From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore

Bangalore, Sep 19: The newly built swanky office building of the Chikballapur district administration will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday September 20.

The building would provide accommodation to almost all government departments of the district, which was carved out of the Kolar district in August 2007.

Built on a large extent of 10 acres on Chikballapur-Sidlaghatta Road by the Karnataka Housing Board, the building has three floors and space of 13,847 sq meters.

It was constructed at a cost of Rs 21.62 crore.

Addressing presspersons here on Thursday, Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies Dinesh Gundu Rao, who is also the in-charge of Chikballapur district, said 47 Government offices in different places in the district would be shifted to the new building.

The new building has a 500-seat capacity auditorium, a 150-seat zilla panchayat conference hall, and a few mini halls for holding meetings.

Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily, who represents the Chikballapur constituency in the Lok Sabha, and several Cabinet Ministers of the State would participate in the inaugural programme, Rao said.

Siddaramaiah would also inaugurate a Sir M Visvesvaraya Indoor Stadium constructed in Chikballapur on Friday.

The indoor stadium has four shuttle badminton courts, table tennis, sport equipment and rooms for sportspersons.

Some of the pending works of the indoor stadium would be completed by spending Rs 49.60 lakh from the Chief Minister’s Special Fund, he said.