Puttur: CM Seeks Divine Blessings at Kukke Subramanya Temple
Mounesh Vishwakarma
Pics: Reshma Mangalore / Krishna Studio
Daijiworld Media Network - Puttur (RD/CN)
Puttur, Apr 3: "About Rs 3,000 crore in excess taxes were collected in the state in this accounting year. It was decided to extend financial assistance of Rs 10,000 each to every small farmer across the state," said chief minister B S Yeddyurappa.
Addressing media persons at St Philomena College, Darbe, on Sunday April 3, while on his way to Surbramanya Temple, Kukke, near here, Yeddyurappa said that the state tops the country in tax collection and even Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had also hailed the recent agriculture budget.
"The future course of action on diversion of the Netravati River project will be taken up after gathering people’s opinion," he said.
"In order to increase the underground water sources, natural ponds and lakes will be de-silted at a cost of Rs 5 crore in each taluk," added Yeddyyurappa.
"The first instalment of Rs 10,000 will be issued to small farmers in the state by the third week of April 2011 and the second instalment in the last week of August 2011. Progress review meetings will be held every Saturday in all district in the state," he said.
"The works on the Mani–Mysore state highway will be given a much needed boost and efforts will be made to clear the legal difficulties related to legalizing encroached land," stressed Yeddyurappa.
Dakshina Kannada district-in-charge minister Krishna J Palemar, MLC Captain Ganesh Karnik, MLA Mallika Prasad, BJP district president Padmanabha Kottari, BJP block president Gopalakrishna Herale, town councillor Kamala Anand, and deputy councillor Vinay Bhandary were present on the occasion.