Mysore/Mysuru: The newly-built Public Library at People’s Park in city is likely to be inaugurated by the end of this month. To be ready for inauguration, available furniture is being assembled and the books are being arranged, named and catalogued in the respective shelves.
The two-storey library building, constructed at a cost of Rs. 4.99 crore, will be opened before the beginning of Joint Session of the State Legislature or after the Session depending upon the availability of Primary and Secondary Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar under whom the Department of Public Libraries comes. “The building was ready nearly 10 months ago. Now, work of arranging the books in the racks by subjects is going on. The formal inauguration of the library is delayed due to COVID-19,” B. Manjunath, Deputy Director, Department of Public Libraries told SOM.
