'Suvarna Vidhana Soudha' Inaugurated - Oct 11,2012

The Suvarna Vidhana Soudha is a New Legislature building of the State of Karnataka in the Belgaum District of Northern Karnataka inaugurated on October 11, 2012 by President Pranab Mukherjee.

The 'Suvarna Vidhana Soudha' has been so named to Commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Karnataka's formation day.

The building is a 4 Floored Structure with a Total Built-Up Area of 60,398 sq.m. that consists of -

an Assembly hall that seats 300
a Council hall for 100 members
a 450-seat Central Hall, 38 ministerial chambers and
14 meeting halls.
It also has conference halls, a banquet hall, secretariats for both the houses of legislature, meeting halls and office accommodations.

Work began on the building in August 2009 and it was to have been completed in 18 months within an original budget of 230 crores. The Pune based B.G. Shirke Construction Technology Pvt. Ltd. were given the contract to construct the building.There were repeated extensions of the deadline on account of tardy progress in construction.By August 2012, the cost of the building alone had reached 391 crore with estimates suggesting a final bill of nearly 500 crore on its completion