Mangaluru to soon get first Plastic Park: Union Minister Sadananda Gowda confirms
Mangaluru: Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers and former Karnataka CM Sadananda Gowda on Friday added that the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals has given in-principal approval for setting up of Plastic Park in Mangaluru.
Gowda announced the development through his official Twitter handle on Friday adding that the park will be setup under ‘Scheme for Setting up of Plastic Parks’.
In another tweet, the minister added that the park will have an ecosystem with state of the art infrastructure building and enabling common facility to consolidate and synergize the capacities of the domestic downstream plastic processing industry.
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Lokayukta searches govt officials in Karnataka
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Lokayukta officials on Tuesday conducted searches on properties belonging to government officials in various parts of the state, on the suspicion that they have possessed assets disproportionate to their income, official sources said.
The searches and verification of documents are on against at least four officials from Shivamogga, Mandya, Dharwad and Vijayanagara districts, the sources added.
Those being searched include a Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation official in Shivamogga and a health department official in Vijayanagara district.
