Sumalatha Ambareesh, the late actor’s spouse.
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the executive physique in command of civic facilities within the Greater Bengaluru metropolitan space, has despatched a proposal to approve the long-pending request to call Race Course Road within the metropolis after actor Ambareesh.
The Kannada movie legend and politician had handed away in 2018. His spouse, actor-turned-politician Sumalatha Ambareesh, had just lately introduced help to the BJP and the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an impartial MP from Mandya constituency.
BBMP officers confirmed {that a} proposal has been despatched to Urban Development Department and BBMP Administrator just lately to vary the identify of the stretch from Government Ramnarayan Chellaram College to Maurya Circle and Anand Rao Circle to Ambareesh Road inside every week.
While an official mentioned that the request had come from the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce a number of months in the past, then corporator Umesh Shetty had additionally proposed at a BBMP council assembly in 2018 that Race Course Road be renamed after Ambareesh. The late actor was keen about horse racing and had been a well-liked member of the Bangalore Turf Club.
In February final yr, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had laid the muse for a memorial for Ambareesh on the State-owned Sree Kanteerava Studios in Bengaluru.
Source: www.thehindu.com
