News and Pics by Hemanath Padubidri
Daijiworld Media Network—Udupi (RD/CN)
Udupi, Nov 12: The quarterly review meeting of Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) was held at the deputy commissioner’s office on Tuesday November 11, chaired by state home minister Dr V S Acharya.
Addressing the gathering of department officers and people’s representatives, Dr Acharya said that the erratic supply of electricity in the district will be solved by procuring power from Tannirbavi Barge Mounted Power Plant (GMR Power), Mangalore, at Rs 8.50 per unit. On the issue of roads he informed that a tender of Rs 10 crore for repair of zilla panchayat roads in the district, had been awarded to a contractor, and the task will be completed by December 14.
Further, a tender will be floated for Rs 2 crore for repaving of roads under the Public Works Department (PWD) in all three taluks of the district, he said. Dr Acharya added that a proposal had been received by the fisheries department to undertake urgent repairs to Fisheries Road at a cost of Rs 5 crore. He said that Rs 14 crore had been reserved for improving drinking water facility. Drinking water will be supplied to residents of Paduvari locality in Byndoor taluk and Uppoor, near Bramavar as wells in these areas have been affected by seepage of saline water. The district will continue to have private and KSRTC bus services despite the call for nationalization of existing routes, added Dr Acharya.
He said that a meeting will be held in Bangalore, on Friday November 14, to simplify the functioning of the revenue department. The meeting will be presided over by revenue minister G Karunakar Reddy and attended by deputy commissioners, MLAs, and MPs of the undivided district of Dakshina Kannada.
Dr Acharya announced that Saturday November 15 will be a government holiday on account of Kanakadas Jayanti, and special programmes are scheduled to be held at Sri Krishna Math, in association with the MGM Kanakadas Study Centre.
Deputy commissioner Hemalata P, PWD and other department officers, zilla panchayat president Raju Poojary, MLAs Raghupathy Bhat, Halady Srinivas Shetty, Gopal Bhandary, Laxminarayan, and MLCs Pratapchandra Shetty, and Srinivas Poojary, were present.