The Hindu 18.11.2010
Rs. 16 crore for Puttur road project
Staff Correspondent
| Government may allocate Rs. 1 crore for Mahalingeshwar Temple |
Bhagyalakshmi bonds to be sent through post
Rs. 3,000 crore to be set aside for Stree Shakti groups
PUTTUR: Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa said here on Wednesday that the State Government would sanction Rs. 16 crore for upgrading 8-km stretch of Mura-Sampya Road via Puttur into four lane.
Saris
The Chief Minister was here to distribute saris and issue bonds under the Bhagyalakshmi scheme.
He said that the Government would sanction Rs. 1 crore for development work at Mahalingeshwar temple in Puttur. It would release Rs. 50 lakh in a few days, the Chief Minister said. The remaining amount would be released depending on the progress of work.
Loans
The Government would reserve Rs. 500 crore for giving loans to poor vendors and hawkers in urban areas at a low interest rate. Mr. Yeddyurappa, who distributed saris and bonds under the Bhagyakshmi scheme at a function here, said vendors and hawkers who sell fruits and flowers in push carts and those depending on minor works in cities and towns had been forced to approach moneylenders.
Their families suffered as moneylenders charged high rate of interest.
The Government would advance loans at low interest rate to help poor people from such sections of society.
Stree Shakti groups
The Chief Minister said the State had 1.25 lakh Stree Shakti self-help groups.
A proposal to strengthen them by providing Rs. 3,000 crore as additional grant for the next three years would be placed before the next Cabinet meeting.
t would help 10 lakh women in the State.
Bhavans
Mr. Yeddyurappa said the Government would build Stree Shakti bhavans in the State for marketing the products manufactured by women's self-help groups.
Women can sell their products in those bhavans at competitive rates.
Incidentally at the function, he laid the foundation stone for building district Stree Shakti Bhavan at Bejai in Mangalore at an estimated cost of Rs. 65 lakh. A Stree Shakti Bhavan built at an estimated cost of Rs. 32 lakh at Puttur was inaugurated on the occasion.
Bonds
He said the Government had decided to send bonds to beneficiaries of Bhagyalakshmi scheme through post. This was being done to ensure transparency.
Pension
The Chief Minister said that he would, in a fortnight, decide on extending pension and retirement benefits to anganawadi workers and increasing their monthly honorarium.
Minister for Women and Child Welfare C.C. Patil and Minister for Energy Shoba Karandlaje spoke.
Minister for Higher Education V.S. Acharya, Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and Chikmagalur-Udupi MP D.V. Sadananda Gowda were present.
