Article published in Udayavani - Haveri edition nov 26
UTILIZE GRANT WITHIN TWO MONTHS
Prepare action plan immediately
Minister instructs use of pending grant of Rs.2,000 Crores
Haveri: Minister for Urban Development Vinay Kumar Sorake
instructed officers that the unused grant for various projects should be spent
within the next two months , hence action plan should be prepared and
development works should be undertaken.
He gave this instruction to the officers at the Departmental
progress review meeting held on Wednesday at the Deputy Commissioner’s auditorium.
Rs.2,000 crore is pending as unutilized in various projects including SFC which
should be used by preparing action plan within two months and development works
should be initiated. Otherwise the grant will go back to the Finance Department
and the Minister added that if grant is kept pending, no further grant will be
given.
The local self governments should fix a time line and
collect water tax. If the pending amount is considerable and proposal is
submitted for waiver of interest, approval will be given by the Government, the
Minister said. Officers should show progress in tax collection, otherwise the
local bodies will not be able to properly supply even water.
Do Sakrama to Akrama: The illegal taps supplying drinking
water should be immediately regularized (sakrama). The supplies which don’t get
regularized should be strictly removed. If good connection and proper water is
provided, people will pay tax. No one will pay if water is not given properly
and ask them to pay tax. Officers should work in this direction with interest,
he said.
In places where water resources are sufficient, instead of
drilling new bore wells and giving temporary solutions, the drinking water
supply should be brought into existence. But if such water is used for
agriculture, action should be strictly taken against such persons. Minister
instructed that proper security should be provided to get protection.
The officer who reacted to this, said that except Agadi
village, water supply to any other village is not included in this project. The
project was formulated in the year 2000, which requires pipeline. The developed layouts should be immediately
transferred to the Corporation and tax should be collected. Tax can’t be
collected if facility is provided without transferring , he said. MLA Manohar Tahsildar,
Basavaraja Shivannavara, Municipal President I U Pathan, Sanjeev Kumar
Neeralagi, President of Town development
authority, Deputy Commissioner Manjunath Nayak, SP N Shashikumar
participated in the meeting.
INITIATIVE FOR RESERVATION TO THE POOR
Byadagi : Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake said that amendment to
law will be brought to compulsorily fixing reservation to the new sites and
apartments including the Authority.
He spoke to press persons on Wednesday after viewing the
works being constructed for providing continuous water supply to the public at
a cost of Rs.22 crores.
The private cost of sites in the town limits is increasing
ten times than the government rates. Hence no one is coming forward to selling
land to the Government. Hence, Ashraya scheme is failing. But it is the
priority duty of government to provided sites to the poor people. Hence he will
fix reservation in the new layouts and apartments including the Authority by
brining amendment to law.
Water within two months: All the civil works of continuous
water supply project being constructed at a cost of 22 crores are complete and
only the water pumps need to the installed. He assured to provide water to the
public within two months by calling for short term tender. Legislator
Basavaraja Shivannavara and town municipality members were present on the
occasion.
Give special Grants
Byadagi: Local municipality members submitted a memorandum
and pressed Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake by demanding special
grant of Rs.10 crores for the overall development of the town.
Vice Chairperson Sudha Kallihal spoke on the occasion and
said that it is impossible for the overall development of the town with only
SFC grant and tax funds alone. Special grant should be given to all the municipalities and town panchayats of the
state on priority, and she demanded to provided infrastructure to the public by
such initiatives. Legislator Basvarajara Shivannavara, Town municipal President
Yellamma Davanageri, Members Murigeppa Shettar, Basavaraj Chathrada,
Yamanoorappa Ujani, Narayanappa Karnoola, Prashanth Yadavada, Muktiyar Mulla,
Manjunath Bhovi, Durgesh Gonemmanavar, Shanthamma Bevinamatti, M R Bhadra
Gowdra, Basavaraja Hanji, Rathnamma Budihalamatha, Drakshayani Patil, Rohini
Hunasimarada, Shanthamma Kurakundhi Neelavva Dodmani, Nagappa Banakara,
Shivashankar Nayak, Viresh Kumar and others were present.
Photo Caption: Byadagi: Local municipality members submitted
a memorandum to Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake demanding special
grant of Rs.10 crore for the overall development of the town.
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