Mangalore, November 1: Kannada Rajyotsava celebration in Dakshina Kannada district was held with great fervour on Tuesday as thousands of uniform clad students exhibited the cultural talent.
Hoisting the national flag and receiving the guard of honour at Nehru Maidan, here District in-charge Minister Krishna J Palemar highlighted the achievements of BJP led-stage government in his Rajyotsava message.
He said that special grant has been sanctioned for 121 projects in the second phase for Mangalore's development.
He said that eco-friendly decisions such as solid waste management, ban on use of plastics below 40 micron are being implemented very effectively in across the district.
Wishing all people of the district a joyous 56th Rajyotsava, the minister exclaimed that eight Jnanpith awards are a proof for the prosperity of Kannada language.
Yakshagana
Mr Palemar said that there was a need for a thorough study and research into the contributions of Yakashagana towards Kannada literature.
Suggesting that Yakshagana Bayalata Academy and university should jointly take up this cause, he said the BJP-led state government was committed to extend any necessary aid for this.
Cultural Extravaganza
March past by police band, DAR, Civil Police, traffic police, Home Guards, Fire police, NCC, Bharath Seva Dal and others was followed by a cultural extravaganza by the students from various schools.
Students danced to the tunes of various patriotic songs enthralling the audience. The programme started with a grand procession from Jyothi circle in which various cultural troupes performed spreading the fragrance of tuluva tradition.
Rajyotsava Awards
As many as 45 achievers in various fields from the district were conferred with the Dakshina Kannada Rajyotsava Award-2011.
District-level special talent awards 2011-12 sponsored by Women and Children development department were also conferred on the occasion on Neha B, Shubham Varnekar, Vaishnavi Ballal, K N Bharath Rao, Shalon Johnapas, Ananthram U R, Hasta R Aithal and Chinmaya.
N Yogish Bhat, Dy Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly, N S Chennappa Gowda, Deputy Commissioner, Seemanth Kumar Singh, Mangalore City Police Commissioner, U T Khader, Mangalore MLA, Abhay Chandra Jain, Mulky-Moodbidri MLA, B Nagaraj Shetty, Coastal Development Authority Chairman, Praveen Anchan, Mangalore Mayor, Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President and Dr K N Vijayaprakash, CEO, DK Zilla Panchayat were present among others.
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