Mys dist admin forms 19 Dasara subcommittees

Mysuru: Seven weeks ahead of Mysuru Dasara celebrations, which is scheduled from Oct 3 to 12, the district administration has constituted 19 different subcommittees for the smooth conduct of the 10-day festival, which attracts crowds in lakhs.
With chief minister Siddaramaiah directing the authorities concerned and his cabinet colleagues to organise the festival on a grand scale, the authorities nominated official members to the subcommittees.This follows a meeting by district in-charge minister HC Mahadevappa on Friday.
Mysuru DC Lakshmikanta Reddy formed Dasara subcommittees to organise the Dasara 2024 in a grand way. Accordingly, additional deputy commissioner Shivaraj P is Dasara deputy special officer (DDSO) to the welcoming, invitation and reception subcommittee, and commissioner of police Seema Latkar is DDSO to the procession and torch-light parade subcommittees, while Malathi Priya is DDSO to Gajapayana.
DDSOs of other subcommittees are: Tableaux - Prabhuswamy, chief planning officer (in-charge), ZP; Grameena Dasara - Krishnamraju, deputy secretary (development); Sports – Prasanna Kumar VK, secretary, Mysore urban development department; Cultural Dasara – KM Gayathri, CEO, ZP; Fine arts – Devaraju A, commissioner for archaeology, museums and heritage; Illumination - G Sheela, MD, CESC; Kavigosti – Mallikarjuna Swamy, joint director, Kannada and Culture department; Yoga Dasara – Ramya, deputy director, land records department; Yuva Sambramha and Yuva Dasara – Vishnuvardhana N, superintendent of police, Mysuru; Mahila Dasara – Priyadarshini K, joint director, administrative training institute; Food festival – AN Raghunandan, commissioner, Muda; Cleanliness & Arrangements – Ashaad-Ur-Rehaman Sheriff, commissioner, Mysuru City Corporation; Films – Basavaraju KN, DCF, Mysuru; and Wrestling – Addl superintendent of police, Mysuru. tnn