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Bus pass for rural journalists

Staff Correspondent

Bidar: The Government will provide free bus pass to journalists in rural areas, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy said here on Thursday.

"I am told that such a facility is being provided by some States. It helps journalists to travel along the countryside and highlight the problems of poor and deprived people," he said.

He was speaking after inaugurating the 28th State-level convention of Karnataka Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ).

He sanctioned a site for the construction of a convention hall for KUWJ in Bidar.

He felicitated senior journalists from the district. He presented KUWJ annual awards to Hanumanthappa Patil and Gandharva Sena.

Public Works Minister H.D. Revanna, Agriculture Minister Bandeppa Kashempur, MLC Quazi Arshad Ali, KUWJ State unit president V. Venkatesh, and district unit president Basavaraj Kamshetty were present.

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