Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur (SP)

Kundapur, Aug 3: The office of the sub-registrar at Shankaranarayana in the taluk was started during the British era in the year 1900. Shankaranarayana is an extremely rural area which is Naxal infested. The said office has not undergone any major changes since 1900 when it was opened.

Villagers from 42 villages including Kota, Brahmavar, Kundapur, Vandse and Byndoor revenue divisions fall under the jurisdiction of this office. This office is in a state of disarray and the middlemen are quite active. Hundreds of people visit this office every day for registering marriages, land/property, encumbrance certificate, mortgage, certified copies etc. The office is located in a small building atop an 80-feet high hillock near Shankaranarayana town and reaching there itself is an adventure.

A delegation of Shankaranarayana taluk formation committee has already met MLA B M Sukumar Shetty, with a proposal to bring the height of the hillock on which the said office stands by 10 to 15 feet and construct a modern building there. The legislator has promised to discuss with the minister and address the problem. President of the committee, Avarse Ratnakar Shetty, convener Chitte Rajagoplal Hegde, priest of Krodha Shankaranarayana temple, Kuppar Ramachandra Aithal, Hiliyana Narayana Shetty and others were the members of the delegation.