Beltangady: CM Sadananda Gowda Visits Dharmasthala
Daijiworld Media Network – Beltangady (PS)
Beltangady, Aug 13: With the objective of quickening the administrative mechanism in the state, meetings with ministers of 24 departments and other officers have been called on August 16, 17 and 18. Problems that hindered the implementation of several projects will be scrutinised and addressed appropriately, said chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda.
He was speaking to reporters after his visit to Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala here.
Gowda said that problems faced by people when they visit government offices on work will be studied and laws pertaining to some of the procedures will be simplified. "For this, a team of senior officers in all departments will be set up and they will send a report within 15 days to me and to the chief secretary of the state government. Laws are there to help people, not to trouble them," the CM said.
He said he will prioritise development of roads, housing, power and agriculture during his stint. "My aim is to simplify governance and to respect every common person in the state," he asserted.
In the next phase of the cabinet expansion, seven ministers will be included. On August 15 Dharmendra Pradhan will arrive in Bangalore and hold meetings with former CM Yeddyurappa, BJP state president Eshwarappa and ministers Jagadish Shettar and R Ashok, he said.
On the opposition's stand against the inclusion of Somanna in the cabinet, the CM said he knows to compromise and lead the government.
On the issue of endosulfan he said that as many as 92 villages in the state are affected by the pesticide. The state government has the right to ban it on a temporary basis, but only the central government can ban it permanently.
Regarding Tulu's inclusion the 8th schedule of the Constitution, he said that RBI has created an obstacle to the process. There are 35 languages in the waiting list and as the RBI cannot print in Tulu on currency notes, the process has suffered a setback. Discussions on this issue are going on with union home minister Chidambaram and a request has been made to use Kannada script for Tulu on currency notes.
Dharmadhikari Dr D Veerendra Heggade felicitated the new CM. Minister Palemar, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLA Capt Ganesh Karnik, ZP president Shailaja Bhat, leaders Padmanabha Kottari, Prathap Sinha Nayak among others were present.