Minister assures housing sites for media persons

Bengaluru:

State Housing Minister V Somanna has assured media persons that the state government will take suitable steps to provide housing sites to all houseless media persons in the state at Suryanagara Extension in Bengaluru.

Speaking at ‘Prathibha Puraskara’ programme organised by Karnataka Union of Working Journalists at Bengaluru the minister said he would discuss the issue on priority with the chief minister and suitable steps taken to allocate sites to media persons.

Complimenting efforts of the KUWJ in taking up the issue of providing house sites to media persons, the minister said the state government is committed to provide houses to needy houseless people and media persons would be given priority while allocating sites he said.

He also said steps would also be taken to earmark sites for media persons at district level too. Chairman of the Border Development Authority C Somashekar said soon meritorious children of media persons residing in border areas would be felicitated at the district level and called upon the journalists to bestow their efforts to provide a good and better education to their wards.

Cine Actress and Chair Person of Karnataka Forest Development Board Tara called upon the media persons to take a pledge to grow more trees in their neighbourhood thus contributing to the environment. Shivananda Tagadur, President of Karnataka Union of Working Journalists presided on the occasion. Over 200 children of media persons who have excelled in SSLC and PU examinations were feted on the occasion..