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Rs. 10 cr. to be released for Kodagu district

Tuesday, 10 November 2009 02:15 administrator
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The Hindu 10.11.2009

Rs. 10 cr. to be released for Kodagu district

Staff Correspondent

Yeddyurappa promised special package of Rs. 25 crore

 

The funds have been released to the Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj

The Kodagu Zilla Panchayat will be provided with the released funds shortly

Madikeri: The State Finance Department has given the nod for release of Rs. 10.71 crore to Kodagu district, which is part of the Rs. 25-crore special economic package announced by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, according to sources.

The funds would be released to the Kodagu Zilla Panchayat for taking up development of roads and bridges, the source at the zilla panchayat office told The Hindu on Monday. The State Government had already released a sum of Rs. 5 crore to the Kodagu zilla panchayat earlier under the package. Of the Rs. 25 crore, the Panchayat Raj engineering wing would be provided with Rs. 15.71 crore, Public Works Department would be given Rs. 8.33 crore, Madikeri City Municipal Council Rs. 84 lakh and the Karnataka Land Army Corporation Rs. 12 lakh.

Of the Rs. 15.71 crore grant to the Panchayat Raj engineering wing, action plan has been prepared to take up 148 works in Madikeri taluk involving a sum of Rs. 5.39 crore.

As many as 111 works at a cost of Rs. 5.32 crore would be taken up in Virajpet taluk, and 179 works at a cost of Rs. 5 crore would be taken up in Somwarpet taluk. Some of the works had already been completed with the Rs. 5 crore grant given earlier, the source added.

The action plan for the Rs. 5 crore grant released earlier was approved by the State Government in November last year with the instructions that most urgent works should be given priority. However, the Rs. 10.71 crore now okayed to the zilla panchayat had been released to the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Department and is expected to reach Kodagu zilla panchayat soon.

Under other roads and bridges development head, the zilla panchayat has received a sum of Rs. 1.15 crore initially this year and another additional Rs. 45 lakh. Action plan has been prepared and tendering process to award the works were on, said the source.

The RDPR had already approved the action plan, the source added. A sum of Rs. 1.83 crore was received last year under the same grant, of which only Rs. 92 lakh was released. The zilla panchayat had communicated to the RDPR seeking the balance of Rs. 91 lakh to be released.

Drinking water

The zilla panchayat had received a grant of Rs. 4.43 crore this year to take up drinking water projects in the entire district. Grants were received both from the Centre and the State Government, the source added. Of this, the zilla panchayat had received Rs. 1.95 crore and several water project works had commenced in the district. Rest of the funds are expected to be released in phases.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 November 2009 02:22
 

MIDC agrees to transfer plots to PCMC

Friday, 06 November 2009 06:58 administrator
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The Times of India 06.11.2009

MIDC agrees to transfer plots to PCMC

TNN 6 November 2009, 05:58am IST

PUNE: The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) has agreed to transfer, free of cost, reserved land to the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) for developmental projects.

Speaking to reporters, PCMC commissioner Ashish Sharma said, "The PCMC has reserved many plots for various public amenities in MIDC areas in the Development Plan. We have been facing hurdles in acquiring these plots. A number of meetings were held with MIDC officials, but they wanted to give the plots to the PCMC at commercial rates. A meeting was held with CEO K Shivaji a few days back and the MIDC has now agreed to transfer the plots without any charges."

Regarding the complaints from residents about the smoke emanating from the garbage depot at Moshi, Sharma said, "Fires have been breaking out because of the firecrackers that have been dumped there along with the garbage collected during Diwali. We are covering the garbage with murum' to extinguish the fires."

Sharma said that the PCMC had begun work on construction of houses under the housing scheme for economically weaker section at Chikhli. Construction of 43 buildings was in progress. The PCMC would start handing over the houses to beneficiaries from March 2011.
 

City to get exclusive public transport zones

Thursday, 05 November 2009 11:35 administrator
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Hindustan Times 05.11.2009

City to get exclusive public transport zones

The state government seems to be giving top priority to decongesting city roads through optimum utilisation of parking projects.

It has asked the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to explore the idea of declaring certain zones as public transport zones and accommodating public transport vehicles in its proposed car parking projects. It has also asked the civic body for deriving connection modes to nearest transport points like railway stations.

In a letter sent to the municipal commissioner on Wednesday, the state Urban Development Department has said a committee headed by the commissioner, which finalises the parking projects that will come up in the city, should evaluate the ground situation and submit a report by November 30.

All transport authorities in the city, including the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking and Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority are represented in the committee.

This will be applicable for all 19 parking projects that have been cleared — 12 private parking proposals approved the state and seven underground car parks being developed by the BMC — and 67 cases that are under scrutiny.

“We received the parking master plan from the BMC and have written back to them to work on these aspects simultaneously so that no parking plan remains underutilised,” said Principal Secretary, Urban Development, T.C. Benjamin.

“We have asked them to get a complete report in place so that parking lots are well connected to railway stations, bus stops, Metro and Monorail stations. Big vehicles like inter-state buses should get parking space,” added Benjamin.

He has also asked them to explore the possibility of declaring certain zones in the city as public transport zones to discourage private vehicles from entering those areas.

But transport expert Sudhir Badami has his reservations. “These solutions will fail if the public transport system is not boosted at a great pace,” he said.

Last Updated on Thursday, 05 November 2009 11:38
 
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