planted in the city. A new road will be inaugurated in this layout, he said.
Separate teams will be formed for preparations under the leadership of ministers Ramalinga Reddy, Krishna Byre Gowda, KJ George and Byrathi Suresh. The Magadi and Huliyuru Durga teams will be led by local MLAs Balakrishna and Ranganath, respectively. The programme at Kempegowda International Airport will be overseen by Minister KH Muniyappa. Preparations in some parts of Bengaluru will be overseen by Krishna Byre Gowda, he said.
The CM said the theme park at Devanahalli airport has been completed, and preparations are being made under the leadership of Krishna Byre Gowda to open it for the public.