Taking serious exception to the proposed establishment of a power transmission grid on the premises of District Institute of Education and Training (DIET) in Dharwad, which has heritage structures, Chairman of Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti has written to Minister for School Education and Literacy Madhu Bangarappa urging him to drop the proposal immediately.
The main objection to the proposal is the fact that DIET premises houses a 167-year-old heritage structure and it was the first Kannada teacher training centre (earlier, boys training college) to be established in South India
DIET, established in 1856, has contributed a great deal to the development of Kannada land and language, literature and education. This apart, DIET has taken up many seminal works, including training for teachers. It has taken up research, framed curriculum and guidelines for the effective implementation, assessment and application of technology in pedagogy and other works.
