JOIN USWomen achievers from the City who have excelled in various fields will be given annual awards in memory of Lakshmidevi, daughter-in-law of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the founder of Bangalore.
Announcing this at a press conference here on Monday, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Standing Committee Chairman on Ward Level Works, A H Basavaraju, said: “Lakshmidevi has contributed a lot to our City and hence we have taken a decision to present ‘Laksmidevi award’ to 10 women every year on Kempegowda Jayanti from 2015.”
He added that the committee is planning to approach the State as well as central government to bring out postal stamps bearing the picture of Lakshmidevi.
“We have decided to request the State government to put up pictures of Dr B R Ambedkar, M Visvesvaraya and Nadaprabhu Kempegowda at government/semi government offices,” Basavaraju said.
The committee members maintained that a statue dedicated to the daughter-in-law of Kempegowda will be installed in front of BBMP head office at a cost of Rs five lakh.
Basavaraju added that to improve the streetlight facility at Mandur, a tender worth Rs 11.72 lakh has been floated.