Legislator B P Venkatmuniappa announced that the 350 lakes in the taluk would be de-silted for the convenience of its residents.
He was speaking after the ground breaking pooja for the shops that will be constructed on the vacant site of the Yelemallappa Shetty Rajabahadur Chatra.
Rs1.6 crore has been sanctioned for the de-silting project and the work would begin immediately after he came back from China tour, he said.
The MLA also announced that two primary schools will be opened in Badamakahalli and Hulibele and a PU college will be opened in Sundarpalya.
The construction of shops on the vacant sites of the Yelemallappa Shetty Rajabahadur Chatra will be complete in two phases. The first phase will have 14 new structures at an estimated cost of Rs 16.50 lakh and 14 more structures will come up in the land after the first phase is completed. Tahasildhar Nagaraj and chairman of the chatra B N Rajashekar also spoke on the occasion.
TP CEO Dr Venkatswamy, Ramakrishnappa, petty traders association chairman Mageri Nagaraj, Srinivas, Subramani, Somshekar, Hosarayappa, Malleshgowda, Manjunath, and others participated in the pooja.
