Work on permanent expo centre begins today

Staff Correspondent THE Hindu

KRIDL entrusted with work on construction of roads, drains

Hubli-Dharwad Permanent Multipurpose Exhibition Centre to be located at APMC yard

Administration releases Rs. 50 lakh for preliminary work

HUBLI: The dream of having a permanent multipurpose exhibition centre for Hubli Dharwad is finally getting fulfilled with Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Ltd. (KRIDL) being entrusted with the work of developing the layout for the centre.

Deputy Commissioner Dharwad Darpan Jain told The Hindu that the district administration had decided to have KRIDL (formerly Karnataka Land Army Corporation) construct roads and drains. Mr. Jain said KRIDL would complete this preliminary work within two months and prepare the land for further construction. “KRIDL will begin work immediately after the formal ‘bhoomi puja' for the exhibition centre on Saturday,” he said.

The Hubli-Dharwad Permanent Multipurpose Exhibition Centre will be located at the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) yard (Amaragol) located between Hubli and Dharwad.

Mr. Jain said the State Government had released Rs. 50 lakh for the preliminary work. Subsequently, construction of the centre would begin as per a detailed project report approved by the Government, the Deputy Commissioner said.

Mr. Jain said the administration planned to execute the project in three phases.

“In the first phase, we plan to take up work worth around Rs. 4.5 crore, and construct the exhibition hall and other basic facilities. Other facilities would be built in the second and third phases,” he said.