A huge pandal has been erected near Anjaneya Gudi in suburban Haveri for the event organized to distribute title deeds to nearly 1.1 lakh beneficiaries to be held in suburban Haveri on Saturday. | Photo credit: SANJAY RITTI
The Haveri district administration has made elaborate preparations for the land guarantee dedication ceremony and distribution of title deeds to over one lakh beneficiary families at a program to be held on Saturday near BP Road on the outskirts of Haveri.
The event will be organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and will coincide with the government completing a thousand days in office. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the program while Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar will distribute the title deeds. Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda and District In-Charge Minister Shivanand Patil will also attend.
On Friday, Mr. Patil visited the venue and reviewed the preparations.
According to officials, the certificates will be distributed to families living for several years without formal land records in revenue villages, hatti and thanda settlements under various schemes including Revenue Gram, e-Pauti and Darkhast Pauti.
Beneficiaries from various regions would participate in the scheme, including 5,500 from Chitradurga, 20,000 from Davangere, 10,000 from Shivamogga and 7,000 from Chikkamagaluru and other regions, taking the total participation to over 1.23 million people.
Parking arrangements were made on 94 acres. Four heliports were prepared on eight hectares and catering facilities were prepared on 10 hectares.
Officials said tents covering an area of about 2.76 million square feet have been erected to accommodate more than one million beneficiaries. Around 2,550 buses, including those of NWKRTC, KKRTC, KSRTC, private operators and educational institutions, have been deployed to transport the beneficiaries, with two nodal officers assigned to each bus.
Fifteen committees were formed to manage various aspects of the event, including finance, law and order, stage construction, transport, sanitation, health and beneficiary seating. About 300 policemen and nearly 3,000 policemen, including home guards, were deployed for security.
Authorities said measures such as 200 food counters, temporary toilets, drinking water facilities, ambulances and emergency medical services had been put in place.
Published – 13 Feb 2026 21:05 IST