'Paschima Vahini' faster implementation to mellow opposition to Yettinahole

Bengaluru, Dec 25: State minister for urban development, Vinay Kumar Sorake, said that the government is seriously considering early implementation of 'Paschima Vahini' project to offset the opposition Yettinahole project is encountering from people living in Karnataka coast.

Addressing a press conference at Vikasa Soudha here on Tuesday December 23, Sorake analyzed that once approved, Paschima Vahini project will mitigate drinking water problem of Dakshina Kannada district. 'This will in turn, defuse the opposition to Yettinahole project,' he analyzed.

Sorake said that since many years,there have been demands for implementing Paschima Vahini project, which once executed, will help in making irrigation projects in the coast viable. 'This project, which requires an investment of Rs 1,000 crore, has already received in-principle nod of the chief minister. It will be moved in the cabinet meeting,' he stated.

He informed that the project envisages construction of several water reservoirs, which in turn, will enrich underground water table. As such, opposition for Yettinahole project will fade, he felt.

He said he had observed people of Kolar and Chikballapur districts suffering because of shortage of water. He also expressed anger at the wrong information being spread by some people, who have wrongly been terming Yettinahole project as Netravati River Diversion Project. 'Water flowing into River Kumaradhara is being used for this project, not from Netravati,' he clarified.

He expressed happiness at the hard work being put in by irrigation minister, M B Patil, towards convincing people of Dakshina Kannada district about the fact that Yettinahole project will not harm their interests.

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3 smart cities may ease pressure off Bengaluru

BENGALURU: The IT capital of India missed its chance to be part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 100 smart cities project because of the population yardstick. Now, the city can get decorated by at least three smart cities around it if Karnataka has its way. 

TOI has learnt that the Siddaramaiah government has proposed to the Centre names of 11 cities for the smart cities project. Devanahalli, Ramanagaram and Tumakuru have been picked up in the satellite towns category. 

Kalaburagi, Hubballi-Dharwad, Mysuru, Belagavi and Mangaluru figure in the class of cities in the population range of 1-4 million people. The names of Udupi, Hospet and Vijayapura have been proposed under the category of heritage towns. 

The Union government's guidelines issued in September said cities with a population of 1-4 million would be most appropriate to be developed as smart cities. Urban development minister Vinay Kumar Sorake told TOI they could not pick Bengaluru as its population has crossed 96 lakh as per the 2011 census. 

Publication : The Times of India/Bangalore/ December 26th

GOVERNMENT PLANS TO SET UP A SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT (SWM) BOARD

ULBs need to focus on scientific methods of garbage disposal: Sorake

Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake on Monday said the government plans to set up a Solid Waste Management (SWM) Board along the lines of the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board.

Speaking after inaugurating CanPlast 2014 organised by Canara Plastic Manufacturers’ and Traders’ Association here, Mr. Sorake said waste management had attained greater significance these days and many urban local bodies (ULBs) lacked the expertise in garbage disposal.

Bengaluru, once known as the garden city, was turning out to be a garbage city, the Minister said, adding that the government was confident of finding a solution to the problems at Mandur village near Bengaluru where garbage disposal had become an issue. ULBs, which still continue with land-fill dumping method of garbage disposal, needed to focus on scientific disposal of waste. The proposal for SWM Board gained relevance in this context, Mr. Sorake said.

The Minister said the presumption of plastic as a menace should get changed, and plastic should be treated as an asset through various recycling methods. The government was keen on the use of recycled plastic in various forms, including for production of diesel and energy, he said. Any number of rules and regulations would not help scientific waste management unless the people develop awareness about cleanliness and waste disposal, he said.

The day-long event witnessed technical sessions on sustainable waste management by Almitra H. Patel, member, Supreme Court Committee for SWM, Bengaluru; emerging opportunities in the field of plastics for small and medium entrepreneurs by Aruna Kumari, senior manager, Reliance Industries, Mumbai; plastic waste to fuel by G. Jagadish, Director, Technical, Ampolt Electronics, Bengaluru, and bio-degradable plastics and recycling by Ajay Karmarkar, Director (Technical), KONSPEC, Mangaluru.

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Published on 23 dec 2014

KAUP TO BE CONVERTED INTO TOWN PANCHAYAT / MUNICIPALITY

KAUP DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE - REVIEW MEETING 

The Development committee meeting was held on the 13th of December 2014, during the course various development projects were suggested and need based projects were highlighted by the participating members., the key to this meeting was a proposal to make Kaup the nerve center to all the gram panchayat/municipalty of the constituency....

Article published in;  Vijayavani Kannada Daily-Mangalore Edition

Kaup to be converted into a Centre

In charge Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake in Kaup Development committee review meeting.

Kaup : District in charge Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake said that there are 29 GP’s in Kaup Assembly constituency but there is not even a single town Panchayat/Municipality. For this reason there is a dream to convert Kaup area into a town Panchayat or Municipality keeping it as center and using various types of resources through the Urban Development Department

He was speaking in the Review meeting about Kaup development held under the aegis of Kaup Development Committee.

Though there are 160 GP’s which can be converted into town Panchayat based on population, he said that from the point of view of development Kaup is intended to be converted into town panchayat on top priority.

Vasudeva Shetty, President of Kaup Development Committee presided over the function. GP member Katapadi Shankara Poojari, TP member Shambhavi Kulal, Kaup GP president Usha Shenoy, Uliyaragoli GP President Pradeep Kumar, Development committee office bearers Madhava Palan, Rathnakar Hege, Manohar Shetty, Gangadhar Suvarna, Yogish Shetty were present.

Rs. 51 Crore has been sanctioned for the drinking water project of Kaup Assembly constituency through the Urban Development Department and proposal has been submitted to the tune of Rs.32 Crores for the underground drainage project. Out of this already Rs.3 Crore grant has been released. -Vinay Kumar Sorake

UDUPI - Development Projects Initiated

it was immensely satisfying to initiated and inaugurated 21 public utility services under various Grama Panchayat, such as SHIRVA, KALATHUR, BELAPU, KUTHAYARU and BELLE as on 5th December 2014. the day started at 9.30 a.m. and went into late in the evening...

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Udupi/M’Belle: Vinay Kumar Sorake performs Guddhali Puje and inauguration of public utilities

Udupi/M’Belle, Dec 05, 2014: Vinay Kumar Sorake, Minister of Urban Development and In-charge Minister of Udupi District initiated and inaugurated 14 public utility services under the Belle Grama Panchayat jurisdiction on Friday, 5 December 2014 from 9.30 am to 1 pm.

Minister Sorake performed guddhali puje to concretize the Thokoli-Bhajana Mandali Road which will cost around 7.97 lakhs. Thereafter, he proceeded to Nellikatte and performed guddhali puje to concretize the road leading from the main road by the side of the Jnanaganga PU College passing towards the Cashew nuts factory of Mr. Nagraj Kamath.

At Thirlapalke, Minister Sorake inaugurated the concretized Gandhi Nagar road. Thereafter he performed the guddhali puje at the teachers colony and also at Madikettu.

At Devaragudde, Vinay Kumar Sorake laid the foundation for the Angawadi on the piece of land donated by B. Sadananda Rao, retired teacher from Church Aided Higher Primary School, Moodubelle. The minister appreciated the donation of land by B. Sadananda Rao and asked the people to send their small children to the Anganwadi.

Proceeding to Padubelle, Minister Sorake performed guddhali puje for concretized roads at three places. Thereafter, he inaugurated the newly constructed ‘Annapoorna’ Akshara Dasoha Midday Kitchen in the Higher Primary School, Pamboor. Rev. Fr. Paul Rego, Parish Priest of the Holy Cross Church, Pamboor and the Correspondent of the higher primary school was present who blessed the facility. He honoured Minister Sorake by offering him shawl, garland and fruit plate. Vinay Kumar Sorake felicitated Gilbert Noronha, the contractor of the facility. Mrs. Hilda Mathias compeered the brief programme. Headmaster, Herald D’Mello was present.

The Minister also visited Arbi and performed guddhali puje for renovation of the road. Vincent Fernandes made an appeal to the Minister to help in getting permanent solution to the road rather than getting patch-work done. Vinay Kumar Sorake assured the villagers that he will do his best to get their problems solved.

The last engagement of Vinay Kumar Sorake was in the vicinity of the Belle Grama Panchayat vicinity. He laid the foundation stone for another building in Santekatte. Thereafter, a public meeting was held in the Geeta Mandir. Speaking to the villagers, Minister Sorake said that he had initiated as well as inaugurated 14 public utility services in the Belle Grama Panchayat jurisdiction. The total amount of the projects is seven and a half crore of rupees. He narrated the various facilities that the Karnataka Government has been providing to the villagers. He said that in future, the Stree Shakthi Groups would be getting an annual grant of Rs.20,000/- in the place of Rs.5,000/- so far. Besides, the loan amount at the rate 6 percent interest  has been increased from one lakh rupees to three lakh rupees. Another scheme that the government has introduced is that any unmarried woman above the age of 40 will be receiving monthly pension of Rs.500/-

Pension papers  and BPL ration cards were distributed to the beneficiaries by the minister and dignitaries on the dais. The programme was attended by Rajendra Shetty, President of Belle Grama Panchayat, Lalaji Mendon, former MLA, Kaup, Mrs. Ida Gibba D’Souza, member of Udupi Zilla Panchayat, Devdas Hebbar, member of the Udupi taluk Panchayat, Mrs. Jacintah D’Souza, Vice President of Belle Grama Panchayat, A.G. D’Souza and Harish Shetty, members of the Belle Grama Panchayat,Rajendra Bekal, Executive Officer of Udupi taluk Panchayat, Tashildar of Udupi Taluk, Mrs. Benny Quadros,PDO and other officers from the PWD. 

Seminar on ‘Yakrit Vikara’ - Dec. 5

THE HINDU-Dec 05 2014

1,000 delegates from India expected to take part.

SDM College of Ayurveda organised a two-day national seminar on ‘Yakrit Vikara’, diseases involving the abnormal functions of the hepatobiliary system, here on December 5 and 6.

The hepatobiliary system refers to the liver, the gall bladder and the bile ducts and the way they work together to produce bile.

Addressing presspersons here on Monday, B.V. Prasanna, Chief Organising Secretary of the seminar and the Head of the Department of Roganidana at the college, said that nearly 1,000 delegates from India will take part in the seminar.

Nearly 200 delegates will also present papers at the two-day event.

He said ‘Yakrit Vikara’ had emerged as a major health problem in the country and throughout the world.

Many of the diseases were caused by either impaired conjugation, infection of the hepatobiliary system, alcohol consumption and the malignancy of the liver, the hepatic duct, the gall bladder, the common bile duct or the pancreas. A specialised infrastructure is needed to detect as well as diagnose it and a multi-disciplinary approach is needed for effective, curative or palliative treatment.

The seminar has assumed importance as Ayurvedic treatment for ‘Yakrit Vikara’ was an alternative effective option in contrast to other contemporary medical treatments.

The seminar will aim to documentcurrent advances in the field of diagnosis, laboratory investigations and treatment principles based on Ayurveda as well as current Western medical practices.

The seminar will include many keynote addresses from eminent scholars of Ayurveda specialised in ‘Yakrit Vikara’, scientific sessions and panel discussion.

U.T. Khader, Minister for Health and Family Welfare, will inaugurate the seminar. Shantharam Shetty, Pro Chancellor of Nitte University, Pramod Madhwaraj, MLA, will be the chief guests at the inaugural function.

D. Veerendra Heggade, Dharmadhikari of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala, will preside over the inauguration.

Vinay Kumar Sorake, Urban Development Minister, Vijaykumar Gogi, Director, Department of AYUSH, will be chief guests at the valedictory function on December 6, Prof. Prasanna said.

Nagaraj Poojary, organising secretary, was present.

GOVT TO SET UP CORPORATION TO ENSURE SCIENTIFIC GARBAGE DISPOSAL: SORAKE

THE HINDU-KAUP (UDUPI DISTRICT), November 21, 201

Vinay Kumar Sorake, Urban Development Minister, said on Friday that the State government would set up a separate corporation under his Ministry for ensuring scientific disposal of garbage in towns and cities.

He was speaking at the inaugural function of the cleanliness campaign organised by the Home Guards and other organisations here.

Mr. Sorake said that presently most of the towns in the State were still disposing the garbage generated in their areas in the traditional manner. The proposed corporation would study the problem and provide solutions for scientific disposal of garbage.

It would also look into recycling of garbage. His ministry was encouraging and aiding towns and cities in the State to set up Solid Waste Management Plants to solve the problem of garbage disposal.

According to a survey, while 38 per cent of people were living in the urban areas in the State, nearly 62 per cent were in the rural areas. Hence, rural areas too were facing the problem of garbage disposal. The State Government was also giving importance to scientific garbage disposal in rural areas also.

The government had set up a Solid Waste Management Plant at Alevoor near Udupi. The garbage of Udupi, Kaup and surrounding areas was being treated in this plant. The State government had taken up the cleanliness drive both in rural and urban areas. It had already issued circulars to the Deputy Commissioners and other officials in this regard, he said.

PROPOSAL

Mr. Sorake said that his ministry had submitted a proposal to the government to convert Kaup into a Town Municipal Council (TMC) by merging villages such as Mulloor, Padu, Uliyargoli and Mallaru villages. A Rs. 51 crore drinking water project for Kaup and its surrounding had also been submitted to the government.

The government had already approved Rs. three crore for construction of underground drainage system for Kaup in the first phase. Another proposal of Rs. 32 crore for the extension of the underground drainage system had been sought in Kaup. “We also want Kaup to be developed as a taluk headquarters in the future,” Mr. Sorake said.

Earlier, Mr. Sorake cleaned the area near Kalya Mari shrine with a broom. The Home Guards, students of various educational institutions and members of various organisations, cleaned the streets of Kaup and took out a procession propagating the message of cleanliness.

MARAVANTE - PADUKONE BRIDGE FOUNDATION LAID ON DECEMBER 02 2014

The bridge has been a major demand of the people of the area for the last sixty years, as they are forced to cross the river in country boats to get to the mainland. It will be constructed at a cost of Rs 4.95 crore.

The foundation stone for the bridge linking Padukone to Maravante across the Sowparnika river was laid near Maharaja Swamy Temple in Maravante. The bridge would be constructed as a joint project of the department of public works and ports and inland water transport. 

"Padukone is being linked through a bridge to Maravante. This will not only boost development work in the two villages, but also the tourism potential of Maravante which has been gifted with a unique natural beauty.

RS 15 CRORE SANCTIONED FOR KARKALA FETE

Preparatory meeting of the various coordination committees was held for the forthcoming Bahubali Mahamasthakabhisheka at Karkala on Tuesday, Rs 13.65 crore has been earmarked for providing facilities to the devotees who are expected to gather from different parts of the country. Rs 75 lakh has been earmarked for widening road to Attur church. The tourism department has released Rs 43 lakh to take up development works in Karkala. Fifty per cent of the funds to be released immediately.

Sanitation, safety, water supply and health would be given priority. The officials  are directed to complete the construction within the time frame. Around one lakh devotees are expected to take part in the masthakabhisheka,  Details to be uploaded on Udupi tourism website which would be linked to the government website.

A 24-hour central control room would be set up with two emergency contact numbers. with paramedics and medicines worth 5 lakhs for emergency.