Revenue dept issues to be solved soon: Minister
Mangaluru, June 25: Housing and Urban Development Minister UT Khader said that he has directed the district incharge secretary and the deputy commissioner to submit a report on finding solutions to revenue issues like land conversion and other issues while constructing houses in the district.
Speaking to reporters after holding a meeting of elected representatives and officials at Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation (KUIDFC) at Mallikatte here on Monday, the Minister said that the officials would discuss on technical issues related to Revenue department on Tuesday. Both the officers would discuss with the organizations and give a report within next three days. Based on the report, he would try to solve the problems, he said.
Smart City- MD will be given free hand
Khader said that Mangaluru Smart City Project is being prepared to make it a model to the entire country, for which, people should also be smart and cooperate with the administration. The Managing Director of the Smart City Project would be given complete power to implement the project effectively and the officer was directed to convene a meeting once in 15 days on the progress of the project. The MD was also directed to recruit the human resources for the project. The Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) consultant would be kept in a constant vigil and SPV MD would be given power to carry out the project work. Once in a month, District Incharge Secretary and Deputy Commissioner should conduct the management meeting and while doing this, the City Corporation should be taken into consideration. Apart from this, district minister, Lok Sabha Members and MLAs would conduct the meeting to review the progress of the project, he said.
Linking roads from NH to be developed
It was planned to develop the linking roads from National Highway. In order to develop Thokkottu- Jeppinamogaru-Mahakalipaddu- Morgans Gate road as six lane or four lane, a delegation of Lok Sabha Member and elected representatives would meet the Railway Minister and appeal him for 50 per cent funds out of total funds required for the project. If the centre denied the funds, either state government or the city corporation would find solution to the problem, the Minister said.
MLC Ivan D’Souza, MLAs Vedavyas Kamath, Bharat Shetty, Mayor Bhaskar Moily, corporators Premananda Shetty, Shashidhar Hegde and others were present.
Chemical use to preserve fish: Truth will be out
When asked about using chemicals to prevent fish from deteriorating during transportation, Khader said that he would direct the concerned authorities to check the fact behind this issue. Steps would be taken to unfold the truth through the Deputy Commissioner.
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Udupi: Accused in hit-and-run case arrested
Udupi (Karnataka), Nov 17: Police on Sunday said that they have arrested an accused in connection with the hit- and-run incident that led to the death of an auto driver at Belapu military colony of Kapu taluk on November 13.
Prajwal Shetty, son of Congress leader Deviprasad Shetty of Belapu, had allegedly sped away after the SUV he was driving rammed into Mohammad Hussain's bike.
Hussain (39) died following the accident.
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The Kapu police have arrested Prajwal Shetty on charges of a "hit and run case".
According to the police, Hussain, who was critically injured, was taken to hospital, but soon died due to multiple injuries.
On investigation by the police, it was found that the SUV belonged to Prajwal Shetty. Further probe is on.
