Blacklist Navayuga company, MP Shobha directs NH officers
Udupi, July 2: Udupi-Chikmagalur Lok Sabha Member Shobha Karandlaje directed the National Highway Authority officials to recommend the central government to blacklist the Navayuga company for delaying the work of National Highway 66.
Presiding over the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DDCMC) “Disha” at the ZP hall here on Monday, she said that the officials who were getting government salary should recommend the centre to blacklist the company instead of favouring it. Instead of completing the works, the company has been extending the timeline. If the company has any problem, let them come with her to Delhi to find solutions, she said.
Officials said that the company was under financial crises due to which the work is delayed. Service roads were sanctioned for Uchchila and Udyavara. The bypass road work of Padubidri and Karavali junction would complete by December end. However, the work of over-bridge of Kundapura would be completed by March next, said officials.
1694 houses electrified
Total 2926 powerless houses were identified in the district and among them, 1694 houses were electrified at a cost Rs 7.15 crore under Deen Dayal Electrification Scheme. In Udupi district, work of 16 CRF roads were taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 180 crore and among them, 13 workers were completed. The work of two roads in Karkala would be completed after rainy season, said officials.
The MP asked the officials to put up name board as CRF roads and inform her while inaugurating the roads.
Under Vajpayee housing scheme, total 384 houses were sanctioned to urban area. In the Ashraya Committee meeting, total 184 beneficiaries who have sites were selected and work was going on. Remaining beneficiaries would be finalized within a month, said officials.
ZP project director Nayana said that it was targeted to construct 103 houses in rural areas during 2016-17. Among them, 50 houses were completed and 38 were under progress. In 2017-18, 21 houses were completed among total 30 target and three were under progress.
Amount credited to accounts
As the pregnant women were finding it difficult to come to Anganwadi centres to have lunch under Matru Poorna scheme, the food was being sent to them through children. Now, boiled rice was being given in the district. Under Matru Vandana scheme, total 22,456 persons were credited Rs 5000 to each of their accounts, said Woman and Child Welfare department deputy director Gracy Gonsalves.
The MP said that the pregnant women could not come to Anganwadi centres to have lunch. In some places, even autos could not reach the Anganwadi centres. So, it would be better if their expenses were credited into their accounts. So, submit a report to the government about this issue, she said.
Port department engineer said that Gangolli port was developed at a cost of Rs 78 crore, but the department has to get the balance from the centre. In the same way, a project worth Rs 138.6 crore for Hejamadi port was cleared and MoU should be finalized before sending it to the central government, he said.
Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis, ZP president Dinakar Babu, CEO Shivananda Kapashi, ADC G Anuradha and others were present.
23 towers upgraded as 3G
The district has total 165 3G and 215 2G BSNL towers and among 2G towers, 28 towers were upgraded into the 3G towers. Two new towers were sanctioned for Pajaka and Attur Church areas and proposal was sent for another two towers at Rattadi and Thombattu, said BSNL officer.
Taluk panchayat president Nalini Pradeep Rao complained against server problem in several places. The MP also said that she was getting complaints about the land line problems. Officials promised of taking steps to solve the problem.
The Indrali new railway station work is taken up at a cost of Rs 11.33 crore and it would complete by March 2019. The work of Ramakrishna Hegde Training Centre taken up at a cost of Rs 2 crore would also be completed by November. The electrification of Verna Thokur railway line at a cost of Rs 317 crore is under progress and the department would require Rs 4 crore to expand the department buildings, said Konkan Railway officials.
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Congress victory in bypolls not a clean chit to CM in MUDA case: R Ashoka
Srirangapatna (Karnataka), Nov 24: The Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Sunday said the Congress party’s victory in the bypolls held for three assembly constituencies is not a clean chit to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the MUDA scam.
He said the case is still going on in the court of law.
“MUDA case against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is still in court but he is calling the bye-election result itself as a clean chit. Only courts can give clean chit and not the elections,” Ashoka said while addressing a gathering in Taggalli in Srirangapatna.
Later, speaking to reporters, Ashoka said results of the bypoll held for three assembly constituencies of Channapatna, Shiggaon and Sandur is a victory of money and not a victory of Congress. The BJP leader said his party’s fight will continue against the corruption of the Congress government.
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Separately, in a post on social media ‘X’, Ashoka said the ruling Congress is under the illusion that they have won three worlds just by winning the by-election by diverting money and winning the votes of one community through appeasement politics.
He took a dig at Siddaramaiah for his statement that the opposition had spread lies with regard to the allegation of "Rs 89 crore embezzlement" in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribe Development Corporation.
“Didn't you yourself admit in the Karnataka assembly that crores of money were misappropriated in the Valmiki Corporation, is that a lie?” Ashoka questioned.
He has also asked the CM whether returning of 14 sites by his wife Parvathi B M in the MUDA scam was an indirect confession of his crime. “Is it a lie when the Karnataka High Court loudly said that an investigation is needed against you in the MUDA scam?” the BJP leader asked.
