JOIN USEkalavya school to be opened in Ch'nagar
Union panchayat raj minister V Kishorechandra Deo would lay the foundation stone for the construction of an Ekalavya Model Residential School at Mangala in Kollegal taluk on February 11.
For the year 2010-11, Karnataka has been granted six Ekalavya schools with two for Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency. The remaining schools would be opened in Gulbarga, Chitradurga, Tumkur and Bellary districts.
Funds of Rs 12 crore has been approved for schools at Mangala in Chamarajanagar taluk and at Sollepura in H D Kote, which belong to the Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency. While Sollepura is yet to receive land, the school would be built at Ramanagudda in Mangala on 19.31 acres. The schools would function on the lines of Navodaya Schools.
Class six to 12Students can pursue their education from class six to 12th in Ekalavya Schools. Social welfare minister Narayanaswamy and district-in-charge minister M P Renukacharya would participate in the programme, said MP R Dhruvanarayan.
The construction at Sollepura is delayed due to unavailability of land. In these two schools, 75 per cent of the seats have been reserved for students of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes. The work is expected to be completed within19 months.
Kendriya VidyalayaDhruvanarayan said that if a building with 20 rooms is available in the district headquarters, then a Kendriya Vidyalaya would be opened temporarily from the next academic year. Five acres has been identified near Madapura for the construction of a building, he added.
The district administration had failed in sending a complete report to the central government owing to which there has been a delay in setting-up a Kendriya Vidyalaya. A central team has visited the city and said that they would give permission if a suitable building is found. K Mahadev, K Eshwar, Siddaraju, B K Ravikumar, Chandru and others were present.
Upgrading NH-209MP R Dhruvanarayan said the central government has come forward to develop National Highway 209, which passes through the district. He said National Highways Authority of India has prepared a blueprint of the plan. A 109 km highway would be developed from the Nice Road Junction in Bangalore. Of this, 82 km would be new roads and bypass would be prepared at necessary places. A bypass would also be made near Chamarajanagar.
A proposal has been submitted to the Centre to convert the Chamarajanagar-Nanjangud Road into a national highway. This road would be included in the second phase of the project. As the condition of the road has deteriorated, public works department would complete the tender process by March.
Proposal for providing railway line between Chamarajanagar and Kengeri, with equal cost sharing by central and state governments has been sent to the railway ministry, he added.