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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
Mysore: It may seem that political leaders from north Karnataka are trying to exploit the controversy regarding the allotment of land for the Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University.
According to highly placed sources, both Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Jagadish Shettar and Minister for Health and Family Welfare B. Sriramulu are keen on having the first music university in south India in their respective constituencies. It is said that both of them are prepared to provide the land needed for the university.
However, it is also said that Vice-Chancellor of the university Hanumanna Naik Dore is firm about establishing the university in Mysore.
It is significant that when the Government was planning to establish the university in either Chitradurga or Gadag, Dr. Dore, who was the Special Officer for the university, favoured Mysore because of its musical heritage. The district administration is making every attempt to retain the music university in Mysore and is searching for suitable land with clear titles.
According to sources in the district administration, Dr. Dore was shown 110 acres of land in Hulimavu village of Nanjangud taluk, about 30 km from the city. But he was not satisfied with the land shown, as it is located far away from the city and the land is with the Forest Department. There is an entry to this effect in the Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crops (RTC).
The district administration had also shown Dr. Dore over 30 acres of land in Madahalli on the Bogadi-Gaddige road. But Dr. Dore refused the offer as the land identified was not sufficient to set up a university.
According to Dr. Dore, more than 500 acres of land is needed to set up a university. All the other universities in the State are on an area of more than 600 acres of land. The university was allotted 100 acres of land (Survey No. 469) at Varakodu village in Varuna Assembly constituency.
Dr. Dore is in favour of setting up the university at Varakodu because of its proximity to the city and the sylvan settings. But though Deputy Commissioner P. Manivannan has asserted that the ownership of the land allotted at Varakodu was with the university, Deputy Conservator of Forests Shashwathi Mishra in her letter dated March 29, to the university directed that permission be obtained from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests under Section 2 of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 to use the land for non-forest purposes.
Mr. Dore is refusing to approach the Forest Department to seek clearance to take up construction work, as according to him it is the responsibility of the district administration to allot land.
Music university to be shifted from Mysore?
Mysore: It may seem that political leaders from north Karnataka are trying to exploit the controversy regarding the allotment of land for the Dr. Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University.
According to highly placed sources, both Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Jagadish Shettar and Minister for Health and Family Welfare B. Sriramulu are keen on having the first music university in south India in their respective constituencies. It is said that both of them are prepared to provide the land needed for the university.
It is significant that when the Government was planning to establish the university in either Chitradurga or Gadag, Dr. Dore, who was the Special Officer for the university, favoured Mysore because of its musical heritage. The district administration is making every attempt to retain the music university in Mysore and is searching for suitable land with clear titles.
According to sources in the district administration, Dr. Dore was shown 110 acres of land in Hulimavu village of Nanjangud taluk, about 30 km from the city. But he was not satisfied with the land shown, as it is located far away from the city and the land is with the Forest Department. There is an entry to this effect in the Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crops (RTC).
The district administration had also shown Dr. Dore over 30 acres of land in Madahalli on the Bogadi-Gaddige road. But Dr. Dore refused the offer as the land identified was not sufficient to set up a university.
According to Dr. Dore, more than 500 acres of land is needed to set up a university. All the other universities in the State are on an area of more than 600 acres of land. The university was allotted 100 acres of land (Survey No. 469) at Varakodu village in Varuna Assembly constituency.
Dr. Dore is in favour of setting up the university at Varakodu because of its proximity to the city and the sylvan settings. But though Deputy Commissioner P. Manivannan has asserted that the ownership of the land allotted at Varakodu was with the university, Deputy Conservator of Forests Shashwathi Mishra in her letter dated March 29, to the university directed that permission be obtained from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests under Section 2 of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 to use the land for non-forest purposes.
Mr. Dore is refusing to approach the Forest Department to seek clearance to take up construction work, as according to him it is the responsibility of the district administration to allot land.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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