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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (VM)
Mangalore, Aug 9: Lions club international, district 317-D will organize ‘Abhiyan 2012’ – a District Cabinet Presentation 2012-13 said M Gopal Krishna Melanta at the press club here on Thursday August 9.
The district cabinet installation of M B Sadashiv, district governor will be held at Cordel hall, Kulshekar on Saturday August 11.
Mahendra Amarasurya, international president 2007-08 will install the district cabinet and Harini Sadashiv, first lady of the district will inaugurate the function, said Melanta. At the occasion, KC Prabhu will release the Lions district directory called ‘Kanaja’.
Addressing the meet, Melanta said the lions club 317D comprises of Madikeri, Hasan, Chikamangaluru and Dakshina Kannada with more than 3000 members and for this year M B Sadhashiv, founder president of Sulia lions club is been elected as district governor.
The governor is all set to start of the new year with the motto ‘Drive for dreams’, he said.
Sadashiv said that, this year the lions will concentrate more towards the benefit of farmers especially in the rural areas with a project named ‘Jai Kisan’ in which ‘J’ stands for job opportunity, ‘A’ stands for Agriculture, ‘I’ as international understanding, ‘K’ as Kannada promotion, ‘I’ as image building, ‘S’ as support to disable, ‘A’ as atmosphere and ‘N’ as notion safety. It will also issue joint health cards with support from Indiana hospital, he said.
Devdas Bhandary, secretary, Agnel Rodrigues, district pro, Philip Pereira, SM Airan among others were present.