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The Karnataka State Kambala Association, recognised by the Sports Authority of Karnataka, has written to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah requesting that ₹5 crore beryllium allocated successful the 2026-27 Budget to 25 Kambala organisers successful the coastal belt.
The association, based successful Udupi, requested that the assistance beryllium released successful the magnitude of ₹2.5 crore each done the Department of Tourism and the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports.
Releasing the missive astatine a property league present connected Friday, Belapu Deviprasad Shetty, president of the association, said that astatine slightest ₹40 lakh is required to clasp a Kambala.
The authorities has released ₹50 lakh distributed arsenic ₹5 lakh each to 10 Kambalas for the 2025-26 season. The relation urges the Chief Minister to merchandise different ₹50 lakh to the remaining 10 much Kambala organisers, arsenic ₹5 lakh each, helium said.
Mr. Shetty said that the association, which precocious came nether the Department of Youth Empowerment and Sports, has adopted a bye-law connected conducting Kambalas. Accordingly, a Kambala volition person to beryllium completed successful 24 hours.
He said of the 25 Kambalas scheduled successful the existent (2025-26) season, 3 Kambalas – astatine Ermal and Badagubettu adjacent Manipal successful Udupi territory and astatine Harekala adjacent Mangaluru – volition beryllium held for the archetypal time. Since the substance pertaining to resuming Kambala astatine Pilikula is earlier the Karnataka High Court, clarity connected holding Pilikula Kambala volition look lone aft the tribunal decides the matter.
As of now, determination is nary program to clasp Kambalas successful Bengaluru and Shivamogga. But a Kambala successful Mysuru whitethorn beryllium organised aft April.
Mr. Shetty said that determination are astir 300 pairs of buffaloes which instrumentality portion successful Kambalas successful the coastal belt.
The caput of the relation Vijaya Kumar Kanginamane and others were present.
