Jnanpith Award winner and Kannada writer Chandrashekar
Kambar will inaugurate the Mysore Dasara on October 5, said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
told presspersons here on Saturday.
Theatre personality and Natya Bhusan Enagi Balappa will
inaugurate the cultural festivities.
The Chief Minister chaired a high-level meeting with
Ministers and MLAs. He released the Dasara logo in the presence of Minister for
Revenue and Mysore district in-charge V. Srinivas Prasad, Minister for Public
Works H.C. Mahadevappa, Minister for Tourism R.V. Deshpande, Minister of State
for Kannada and Culture Umashree, Minister of State for Information and
Infrastructure Development Santosh Lad, Mysore Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha,
and Mysore MLAs.
Mr. Siddaramaiah said that Rs. 10 crore would be released
for the district administration to organise the Dasara festivities from October
5 to 14.
And, the Urban Development Department will release Rs. 5
crore to the Mysore City Corporation for repairing damaged roads and painting
important buildings. Department of Tourism and Karnataka State Tourism
Development Corporation will jointly provide wide publicity to the Dasara
festivities. Officials of the departments concerned and elected representatives
will be consulted for forming committees for the smooth conduct of the
celebrations.
Mr. Siddaramaiah directed the officials concerned to invite
world-renowned artistes to perform on the Mysore palace premises during Dasara.
The Yuva Dasara, which has not been held for the past three years, will also be
organised this year. Source The Hindu
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