Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said that his government is committed to develop Melkote in Mandya district on the lines of Tirupati, fulfilling the aspirations of devotees and the people of the district. The development that the temple town required would be done as the place has the potential to be developed like Tirupati, and all support in this regard will be given.
During his visit to Melkote on the occasion of Vairamudi Brahmotsava on March 14 evening, Mr Bommai launched development works and irrigation projects in the constituency. He said Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh has put forth a list of works that needs to be implemented in the district for its overall development. “I promise that I will make sincere efforts to get them fulfilled for developing Mandya as a model district in the State. I will make efforts to fulfill the aspirations of the people,” he told the gathering.
Stating that he has a good understanding with the leaders of Mandya since 1990, the CM said he shared a respectable bond with the leaders that the district has produced, and recalled his initiative of getting the crest gates of KRS dam repaired when he was the Minister for Water Resources.
