From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Bangalore, Oct 11: The State Cabinet has decided to send a revised ordinance for regularization of unauthorized constructions in all urban areas in Karnataka to Governor H R Bhardwaj for approval.
The deadline for regularization of regularization of building by-law violations will be December 2013.
Briefing reporters after a meeting of the State Cabinet on Friday, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra said the State Cabinet decided to rework the ordinance prepared by the previous governments to accommodate suitable provisions to satisfy the doubts expressed by the Governor for non-acceptance.
The State Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah discussed the pros and cons of the proposed ordinance particularly in the light of the serious opposition to the earlier amendment to the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, under which a deadline was also set for the regularisation of unauthorised constructions-violation of building bye-law violations etc.
The objective of the ordinance is to offer a fresh deadline of December 2013 for regularization of building bye-law violations, the minister explained.
Jayachandra said the new amendments will be worked under the rules of the KTCP Act to ensure that the ordinance is more people friendly.
The State Cabinet also the approved recruitment of coast guards to serve in the coastal police and the Health Department’s scheme for supply of free sanitary napkins to girls (adolescents) hailing from poor families.
Modernisation of the fishing harbour at Ahmadhalli in Uttara Kannada district, approval for expansion of the Hutti Gold Mines at Raichur following the spurt in gold prices and approval of 22 days of Government holidays in the next calendar year were the other major major decisions.
The minister said the Cabinet decided to sanction an additional allocation of Rs 200 crore (apart from the Rs 350 crore earmarked in the State budget) for pending railway projects in the State.
With a large number of cattle affected by the Food and Mouth Disease (FMD), the Cabinet decided to pay a compensation of Rs 25,000 per head of cattle death and Rs 15000 to each calf, he said.