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BBMP gets Rs. 1,000 cr. for roadworks

Thursday, 13 November 2014 06:36 administrator

The Hindu 13.11.2014

BBMP gets Rs. 1,000 cr. for roadworks

With a few months left for elections to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the State Cabinet on Wednesday decided to release Rs. 1,000 crore for the city corporation to take up roadworks in all wards.

A meeting, presided over by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, approved 465 tender works for the development of roads in the city.

Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra told presspersons that the city roads are in poor condition and will get a facelift with this grant.

The long-pending demand of personnel serving in BBMP hospitals and healthcare centres has been fulfilled, with the Cabinet giving its nod for salary revision of doctors, nurses, lag technicians and other staff, he said. The Cabinet cleared a proposal on developing a handicrafts village on the lines of Delhi Haat at Doddabidarakalli village on the outskirts of Bengaluru.

A sum of Rs. 15 crore was approved for this. The project, to be implemented through Karnataka Handicrafts Development Corporation and the village, would have crafts museum, sales outlets, cafeteria and other facilities.

The Cabinet also decided to waive off interest of about Rs. 123 crore on loans procured by small craftsmen obtained through Khadi and Village Industries Commission.

It also approved to grant 84 acres of land near Devanahalli for the Indian Navy. The Cabinet ratified the new names of 12 cities and approved two solid waste management processing units of private entrepreneurs to be established in the city.

DDA holds successful trial runs of the draw

Tuesday, 11 November 2014 05:27 administrator

The Hindu 11.11.2014

DDA holds successful trial runs of the draw

The applicants of the Delhi Development Authority’s Housing Scheme, 2014 will have to wait some more time for the draw of lots, which was earlier tentatively scheduled for Monday.

The DDA on Monday held successful trial runs of the draw and they will continue “as an effort is being made to compress the time being taken for the draw”.

Meanwhile, the uncertainty over the date of the draw also continues. It is not likely to happen on November 12, which was the tentative date, as the DDA gave another chance to applicants to get corrections made in their forms.

This time around, the applicants can directly report the corrections to the director (systems) DDA.

“...initially the data was taking more time for the draw and now it is being reduced to the minimum possible. Secondly, the data received from Punjab National Bank, one of the designated banks, is incomplete and corrections are still being received from the banks,” the DDA said.

“Considering this scenario, it has been decided to give/provide another opportunity to the applicants by the DDA so that they can check discrepancies in application filed by them and the data displayed on its website and report the same directly to the director (systems) at 24694157 for corrections. The applicants can check the data on November 11 and 12 and report the same to director (systems). This has been necessitated as till date corrections are being received and data from Punjab National Bank is still incomplete,” the civic body said.

This is a step taken by the land agency among other measures to make the process of applying in the scheme easy. The DDA has also made arrangements for the applicants to see the draw of lots live on YouTube.

The agency has received a total of 10,08,700 applications for the scheme, which is offering 25,034 flats making it the biggest housing scheme launched by the DDA till date.

Corporation to launch two projects for SC students

Tuesday, 11 November 2014 05:21 administrator

The Hindu 11.11.2014

Corporation to launch two projects for SC students

The City Corporation will soon launch two projects aimed at improving the academic performance of Scheduled Caste (SC) students.

The standing committee on Education is drawing up the final form of these projects, one for providing financial aid to students studying professional courses and another for special tuition to improve their academic performance.

The project to provide financial assistance to Scheduled Caste students who opt for professional courses will allot Rs.25,000 in the first year for those studying in colleges located within the State. For those studying outside, the amount provided will be Rs.50,000.

“Applications have been invited already. For now, we are providing financial assistance only for the first year, as a measure of encouragement for them. Giving such assistance through the course is not possible right now, but we will consider it,” said K.S. Sheela, chairperson of the Education standing committee.

The second project is aimed at helping Plus Two students who want to take up professional courses. Special weekend tuition will be arranged for Scheduled Caste students, free of cost, with focus on science subjects and mathematics.

“As per the plan, there will be two classes a week, of four hours duration each. We are thinking of conducting the classes at the technical school at Pongumoodu. The classes will be conducted by experts from IHRD and other institutions.

“We are also looking for retired teachers who would like to volunteer for a small sum,” said Ms. Sheela.

The Corporation is planning to expand the special tuitions to economically backward students too.

Projects for financial aid, special tuition For now, financial aid only during first year

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