Urban Infrastructure

Dharwad’s roads to get a facelift

Friday, 03 January 2014 05:17 administrator

The Hindu 03.01.2014

Dharwad’s roads to get a facelift

The State government has released funds for developing and concretising Dharwad’s major roads, says Aravind Bellad, MLA.— File Photo

The city’s roads, which have been in a bad shape for a long time, will soon receive a facelift, according to Aravind Bellad, MLA.

Mr. Bellad, who spoke to presspersons here on Thursday, said the government had approved a proposal to develop major roads in the city. A concrete road would be constructed from Jubilee Circle to Shivalli Circle at a cost of Rs. 7 crore.

It will pass through the City Bus-Stand (CBT). Another proposal was placed before the government, seeking Rs. 9 crore to construct a concrete road between KCC Bank and Swami Vivekananda Circle.

It is likely that the government will approve this as well, he said, adding that he had set a goal of concretising all the major roads in the city during his tenure.

Replying to a query, Mr. Bellad said the government had also sanctioned Rs. 75 lakh to lay a new water pipeline from Old DSP Circle to Murughamath. The road on this stretch is part of the Dharwad-Savadatti State highway. The entire road would be developed once the pipeline is laid.

In addition, pothole-filling work will begin in a few days, he added.

Grants released

After a long wait, the government has released grants for development activities in slums. A sum of Rs. 55.53 crore will make sure that at least some of the selected slums in Hubli-Dharwad get a facelift, Mr. Bellad said.

The funds were released under the Rajiv Gandhi Awas Yojana, and will be used to develop slums identified in Dharwad (Nehru Nagar, Shivashakti Colony and Anjaneya Nagar) and Hubli (Rajiv Gandhi Colony).

In the first phase 1,056 houses will be constructed in these slums. In addition, these slums would be provided basic amenities such as drinking water connections, streetlights, and good roads. Another 1,074 houses will be constructed for slum-dwellers living without shelter. The government has already identified land at Tadasinakoppa for a housing complex based on the ‘G plus 2’ model.

In the four identified slums, independent houses will be constructed; the ‘G plus 2’ model will not be applicable.

Councillors Shivu Hiremath, Vijayanand Shetty, Sanjay Kapatkar, Poorna Patil, and Mohan Ramdurg were present.

NDMC opens first cafeteria at Connaught Place subway

Thursday, 02 January 2014 00:00 administrator

The Economic Times 02.01.2014

NDMC opens first cafeteria at Connaught Place subway

NEW DELHI: To improve the condition of subways, the New Delhi Municipal Council opened the first of six cafeterias in one of the six underground subways in Connaught Place.

NDMC proposes to open cafeterias in the other five subways soon.

The proposal to rent out spaces in subways to coffee shops or bakeries by the NDMC in the city's most busy shopping hub was taken up in July.

The cafeteria in the Janpath-Palika Bazar crossing was inaugurated by NDMC chairman Jalaj Srivastava.

It is believed that commercial activity inside the subway would ensure their proper maintenance and people, in particular women would feel confident and safe to use them.

"The NDMC will ensure that these subways remain user friendly. The increased usage of the subways by people will keep away drug addicts who sometimes frequent them," Srivastava said.

"People should use these subways to cross the otherwise busy roads of Connaught Place," the chairman said.

The subway venture is subject to satisfactory performance in the next three months, he said.

The opening of the cafeteria coincides with the centenary celebrations of the civic agency.

Mayor: Blueprint for K.R. Market remodelling ready

Tuesday, 31 December 2013 05:24 administrator

The Hindu 31.12.2013

Mayor: Blueprint for K.R. Market remodelling ready

Staff Reporter

Mayor B.S. Sathyanarayana said on Monday that Krishna Rajendra Marketwould be remodelled and developed.

During his visits to the market in the past 13 weeks he had come to know of the problems of vendors and visitors, so the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) would attempt to address these issues. “The condition of the market is very saddening. We want to change this and restore it to its original splendour,” he added.

The Mayor said that a blueprint is ready for the proposed changes in design. A presentation on the proposed remodelling of the market was made during the BBMP council meeting on Monday.

Hyderabad Water Board to Avail Rs 1,000 Cr Additional Hudco Loan

Saturday, 28 December 2013 07:20 administrator

The New Indian Express 28.12.2013

The State Government has accorded permission to the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) to obtain an additional loan of `1,000 crore from Housing and Urban Development Corporation HUDCO with government guarantee (for principal part only) as security for early completion of Godavari Drinking Water Supply Project to meet the drinking water scarcity in Hyderabad and surrounding municipalities,

The government has issued orders giving counter guarantee subject to the condition that the budgetary support will not be provided through out the currency loan and the guarantee will be given only for principal part only.

The GDWSP Phase-I (Moulana Abdul Kalam Hyderabad Sujala Sravanthi Scheme - MAKHSSS) is taken at a cost of `3,375 crore with source at Pranahita with the funding share from State Government, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and Central Government.

Due to non-materialisation of the funding pattern, State Government permitted HMWS&SB to avail loan assistance (non-recourse loan) of `1,000 crore from Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) without government guarantee for the project.

Accordingly, Water Board has concluded the loan agreement with HUDCO and the funds are being drawn from HUDCO as per progress of works and also Government is releasing its share amount to the HMWS&SB for early completion of the project.

For the ongoing works, government has released an amount of `1,287 crore through budget and HUDCO provided `750 crore out of `1000 crore loan for the project and against which an expenditure of `1,978.05 crore was incurred including Land Acquisition and the works are in brisk progress and that of connected two ring mains are also grounded and are in progress.

HMWS&SB further submitted that it was necessary to avail the additional loan of `1,000 crore from HUDCO to have full financial closure for the project apart from government budgetary support for completion of all the components in the project.

The Board has informed that the HUDCO has in principle accorded sanction of the additional loan of `1000 crore for completion of the project and one of the conditions stipulated for the second loan is to obtain counter guarantee from the government with budgetary support for repayment of principal and interest to this second loan, as already all the assets of HMWS&SB have been mortgaged with HUDCO towards the first loan of `1,000 crore.

Civic bridge to be linked to station foot overbridge

Saturday, 28 December 2013 00:00 administrator

The Times of India 28.12.2013

Civic bridge to be linked to station foot overbridge

The Thane Municipal Corporation and railways have plans to connect the civic pedestrian bridge near the Cidco bus stop to the Kalyan-end railway foot overbridge (FOB) at Thane station.

The same will be done to link all the FOBs at the busy railway station.

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