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Rs. 100 crore to spruce up city

Wednesday, 04 September 2013 05:27 administrator
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The Hindu              04.09.2013

Rs. 100 crore to spruce up city

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Sorake says the fund is the third instalment of State government grant

Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake said here on Tuesday that the government will give special grant of Rs. 100 crore to Mangalore City Corporation for infrastructure development.

He told presspersons after a visit to the corporation that the government has released Rs. 15 crore to the civic body from the second instalment of Rs. 100 crore sanctioned by the previous government. Of that Rs. 50 crore would be released as loan and the remaining amount as grant. The government would sanction another Rs. 100 crore as the third instalment.

He said that the government was yet to finalise whether this should be sanctioned in the grant-cum-loan pattern or as a full grant. The Minister said that other city corporations in the State would also get the third instalment of special grant.

The Minister said that he had asked the Commissioner of the corporation to send a proposal on Greater Mangalore to his ministry within a fortnight. The urban local bodies of Mulky and Ullal have already passed resolutions giving their consent to become part of Greater Mangalore. Bajpe and Gurupur areas would also be brought under the Greater Mangalore.

Ajith Kumar Hegde S, Commissioner of the corporation, said that Moodushedde Gram Panchayat, under whose jurisdiction Pilikula Nisargadhama and Pilikula Biological Park are housed, has also passed a resolution to become part of Greater Mangalore.

To a question the Minister said the government has not dropped the plan of getting water to the city from Lakhya dam in Kudremukh through existing pipeline of Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. “The water can be supplied to industries even if we don’t use it for drinking,” he said.

Mr. Sorake said a Rs. 10,000-crore proposal had been sent to the Union government for infrastructure development in urban local bodies in the State.

Mr. Soarke said the government was awaiting a report from the Cabinet sub-committee on demolishing the illegal buildings in Mangalore.

“A Cabinet sub-committee is studying this issue,” he said.

 

Bijapur CMC ordered to speed up road works

Wednesday, 04 September 2013 05:17 administrator
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The Hindu              04.09.2013

Bijapur CMC ordered to speed up road works

Deputy Commissioner Shivayogi Kalasad (in track suit) inspecting the progress of road works in Bijapur on Tuesday.
Deputy Commissioner Shivayogi Kalasad (in track suit) inspecting the progress of road works in Bijapur on Tuesday.

Deputy Commissioner Shivayogi Kalasad has directed officials of the City Municipal Council to speed up the construction of drainages and roads under the Urban Development Scheme of the government.

Kalasad, who visited several areas of the city on Tuesday, also held discussion with the officials about the progress of Underground Drainage and other civic amenities.

He informed that under the Urban Development Scheme, the government had granted Rs. 30 crore, under which, six months ago a tender was invited to develop 17 roads and 14 drainages. The work order was also issued to the contractor three months ago, but the works have not started. Mr. Kalasad expressed anguish over the delay and warned that the contracts would be cancelled if the works do not start immediately.

He also expressed disapproval over the sluggish pace of the Underground Drainage works, taken up at the cost of Rs. 136 crore.

Directing the CMC officials to ensure the compulsory visit of the main contractor of the project at least once in a month to check the development, he warned that matter would be brought to the government if any further delay takes place in the implementation of the project.

He instructed Municipal Commissioner A. Ramadas to maintain cleanliness in the city, especially during the coming Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Mr. Kalasad directed him to take steps to get rid of the increasing number of stray pigs in the city, which was creating nuisance.

 

Water in 169 borewells not potable, HC told

Wednesday, 04 September 2013 04:58 administrator
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Water in 169 borewells not potable, HC told

Water in 169 borewells in the 110 villages that are now part of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is not suitable for drinking, BBMP told the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday.

In a statement, the BBMP said there are 599 borewells under its jurisdiction in these areas, which were part of the erstwhile 110 villages, and water samples of 538 borewells were tested. The results indicate that water in 169 borewells is not potable due to contamination.

Water in 369 borewells is fit for drinking and test results of samples of the remaining borewells is awaited, added the statement.

Meanwhile, counsel for the BBMP told a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice D.H. Waghela and Justice B.V. Nagarathna that it would not supply water from these 169 borewells for drinking purpose.

The BBMP said the public would be intimated that water from these borewells cannot be used for drinking but for other purposes.

The BBMP, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and the State government have told the Bench that they would conduct a meeting to find alternative means to supply potable water to these areas.

The Bench was hearing a public interest litigation petition initiated suo motu based on reports published in newspapers on contaminated water. The Bench will hear the petition again on September 18.

 
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