Mangalore : A total of 45 achievers from Dakshina Kannada were honoured with district-level Kannada Rajyotsava awards 2011 during the Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations convened at Nehru Maidan here on Tuesday, November 1, 2011.

District In-Charge Minister Krishna J Palemar inaugurated the function at the Nehru Maidan in the morning. Speaking on the occasion, he said that the state government has sanction the amount of Rs 85, 25,00, 000 for the present year for the development of rural region.

He also said that a total of 149 kilometer road coming under Vidhan Sabha constituency will be developed at the cost of Rs 45.45 crore.

The government has selected 33 villages under the Suvarna Rural Development third phase at the cost of Rs 31 crore. He also read out various developemtntal projects on the occasion.

Mr. Palemar also presented the Rajyotsava awards to those who have made tremendous contribution in various fields such as art, culture, Journalism, social work as like.

The district in-charge minister took the salute at the parade during the march past conducted by civil police, Traffic police, NCC, Scouts and Guides, Bharath Sevadal, Karnataka state reserve police, District armed reserve police and Home Guards, Naval Junior, Naval Senior, Road Safety Patrol and Police band.

Earlier to this, there was a procession from Ambedkar Circle to Nehru Maidan, which featured various tableaux

Later Rajyotsava awards were conferred on Forty five achievers like

Na Ujire Belthangady, K. G. Mallya Kinnigoli, Polali Nithyananda Karanth – literature

Panja Bhasker Bhat – Veda Shasthra

Vidhwan B. Chandraiah Moodubidri – Gamaka

Sadananda Heggadekatte Moodubidri – senior columnist

AJ. Shetty – education and social service

Thenkabail Thirumaleshwara Shastry – Yakshagana Bhagavathige

Umesh Nayak – Gadinadu Kannada Horata

Nagesh Malekudiya – chariot maker

B. R. Bhat – Banking service

Thonse Pushkal Kumar – light music

Vitla Mangesh Bhat – Konkani culture

Balakrishna Ullal – folk

D. Manohar Kumar – Yakshagana organizing

Sarojini Shetty – theatre

Sadananda Ameen – sports

Raghavadas B. Hoohakuvakallu – make up

Kulai Madhava Bhandari – Tulu literature

Laxman Kanandoor – bhootaradane

K. Krishnananda Rao – social service

Ganeshraj – classical music

Shreevallabhi – journalism

Agnel Rodrigues – Konkani visual media

Udayachandra D. Suvarna – education and social service

Vijaykumar Kodialbail – Tulu movie

Tukaram Poojary – Tulu history

Narayan Jogi Moodushedde – Shastriya Vadya Sangeetha

Kudroli Ganesh – Magic

Chandrashekar Navada – Bharatanatyam

Moideen Kunhi Gardadi – Naati Vaidya

Raviraj Shettiyan – social service

Geetha Saralaya – Bharathanatya

Ellur Ramdevadiga – dolki vadya sangeetha

Ankush N. Nayak – classical instrumental music

Vaibhav Shenoy M. – international drawing

K. Raveendra Shetty – literature organization

Agnel Rodrigues, the TV journalist

Tabassum – special service to the underprivileged

Abbusamad Bawa- Beary literature

Rajashree Ullal- Bharathnatya

Naveen D Padil- tulu theatre

Girish Bharadhwaj- rural development

Ayana V Raman- Bala Prathibha were honoured with shawl, memento, citation, fruits bowl.

Apart from it, the team of Shivaji Life saving team, Mogaveerpatna and Yakshalahari, rural Yakshagana literature organization were also honoured.

Eight children including Vaishnavi Ballal, Anantharam U R, Chinmay, Shalan Pais, Neha B, Shubham Varnekar, K N Bharath Rao and Aastha Aithal were honoured for their various achievements.

Road Safety Patrol and Guides received the first and second prize respectively for the best march past.

Deputy Speaker N Yogesh Bhat, MLAs U T Khader, Abhaychandra Jain, Deputy Commissioner Channappa Gowda,  MP Nalin Kumar, Coastal Development Authority chairman B Nagaraj Shetty, Mayor Praveen and others were present.

Attractive cultural programmes by school children brought in colours to the celebrations.