BAGALKOT REVIEW - NOVEMBER 27 2014

Article published in Udayavani - Gulbaraga edition nov 27

INSTRUCTIONS TO INCREASE REVENUE OF LOCAL BODIES
THERE IS NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAKRAMA LAW AND VIDYANIDHI TAX RECOVERY
MARCH DEADLINE FOR CEMENT QUARRY PROJECT

Bagalkot: Local bodies including municipalities should give more priority to tax recovery. When all facilities are being given why tax is not being collected? It is found that the Town commissioner has taken a strict stand for recovery of self-assessed property tax at Vidyagiri in Bagalkot. There is no relationship to the newly enacted Akrama-Sakrama law and the collection of this cess. Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake told the officers to continue tax recovery.

He spoke on the review of progress meeting of various department under the jurisdiction of the City development, at the Deputy Commissioner’s auditorium.

INCREASE TAX RECOVERY:

Tax recovery should be implemented effectively in local bodies. Along with increasing the revenue, the grant received from the Government should be utilized properly and development works should be undertaken. He said that the local bodies like City corporations, town panchayats, municipalities should strictly enforce tax collection and increase the revenue.

He told that more priority should be given to cleanliness in the urban and rural areas and that the officers should stop the open space toilets by creating awareness among public about toilets, and focus on construction of public toilets. The Quarry water works is in a soon to be completed stage for supplying water to Bagalkot town and that water will be supplied by end of March. If the grant is not utilized it will go back to the Finance department. He instructed that the officers should take care that it does not happen and utilize the released grant for providing necessary facilities to the public.

Already in the district, Jamakhandi and Hungund 24X7 project has started and 2 numbers of water storage works have been implemented, Further, the meeting was informed that the insertion work of MS elevated pipe line of 273.1 mm diameter is completed. The water supply project under AUWSC project has been initiated in March 2003 and it has been handed over to the town panchayat. The barrage construction works are progressing and they need to be completed.

He reviewed the progress of the local bodies in the district and instructed that the construction works undertaken should be completed within the scheduled time and achieve the specified goals. Before the meeting the Minister reviewed the Underground drainage and Chalkwell project works undertaken by the Karnataka Urban Water Supply Board and visited the spot of the Quarry water supply project and reviewed it.

Legislator Vijayanand Kashappanavar, Vidhan Parishad Member Narayanasa Bandage, GP President Basavanthappa Meti, Deputy Commissioner P A Meghannavar, Project Director of Town Development Cell Shankaragowda Somanal, Bagalkot Municipal Commissioner S N Rudresh and other officers of the local bodies of the district participated.

Separate meeting for the development of Badami.. Badami is a tourist place. Tourism should also progress along with the development of town. But some grants which are coming in, are not being able to be utilized due to restrictions by the Archeological Survey of India. Separate meeting will be held about development of meeting with the Tourism Minister. Vinay Kumar Sorake, Urban Development Minister