<p>Speaking at a programme organised to celebrate the 96th birth anniversary of D Devaraj Urs in Chikkaballapur on Saturday he said the oppressed should lap up numerous opportunities that are open for them in various fields.<br /><br />More hostels<br />To give fillip for education among the dalits and the downtrodden, more hostels and residential schools need to be constructed for students hailing from SC/ST and backward classes communities, he added.<br /><br />Similarly, more bore wells need to be drilled under the Ganga Kalyan Scheme in lanes belonging to the SC/ST. The State governm ent should accord more facilities to SHGs thereby facilitating economic empowerment among the womenfolk. <br /><br />Also speaking on the occasion Bagepalli legislator N Sampangi said the late Devaraj Urs played a foremost role in providing political representation to the backward classes. The present political leaders need to trod his path. <br /><br />Educationist Prof Kodirangappa released an information brochure of Backward Classes Development Corporation on the occasion.<br /><br />Urs Bhavan incomplete<br />“ Urs Bhavan can be completed only when people’s representatives contribute funds,” said Kolar CMC president Naziya.<br /><br />The CMC has allocated a site next to the Department of Fisheries for the construction of Urs Bhavan. However, owing to paucity of funds the Bhavan has not been completed, she said.</p>
<p>Speaking at a programme organised to celebrate the 96th birth anniversary of D Devaraj Urs in Chikkaballapur on Saturday he said the oppressed should lap up numerous opportunities that are open for them in various fields.<br /><br />More hostels<br />To give fillip for education among the dalits and the downtrodden, more hostels and residential schools need to be constructed for students hailing from SC/ST and backward classes communities, he added.<br /><br />Similarly, more bore wells need to be drilled under the Ganga Kalyan Scheme in lanes belonging to the SC/ST. The State governm ent should accord more facilities to SHGs thereby facilitating economic empowerment among the womenfolk. <br /><br />Also speaking on the occasion Bagepalli legislator N Sampangi said the late Devaraj Urs played a foremost role in providing political representation to the backward classes. The present political leaders need to trod his path. <br /><br />Educationist Prof Kodirangappa released an information brochure of Backward Classes Development Corporation on the occasion.<br /><br />Urs Bhavan incomplete<br />“ Urs Bhavan can be completed only when people’s representatives contribute funds,” said Kolar CMC president Naziya.<br /><br />The CMC has allocated a site next to the Department of Fisheries for the construction of Urs Bhavan. However, owing to paucity of funds the Bhavan has not been completed, she said.</p>