Mysore/Mysuru: Former MLC D. Madegowda, who is popularly known as ‘Mane Madegowda’ for his ‘Asha Mandira’ and other housing schemes under which scores of shelterless either got homes or sites, was felicitated by Yuva Grama Abhyudaya Samithi on his 81st birthday at his (Madegowda) residence in Kumbarakoppal here yesterday.
Speaking on the occasion, local leader Patel Nagaraj said that Madegowda, as the Chairman of the then CITB (now MUDA), is credited with the formation of 9 localities and distribution of over 30,000 sites in a span of just 18 months, which is why he is known as ‘Mane Madegowda.’
