Retired Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde inaugurated a free heart checkup and blood donation camp in Sidlaghatta, urging youth to question injustice; 64 units of blood collected.
B. Virupakshappa, Sidlaghatta's first Municipal Council President, turned his home into a school for four years and donated 13 acres of land plus Rs 30,000 to build the town's first permanent high school, which later educated Prema Karanth and generations of students.
