CM to offer ‘bagina' at KRS on June 30: Cheluvarayaswamy
Mandya district in-charge Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy on Friday announced that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will offer 'bagina' (traditional offering) at the Krishnaraja Sagar reservoir on June 30, as the dam has reached its full reservoir level.
Addressing a review meeting in Mandya, the Minister said the Chief Minister is scheduled to arrive at the KRS around 10.30 a.m. to offer prayers to the Cauvery and perform the ritual. He told officials that there should no lapses in the preparation and instructed them to make arrangements, including security.
The Minister distributed laptops to Village Administrative Officers (VAOs), as the government has provided laptops to all 185 VAOs in the district to facilitate e-office functioning. He emphasised that all government work in district and taluk administration should be carried out transparently and efficiently through the e-office system.
Under the Bhoosuraksha scheme, digitisation of land records is under way in taluk offices.
MLAs Ramesh Babu Bandisidde Gowda and P. Ravikumar, Deputy Commissioner Kumar, Zilla Panchayat CEO K.R. Nandini and others were present.
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