Bengaluru ring road to be named after late Kannada superstar Puneeth

Bengaluru, Feb 7: Karnataka government is honouring late Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar by naming the stretch of ring road after him in Bengaluru. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is inaugurating the ring road on Tuesday evening.

The government has approved the proposal to name the stretch of Mysuru Road to Banner Ghatta Road after Puneeth Rajkumar. Minister for Revenue R. Ashok maintained that Puneeth is a rich heart human being who is involved in social work.

"Stars charge crores for advertisements. Puneeth became an ambassador of Nandini Milk, a product produced through cooperative Karnataka Milk Federation without taking any money to help farmers," he said.

Kannada superstar, his brother Shivarajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar and Puneeth's wife Ashwini Puneethrajkumar are participating in the programme.