After initial hiccups, the authorities concerned have been successful in getting technical advisory committee clearance for the construction of a new building for the Deputy Commissioner’s office and other departments. If all goes well, the construction of the building would be taken up on 40 acres of land in Survey No 44 at Kanive Hills near Kunchignal village, about four kilometres from Chitradurga city.
The recent technical advisory committee meeting of the Public Works Department at Hubballi has given clearance for the construction of the Deputy Commissioner’s office building here. The authorities concerned are waiting for the State government’s approval for starting work. The total cost of the project would be ₹ 25 crore.
Though the existing building of the Deputy Commissioner’s office, which was constructed in 1869, is in very good condition, the authorities concerned are forced to hire buildings at different places in the city to accommodate different departments. And, this has put the common man into severe inconvenience as he has to move from one area to another for getting his work done. Keeping this in view, a proposal for the construction of a new spacious building was planned during the previous Congress government. There are plans to accommodate all government departments in the proposed building. Based on the suggestions of the then district in-charge Minister H. Anjaneya, the authorities concerned identified land near Kunchignal village. Sources in the Public Works Department said that the State government may give approval for the construction of the building in a month and the tender process would begin immediately thereafter.
Meanwhile, MLA G.H. Thippareddy said that the proposed site for the construction of the new Deputy commissioner’s office at Kunchignal would be away from the city limits and the poor and middle class people will have to pay additional auto and other transport charges to reach the office. Instead, the authorities concerned can demolish some of the old buildings in the city and construct the new office to help people.
“The issue would be taken up with other MLAs in the district and a decision would be taken on the choice of place for the new office of the Deputy Commissioner,” he added.