High Court bench: Construction work to commence in June

High Court bench: Construction work to commence in June
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DHARWAD: Basavaraj Horatti, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs said that construction work will be taken up from June at Walmi to set up the High Court circuit bench.

Addressing reporters here on Wednesday, Horatti said tender notification will be issued soon to start the first phase of work at a cost of Rs 20 crore, out of the total Rs 66 crore project.

As a result of two round high-level meetings held by the Law, Finance and Public Works Departments, the government released Rs 5 crore for renovation works at the existing building in Walmi and 48 acres was handed over to the law department by the varsity of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad.

Giving details of the proposed building, the Minister said that there will be 11 court halls and one Chief Justice hall. Construction is expected to be completed in 15 months from commencement.

Replying to a question on the multi-crore Jawahar Lal Nehru Urban Renovation Plan, he said that he would discuss with Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to include the twin cities of Hubli-Dharwad under the plan instead of Bangalore city.

Hubli-Dharwad, which was earlier, marked for the said plan was replaced by Mysore city.

Horatti said that efforts are on to induct former deputy chief minister M.P. Prakash and H.D. Revanna into the ministry as the government needs their experience to run the government.