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‘Complete work on Rangamandira’

THE HINDU

Plea: Artistes from the Gulbarga Revenue Division staging a protest in Gulbarga on Monday.

GULBARGA: Artistes from the Gulbarga Revenue Division staged a protest here on Monday, seeking the early completion of the Rangamandira, which has been pending for more than two decades.

The artistes, who came from Gulbarga, Bellary, Koppal, Raichur and Bidar, took out a procession to the office of the Deputy Commissioner. They raised slogans against the State Government for its “indifferent” attitude towards completion of the Rangamandira. Later, they submitted a memorandum addressed to the Principal Secretary (Kannada and Culture), to the Deputy Commissioner in which they set March 31 as the deadline for inaugurating the Rangamandira. The memorandum said construction of the Rangamandira in the divisional headquarters would provide an opportunity for theatre artistes in the entire division to showcase their talents. They would also be able to take up various theatre activities, including holding workshops and organising drama festivals.

They warned that they would begin a relay hunger strike from April 1 if the Rangamandira was not inaugurated by March 31. If the demand was not accepted, an indefinite hunger strike in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner was also planned, they said.

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