mangalore the newly constituted karnataka border areas development authority will focus on strengthening infrastructure in 52 taluks in karnataka that border five states its chairman chandrakanth g bellad said here on monday the authority will work in tandem with kannada development authority kannada book authority and all other government departments to ensure development of the border areas he notedaddressing a press conference after taking over as head of the authority bellad said the border areas are saddled with a series of problems that have been left unattended by both the state and central governments in the past bellad said he would tour all the 52 taluks in due course of time to get a first hand feel of the problems of people of these areas and also hold discussions with officials and all elected representatives concernedthe main aim of the authority is to come up steps that will ensure the socioeconomiccultural development of people residing in border areas he said admitting that the rs 10 crore grant provided to it by the state government for the current year is not sufficient to realise this objective bellad said the authority will seek the help of departments of kannada and culture public works education to realize the same in a phased mannernoting that most areas in border taluks lack samskrathika bhavan that will enable local artists to display their talent he said the authority will strive to ensure that such buildings are constructed in these areas the bhavans will also have a fullfledged library that will provide people with kannada literature newspapers and magazines the authority will take up the issue of the bhavans with the authorities concerned on priority he noted the authority will also dip into funds sanctioned to the commission that will implement recommendations of nanjundappa committee report on backward areas of the state to achieve its objectives bellad while thanking chief minister b s yeddyurappa for appointing him as head of the authority said the process of appointing members and officials of the authority is presently on and will be completed at the earliestbellad accompanied by sangamesh badavadgi special officer of the authority and shivashankar hiremath member of akhila karnataka kendra kannada kriya samiti later left for kasargod to participate in the 95th birthday felicitation programme of poet kayarra kinhana rai bellad said people could get in touch with the authority which will function from room number 29 at the vidhan soudha in bangalore