Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, also a native of the district, had to cut short his visit to the city, immediately after attending the inaugural function of the Dasara festivities, atop the Chamundi Hill, here, on Saturday, as he had to chair an all-party meeting and also the Cabinet meeting in Bengaluru to tackle the Cauvery crisis.
Siddaramaiah flew in the Akash Airavat, an eight-seat aircraft of Kerala-based Kairali Airlines, operated twice-a-day till October 15 by the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation, which he launched at the HALAirport in Bengaluru. He rushed from the Mysuru Airport at Mandakalli to the Government Guest House to meet poet Chennaveera Kanavi, who later inaugurated the Dasara festivities. The CM accompanied Kanavi to the Chamundi Hill and took part in the inaugural function. However, he left immediately after delivering his speech.
Siddaramaiah had, in the last two years, spent the entire day of the inaugural day of Dasara in Mysuru, inaugurating a series of events.
Earlier, JD(S) MLAs of the district Sa Ra Mahesh of K R Nagar and G T Devegowda of Chamundeshwari segments left for Bengaluru to attend the all-party meeting and also to join former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, who has launched a hunger strike.
With the CM leaving for Bengaluru, the other ministers also accompanied him. Hence, only District in-charge and PWD Minister Dr H C Mahadevappa and Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait were left to manage the various events organised as part of the Dasara festivities in the city.
Even though the flow of tourists is not on expected lines for a Dasara season, the Dasara Executive Committee has organised a host of programmes across the city. Besides the main events of the cultural programmes, Dasara sports, women Dasara, adventure sports, food festival, rangoli festival, film festival, book exhibition, wrestling, horticulture show, Rangayana theatre festival, Dasara exhibition, Dasara illumination among others were inaugurated.
Besides the arrangements and events of the Dasara Executive Committee and its sub-committees, private organisations also have taken up initiatives to make the Dasara, this year, a success. While Mysuru Shopping Festival has been launched, with various high-profile cultural events lined-up, various companies and organisations have launched mobile apps to help both tourists and residents. Various organisations are conducting doll arrangement competitions in view of encouraging the traditional observance.
DH News Service
Siddaramaiah flew in the Akash Airavat, an eight-seat aircraft of Kerala-based Kairali Airlines, operated twice-a-day till October 15 by the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation, which he launched at the HALAirport in Bengaluru. He rushed from the Mysuru Airport at Mandakalli to the Government Guest House to meet poet Chennaveera Kanavi, who later inaugurated the Dasara festivities. The CM accompanied Kanavi to the Chamundi Hill and took part in the inaugural function. However, he left immediately after delivering his speech.
Siddaramaiah had, in the last two years, spent the entire day of the inaugural day of Dasara in Mysuru, inaugurating a series of events.
Earlier, JD(S) MLAs of the district Sa Ra Mahesh of K R Nagar and G T Devegowda of Chamundeshwari segments left for Bengaluru to attend the all-party meeting and also to join former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, who has launched a hunger strike.
With the CM leaving for Bengaluru, the other ministers also accompanied him. Hence, only District in-charge and PWD Minister Dr H C Mahadevappa and Primary and Secondary Education Minister Tanveer Sait were left to manage the various events organised as part of the Dasara festivities in the city.
Even though the flow of tourists is not on expected lines for a Dasara season, the Dasara Executive Committee has organised a host of programmes across the city. Besides the main events of the cultural programmes, Dasara sports, women Dasara, adventure sports, food festival, rangoli festival, film festival, book exhibition, wrestling, horticulture show, Rangayana theatre festival, Dasara exhibition, Dasara illumination among others were inaugurated.
Besides the arrangements and events of the Dasara Executive Committee and its sub-committees, private organisations also have taken up initiatives to make the Dasara, this year, a success. While Mysuru Shopping Festival has been launched, with various high-profile cultural events lined-up, various companies and organisations have launched mobile apps to help both tourists and residents. Various organisations are conducting doll arrangement competitions in view of encouraging the traditional observance.
DH News Service