Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (RJP)
Bantwal, Oct 9: “More than Rs 200 crores will be spent for the development of Bantwal constituency,” said Ramanath Rai, MLA of Bantwal and Karnataka minister for Forests Ecology and Environment, in a press brief in the city on Wednesday October 8.
“Of the entire amount, Rs 125 crores will be spent for a multi village drinking water project, Rs 7 crores for KSRTC bus stand at B C Road and Rs 5 crores for Mini Vidhana Soudha,” he added.
He then gave details of various projects. Rs 125 crores has been approved for a multi village drinking water project. 49 villages of the taluk are included in the project. The Central and state governments will share the total expenditure while the work is in progress.
The KSRTC bus stand at B C Road is being built with the total outlay of Rs 7 crores and Rs 39 lacs. The tender procedure is finished and the project will be completed in 15 months.
The Mini Vidhana Soudha at B C Road worth Rs 5 crores is approved with the design. Tenders will be called soon.
B C Road is a busy place and traffic has increased. There has been demand for a mobile police station. The government has approved the mobile police station on September 3 and will start operating soon.
Bantwal police sub division will also be operational soon. Present Puttur division will be separated from it. Bantwal division will comprise of Bantwal rural, Bantwal town, Punjalkatte, Vittal, Belthangady police stations and Dharmasthala substations. An IPS officer has already arrived to assume duties for the new Bantwal sub division.
Under NABARD RIDF 19 project, Polali Rajeshwari temple Car Street Junction Road will get Rs 1 crore and 32 lacs. Sornad bridge, Pane Mangalore bridge and Salethur Padekanje road will also be repaired under the same project with an outlay of Rs 2 crores and 65 lacs. Narahari hills road repair will get Rs 33 lacs. Bantwal circuit house will get Rs 1 crore.
For the repair of various roads under 2014-15 special tribal sub plan, Rs 90 lacs has been kept aside.
B Mooda Government Pre University College will get Rs 50 lacs for the construction of additional rooms. Rs 1 crore and 20 lacs has been kept aside for concrete work of 12 roads to connect scheduled caste and scheduled tribe colonies.
Rs 50 lacs has been sanctioned for the construction of five Ambedkar Bhavans at Rs 10 lacs each at Nandarabettu, Basthikodi, Kadambu, Kailaru and BR Road. Suitable sites for the same will be identified soon.
The government in principle has agreed to allot Rs 5 crores from the Chief Minister’s discretionary fund to provide basic amenities within Bantwal municipal limits. The amount will reach the constituency soon.
A forest park with 50,000 medicinal plants with an outlay of Rs 50 lacs around Kavalapadur Karinjeshwara temple has been approved. 75 acres forest park at Kalmale within Rakshithamba reserved forest area with sandalwood plants at an estimate of Rs 57.40 lacs will begin soon. The sandalwood will be grown in a natural way.
A new college at Kanyana will open soon and an ITI at Kavalakatte will begin from next year. Three more outlets will be opened for RTC and other application purposes in three Hoblis.
Bantwal municipality has received Rs 58 crore and 79 lacs for its drinking water project. For the implementation of a drainage project Rs 49 crores and 50 lacs has been sought. A RTO office for the combined Bantwal and Belthangady taluks will see the light of the day very soon as demanded by people.
Rs 2 crores for Ambedkar and Devraj Urs Bhavans at Bantwal has been approved. The minister also said that Environmental Pollution Control Board will launch ‘Nirmal Nagara’ project in Bantwal soon. “It is a first of its kind project in the state. Forest and other departments will join hands with the board for this project. Special plants for the disposal of the waste will be opened and four special model toilets will be constructed. The forest ministry will construct parks in open areas.”
Z P president Chandra Prakash Shetty and others were present during the press meet.