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State to release 50 % funds for Smart City project promptly

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The Hindu       04.12.2017  

State to release 50 % funds for Smart City project promptly

District in-charge Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi participatingin the ground-breaking ceremony for the constructionof roads under the Smart City project in Belagavion Sunday.P.K. Badiger  

Minister: There will be no delays in releasing money

The State government will promptly release its share of 50 % of the total funds earmarked for the Smart City project in Belagavi, district in-charge Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi said here on Sunday.

He was speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of roads under the project. A sum of Rs. 1,000 crore will be spent for the city under various schemes of the project. Half of this will come from the Union government and the rest from the State government. “We will release money in phases and there will be no delays,” he said. The State government is committed to developing Belagavi. “We are very proud of our works taken up in the city,” he said.

He described as far from truth allegations by BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa that the Congress government had neglected North Karnataka, especially Belagavi. “This is among his many lies. The BJP will never come to power in Karnataka, leave alone South India. People will see through its false promises and divisive policies,” he said. “I will quit public life if the Congress wins less than 10 of the 18 Assembly seats in Belagavi district,” Mr. Jarkiholi said. He expressed the confidence that the party would win 14 seats in the district. He clarified that there was no discontent among the Jarkiholi clan, and that his brothers Satish Jarkiholi and Lakhan Jarkiholi were getting along well with each other. “We are all together,” he added.