The Hindu 02.08.2010
Three more departments get funds for development work under SDP
Special Correspondent
Horticulture, Urban Development, and Commerce and Industry departments included
Funds allocated for textile park in Gulbarga
GULBARGA: Three more departments have been added to this year's action plan under the Special Development Programme (SDP) for the implementation of the recommendations of the Nanjundappa Committee to eradicate backwardness in 114 taluks of the State.
This was announced by Chairman of the High-powered Committee for the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Nanjundappa Committee Shashil G. Namoshi here on Sunday.
In the first three years of the implementation of the committee recommendations, funds were released to 19 departments to take up development works beyond the budgetary works. During the current year, the Horticulture, Urban Development, and Commerce and Industry departments had been added to the list, Mr. Namoshi said.
Of the total Rs. 2,584-crore, Rs. 175 crore had been earmarked for these three departments. A sum of Rs. 10 crore had been allocated for the Commerce and Industry Department to set up a textile park in Gulbarga, while Rs. 2 crore had been released for the purchase of land for the project, he said.
The SDP would chip in for the establishment of the Information Technology (IT) Park here, Mr. Namoshi said. A sum of Rs. 20 crore had been provided towards the introduction of solar street lights in 1,000 villages in the 114 taluks identified. All villages would be eventually covered under the scheme, he added. SDP funds would supplement the share of the State Government in Externally Aided Projects, such as the World Bank-assisted 24x7 drinking water supply scheme, he said.
Mr. Namoshi said there had been a considerable improvement in the expenditure level of the funds provided.
