The Hindu 10.09.2014
Rs. 162.12-crore project approved to buy new buses for Hubli-Dharwad
The Union Ministry for Urban Development has approved a
Rs. 162.12-crore project to provide modern transportation for
Hubli-Dharwad, said Dharwad Lok Sabha member Pralhad Joshi.
Speaking
to presspersons here on Tuesday, Mr. Joshi said that Rs. 90 crore will
be used to buy 100 buses for Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Rs 37.50
crore to buy 30 articulated buses and the remaining Rs 34.62 crore to
buy 120 feeder buses for the North West Karnataka Road Transport
Corporation (NWKRTC).
Mr. Joshi stated that the Union
Government had released the first instalment amounting to Rs 48.48
crore to the Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development and Finance
Corporation (KUIDFC). Of this amount, Rs 29.75 crore was for BRTS and
remaining Rs 10.73 crore was for NWKRTC. The State Government had
released Rs 8.96 crore to BRTS to buy specially modelled buses and the
Volvo company had been paid Rs 4.25 crore for manufacturing the special
buses, he said.
KIMS
Mr.
Joshi said the Union Minister of Health Dr. Harshavardhan had assured
taking up modernisation of the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences
(KIMS), Hubli in the third phase of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha
Yojna. The union Government would provide Rs. 120 crore for this
purpose provided the State Government assured providing its
contribution. The Minister for Medical Education Sharankumar Patil had
already conducted a meeting in this regard, Mr. Joshi said.
Centre has already released the first instalment amounting to Rs. 48.48 crore
The project will help buy 250 new buses for the region