Kannada Suvarna Bhavan languishes for lack of funds

CHIKMAGALUR: Construction work on the Kannada Suvarna Bhavan is yet to gather momentum. Kannada Sahitya Parishath office bearers attribute this delay to funds crunch. Work on the two-storey building with a spacious seminar hall which can accommodate 250, rooms for the office bearers and an office room began in 2009.
Though the ground floor and first flour has been constructed, it has not been completed.The constructed portions have yet to be plastered. The half-constructed building is surrounded by weeds and creepers, and is slowly turning into a haven for immoral activities.
Shivananda Swamy, the present secretary of the parishad said that they have requested MLCs Motamma and Gayathri Shantegowda to release funds from their area development fund. But they are yet to respond. The estimate for the building is put at Rs 30 lakh.
Kannada Development Authority chairman Mukhyamanthri Chandru sanctioned Rs10 lakh for the Bhavan, higher education minister C T Ravi and district minister D N Jeevaraj has provided Rs 2 lakh each from their MLA's area development fund and public has contributed Rs 3 lakh.