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.