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The State authorities has unveiled plans to make the Saundatti Yallamma temple, the temple with the highest footfall successful the authorities with astir 3 crore radical per year, into a tourer attraction with modern facilities.
A broad program of astir ₹200 crore has been drawn up for the purpose. Of this, the State authorities is contributing a assistance magnitude of ₹90 crore portion the Union authorities is providing a agelong term, involvement escaped indebtedness of ₹100 crore.
In the archetypal phase, the Department of Public Works has invited tenders for assorted works astatine a outgo of ₹140 crore. Officials of the Saundatti Yallamma improvement authorization and the Belagavi territory medication volition oversee the works on with PWD officers.
The projected works see administrative gathering with little ground, ground, precocious ground, and terrace floors, queue analyzable with stilt, ground, precocious ground, and terrace floors to streamline darshan, Annadasoha (Free meal) gathering with stilt, ground, first, and terrace floors, hawker portion and renovation of the existing commercialized complex, multipurpose halls (2 numbers) for spiritual and nationalist activities, nationalist toilet and bath blocks (separate facilities for men and women, aggregate units), waiting areas, pilgrimage accusation centres (3 numbers), archetypal assistance centre, and cafeteria, compound walls, pathways, parking areas, and extended landscaping.
The works besides see astute infrastructure, including ample astute show screens successful parking areas and directional signage, sustainable utilities, specified arsenic star h2o heaters and aggregate packaged STPs (10 and 75 KLD), and broad MEP works (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing) for large buildings.
The task includes improvement nether the Gaurav Ghataka and Pradikara components, covering toilets, pathways, sanitation, landscaping, and h2o proviso systems. Once implemented, this integrated infrastructure upgrade is expected to greatly heighten the pilgrimage acquisition astatine 1 of North Karnataka’s astir revered spiritual destinations, portion ensuring orderly assemblage management, hygiene, and environmentally liable operations.
Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan said that the different preparations, similar clearing encroachments connected the temple premises, widening of roads starring to Saundatti, and earmarking abstraction for the assorted activities and structures, were completed. Work is expected to commencement wrong a month.
