CM announces more sops for coastal region: Minister UT Khader
Maiden Budget of Coalition government
Mangaluru, July 05: Minister UT Khader said that besides continuing all the programmes announced in the previous budget presented by former chief minister Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy announced few more programmes in the budget presented today.
The Chief Minister has taken a strong decision to waive off the farm loans by maintaining the financial discipline of the state. Waiving off the farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh was a historic decision. Apart from this, the budget has Chief Minister’s Matrusri scheme to give Rs 1000 pension for pregnant women, increase of old age pension under Sandhya Suraksha scheme from Rs 600 to Rs 1000, house construction for the physically challenged as soon as they apply for the houses, earmarking Rs 30 crore fund for giving financial assistance to the poor for major organ transplantations like kidney, liver, heart and others were his major decisions, he said.
The Chief Minister has earmarked Rs 150 crore for repairing the buildings of schools and colleges. Construction of multi-storey complexes in City Corporation limits and other pro-people programmes would help the people. In the previous budget, priority was given for the basic infrastructure in the coastal region. Boat houses in tourist places, floating hotel, well-equipped prison at a cost of Rs 85 crore, barrage construction across Netravati river between Harekala and Adyaru at a cost of Rs 174 crore for irrigation and drinking water purpose were announced in the previous budget. All these programmes would continue in this government also. All the other programmes give to the SC/ST, backward and minority classes would continue. He has appealed for more funds for the development of the coastal region and the CM has responded positively, he said.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
