BENGALURU: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will be in Davanagere and Koppal to participate in the diamond jubilee celebrations of Siddarameshwara Ratha on Monday. The CM left Bengaluru in the morning for Davanagere. He is thereafter scheduled to travel to Koppal to visit Anjanadri Hills, believed to be the birthplace of Lord Hanuman, and chair a meeting with the district deputy commissioner.
Bommai will also visit the Gavisiddeshwara Mutt and present a grant of Rs 10 crore for the construction of a hostel and dining hall of the mutt.
The state government has drawn up a Rs 100 crore development plan for Anjanadri Hills. The CM will discuss the plan for comprehensive development of the site. Later, in the afternoon, he will inaugurate a Mother and Children’s hospital.
In June, Bommai had instructed the officials to complete the land acquisition process and start the work within a month for the comprehensive development of Anjanadri Hills at Kishkinda in the Koppal district. The instructions were issued at a meeting chaired by Bommai to review the implementation of the Anjanadri Hills Comprehensive Development project.
About 60 acres of land is required for the project, of which about 58 acres is private land. The CM asked the Deputy Commissioner of Koppal district to acquire the land through direct negotiation with farmers or through the KIADB land acquisition process
In the first phase of the project, connecting roads to Anjanadri should be developed. Alternative roads too should be identified and developed, he said. The CM wanted officials to widen the State Highway from the National Highway to Gangavathi.
He instructed the officials to prepare the detailed project report and develop parking and other amenities for the pilgrims at the base of the hills. (ANI)