Mangaluru, Nov 1: The ardent “Kannada premis” of this historic port city breathed a sigh of relief when Dakshina Kannada district in charge minister B Ramanath Rai Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim officially announced the Kannadaization of its English name “Mangalore.”
“From today onwards let us call this city “Mangaluru” in English too instead of Mangalore,” said Mr Rai said in his presidential address during the Kannada Rajyotsava celebration organized by district administration at Nehru Maidan, in the city on Saturday morning.
The minister said that chief minister Siddaramaiah led Karnataka government was committed fulfill its promises and to develop all the districts of the state including Dakshina Kannada.
Shedding light on the upcoming projects in the district, Mr Rai said that the construction of Mini Vidhana Saudha at Mangaluru and Putturu will be soon accomplished and similar structure would come up at Balthangady and Bantwal in the days to come. District offices complex at Padil will also be ready in near future and a state-of-the-art Ranga Mandira (cultural theatre) would soon come up at Bondel at a cost of Rs 24 crore, he said.
On the occasion a colorful procession was taken out from Ambedkar Circle to Nehru Maidan highlighting the cultural heritage of Karnataka. The cultural programmes by students of various schools attracted the people. Karnataka fire services department staged a demo to exhibit the capability of its Bronto Skylift Aerial Ladder Platform costing.
On the same occasion, special incentive was disbursed to schools that registered 100 percent results in the last SSLC examination in last academic year in the district.
Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim, Mangaluru Mayor Mahabala Marla, MLC, Ivan D'Souza, MLA, Moidin Bava, Mangaluru City Police Commissioner R Hitendra, DK superintendent of police Sharanappa, zilla panchayat chief executive officer Tulasi Maddineni were present among others.
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