Dasara budget swells as MUDA and palace board chip in
The Hindu
Additional funds released for CESC
The budget for this year’s Dasara, which is to be celebrated on a grand scale, has swelled to ₹34.5 crore with the palace board and MUDA chipping in with additional funds over and above the government grant.
While the State has announced ₹15 crore for the festival, an additional ₹4.5 crore has been sanctioned for Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) for undertaking illumination of the city. While MUDA will contribute ₹10 crore, the palace board has agreed to provide ₹5 crore for various programmes.
This was stated by Minister for Cooperation S.T. Somashekar, who is also in charge of Mysuru district, here on Saturday.
The Minister was speaking to media persons after holding a meeting with officials on preparations for Dasara, which will be held from September 26 to October 5. The CESC will illuminate 96 circles in the city, besides 124 km stretch of city roads.
In addition, there will be 23 welcome hoardings and the illumination will also depict Puneeth Rajkumar and the new Parliament building which is being constructed in Delhi. On the route of the Jamboo Savari, CESC has been instructed to take up illumination at a height of 22 ft, the Minister said.
Mr. Somashekar also unveiled the Dasara website www.mysoredasara.gov.in and released posters related to Raitha Dasara, Kusti or wrestling and other events.
A team of senior officials and elected representatives will shortly visit Delhi to extend a formal invitation to President Draupadi Murmu who is slated to inaugurate Dasara on September 26 atop Chamundi Hills. The inauguration will take place between 9.45 a.m. and 10.04 a.m., and Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will be present.
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