Rs 178 Cr package for coconut growers
Cabinet takes a decision
Bengaluru, October 04: The Cabinet on Thursday decided to release Rs 178 crore package for the coconut growers whose coconut plantations have become unproductive due to continuous drought in the state.
After the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy at Vidhana Soudha here, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said that it was decided to give Rs 400 per tree or Rs 18,000 per hectare of plantation as relief package, for which, the Horticulture department would submit a proposal . The state government had submitted a proposal to the central government for incentive for the coconut growers a year ago. But nothing was happened. So, it was decided to give incentive to the farmers and this would help the growers in Chitradurga, Tumkur, Hassan, Chamarajnagar, Mandya and other places, he said.
As the agreement between the state government and the GVK Company to provide 108 ambulance service was expired, it was decided to continue the old agreement for one more year with the company. Within next one year, tender process for the fresh agreement and ambulance service would be completed, he said.
The Cabinet has given administrative approval to take up various development works at Hassan government engineering college at a cost of Rs 50 crore. It was also approved to set up a super speciality hospital on the premises of the Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences at a cost of Rs 129.75 crore and in the first phase, Rs 50 crore would be released immediately, he said.
The Cabinet also decided to set up Government Tool Room and Training Centre in Yadagiri, Humnabad, Lingasugur and Hospet in collaboration with Dassault Systemes India Private Limited at a cost of Rs 224.08 crore, of which, the government would invest Rs 21.7 crore and the rest would be borne by the Dassault company, he said.
The Cabinet also decided to withdraw the proposal submitted to the Central government in 2016 on appointing retired IAS officer V. Umesh as the State Administrative Tribunal Member and set up State Horticulture Excellent Centres Agency in the state. The Cabinet also decided to give Rs 2,000 monthly pension for five years along with Rs 5 lakh compensation to the family of those who were killed from wild animals attacks, he said.
The Cabinet also decided to handover 4.7 acre of land belonging to KSRTC Hassan Regional Workshop to Hassan Cooperative Milk Union and withdraw 14 criminal cases booked against Raita Sangha, Pro-Kannada activists and general public in various police stations across the state, the Minister added.
It was decided to start cardiac treatment unit with Cath Lab facility in Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences at Rs 7.25 crore and cardiac treatment centre along with the Cath Lab facility at Super Specialty Hospital of Shivamogga Institute of Medical Sciences at a cost of Rs 7.81 crore, he said.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
