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Hotels, restaurants, homestays, and commercialized establishments successful Kodagu — known for its java and 1 of Karnataka’s superior tourer destinations — person been directed to guarantee that 60% of the substance connected their nameboards is written successful Kannada.
Kodagu Deputy Commissioner Venkataraja connected Friday instructed each departments to guarantee strict implementation of the State authorities bid mandating Kannada usage connected nameboards.
He was speaking astatine a gathering held astatine his bureau successful Madikeri pursuing the government’s notification enforcing the regularisation crossed each establishments, including shops, commercialized complexes, industries, schools, colleges, authorities offices, and tourer centres successful the elevation station.
Mr. Venkataraja said that the Karnataka Comprehensive Development of Kannada (Amendment) Bill, 2024, which received the Governor’s assent connected February 25, makes it mandatory for each industrial, commercial, and concern establishments to show astatine slightest 60% of their nameboard contented successful Kannada. Local bodies and acrophobic departments person been asked to instrumentality indispensable measures for its effectual enforcement.
The Act applies to each institutions that person obtained support oregon support from the authorities oregon section authorities. Private schools, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, amusement centres, and hotels indispensable guarantee Kannada is prominently displayed connected their nameboards, helium said.
Emphasising the request to beforehand Kannada, peculiarly successful borderline areas and backstage acquisition institutions, the Deputy Commissioner warned that non-compliance would pull penalties. A punishment of ₹5,000 for the archetypal offence and ₹10,000 for the 2nd has been imposed; repeated violations whitethorn besides effect successful the cancellation of licences.
Zilla Panchayat CEO Anand Prakash Meena shared details astir the enforcement of Kannada nameboard regulations wrong section assemblage limits. Additional Deputy Commissioner R. Aishwarya, Additional Superintendent of Police Barike Dinesh Kumar, and Assistant Director of Kannada and Culture Department Kumar besides spoke astatine the meeting.
