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Basavaraj S. Horatti performs groundbreaking ceremony on WALMI premises
AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING: Primary and Secondary Education Minister Basavaraj S. Horatti performing the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the building to house the Circuit Bench of the High Court on the Water and Land Management Institute ( WALMI) premises near Dharwad on Friday.
DHARWAD: The construction of the building for accommodating the Circuit Bench of the High Court of Karnataka on the Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) premises began on Friday.
Primary and Secondary Education Minister Basavaraj S. Horatti performed the groundbreaking ceremony. MLA R.B. Shiriyannavar, Deputy Commissioner M.S. Srikar, Police Commissioner Narayan Nadamani, Superintendent of Police of Dharwad District B. Srikanthappa, Public Works Department Chief Engineer Prabhakar Chini, president of the Dharwad Bar Association B.D. Hiremath and Zilla Panchayat Vice-President B.B. Gangadharmath were present.
In 18 months
Speaking to presspersons, Mr. Horatti said the construction work of the Circuit Bench building had to be completed within 18 months.
Work order
The Minister clarified that the State-owned Karnataka State Construction Corporation would begin work and the contractor would continue it after getting the work order. Expressing happiness over the starting of the work after several years of pursuance and agitation, the Minister said the fulfilling of the demand had made the people of north Karnataka happy.
He clarified that there was no dearth of money for the construction of the Circuit Bench buildings at Dharwad and Gulbarga.
Appeal
To a question, he said the Government would appeal to the Chief Justice of the High Court Cyriac Joseph to make the Circuit Bench functional at the earliest by using the available infrastructure at WALMI. As the Minister performed the groundbreaking ceremony, the Dharwad lawyers, who were in a jubilant mood, celebrated "Vijayotsava". They burst crackers and distributed sweets.
They even carried Mr. Hiremath on their shoulders for some time.
