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Raichur CMC to take up projects worth Rs. 80 cr.

Monday, 24 May 2010 05:22 administrator
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The Hindu      24.05.2010

Raichur CMC to take up projects worth Rs. 80 cr.

Staff Correspondent

Work will be launched in the first week of June

Rs.13-crore proposal to augment drinking water supply finalised

Work to be taken up in five phases

Raichur: The Raichur City Municipal Council has finalised an estimate of Rs. 80 crore, including Rs. 43 crore assistance from the Asian Development Bank, to take up various development works in the city. Work will be launched in the first week of June.

Addressing a press conference her on Sunday, A. Mareppa, president of the CMC said that the CMC had finalised several proposals such as the augmentation of drinking water, underground drainage works, construction of service and overhead tanks and construction of a new administrative building of the city municipality. He said that the CMC had accorded given top priority to augmenting drinking water supply and that a proposal for Rs.13 crore had been finalised.

Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had been invited to launch work on the project which would be implemented in five phases. It had been proposed to fix meters to the water supply lines, in particular localities of the city, in the first phase.

In the second phase, the existing booster pump will be repaired. Pipelines will be laid on the stretch from the booster pump area to the Station Road.

In the third phase, it has been proposed to take up the construction of overhead tanks at Nijalingappa Colony, Satyanatha Colony and Krishnadeveraya Colony in the city. In the fourth phase, construction of service reservoirs will be taken up at Vidyanagar Locality and Satyanatha Colony. In the fifth phase, water supply pipelines would be laid wherever necessary, he said.

Last Updated on Monday, 24 May 2010 05:36
 

Madikeri CMC drops plan to construct pedestrian way

Friday, 21 May 2010 07:46 administrator
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Deccan Herald       21.05.2010

KUIDFC project cancelled
Madikeri CMC drops plan to construct pedestrian way
Madikeri, May 20, DHNS


The City Municipal Council (CMC) has dropped its much talked about plan to construct a pedestrian way between Choice Hotel and KSRTC bus stand. A letter in this regard has been sent by the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) to the CMC.


 

The proposed sight identified to construct pedestrian way by Madikeri CMC. DH photoThe project was estimated to be constructed at a cost of Rs 39 lakh.

Meanwhile, the CMC has resolved to appeal to the KUIDFC to divert the said funds (Rs 39 lakh) to concretise roads under KMRP scheme. Though the CMC itself had obtained the Council nod to construct the pedestrian way under KMRP scheme in 2008-09, the CMC did not satisfy the design submitted by the consultants.

It is said that the design provided by the consultants was not suitable for the roads in Kodagu as the region receives heavy rainfall during the monsoons.

While the design was prepared for the whole State, the case of Kodagu is different. On the other hand, if at all the design has to be changed or modified, the rules state that it should obtain permission from the World Bank. In these background and technical hitches, the KUIDFC has written a letter to the CMC to cancel the project. On the other hand, if the project was implemented, then the main road would have to be closed for about nine months. The huge loss the traders would have suffered in case of the closure of the road too has been taken into account while taking a decision, it is said.

Speaking to Deccan Herald, CMC Commissioner Srikanth Rao and Standing Committee President Prakash said that the CMC would soon submit a proposal to the KUIDFC on the Rs 39 lakh funds, after discussing the same in the district-level project implementation committee meeting. They also said that the CMC is contemplating to use the Rs 39 lakh funds to concretise the roads in the City.

While the CMC has dropped its plan, the traders who had staged protest against evacuating their land for the project, have heaved a sigh of relief.

 

City to get rock garden, fountain

Wednesday, 19 May 2010 05:44 administrator
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Deccan Chronicle       19.05.2010

City to get rock garden, fountain

May 19th, 2010
Tags: Bengaluru, musical fountain, rock garden

May 18: The city will soon get a rock garden and a musical fountain on the lines of the ones in Singapore. Announcing this here on Tuesday, horticulture minister Umesh Katti said Rs 65 crore project will be implemented by BBMP, Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and the state horticulture department.

Mr Katti said the blueprint for the Rs 30 crore rock garden with seating arrangements is already in place. The musical fountain would come up at a cost of Rs 35 crore, he said. “The musical fountain will be done like the ones in Singapore,” he added.

In 2009-10, Lalbagh Botanical Gardens collected a revenue of Rs 2.03 crore by way of entry fee and flower shows. Hopcoms will open 100 more retail outlets to meet the increased demand for fruits and flowers. The minister said officials are hunting for locations to set up these retail outlets.

Prisons in eight district headquarters including Shimoga, Hassan and Davanagere would be shifted to their outskirts at a cost of Rs 40 crore, said Mr Katti, who is also the prisons the minister.

 
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