B. Nagendra, Minister for Youth Empowerment, Sports, and Tribal Welfare and Ballari district in charge, assured that a multipurpose community hall for nomadic tribes would be built in Ballari at a cost of ₹5 crore.
“The hall will come up on one acre. The community members can use it for various purposes,” he said after inaugurating the awareness conference for nomadic tribes at Valmiki Bhavan in Ballari on Saturday. The event was organised by Karnataka State Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Nomadic Tribes Mahasabha.
Raising the housing issue being faced by the nomadic tribes, the Minister assured that his government was working on identifying government lands that could be developed into residential layouts for the nomadic tribes.