Mangaluru Dasara: Felicitation for sportspersons in Kudroli Kshetra
Mangaluru: As part of Mangaluru Dasara, ten sports persons will be felicitated and the Gokarnanatha Health Cards will be released on October 18 at Kudroli Sri Gokarnanatha Kshetra.
Informing this to media persons, Padmaraj - treasurer of the Kshetra - said, ten sports achievers, including Poovamma, Gururaj, Jagadish, Pradeep Acharya, Panchami will be honoured at the programme that would be held at 6 pm on that day.
Meanwhile, Gokarnanatha Health Cards will be released. Initially, the cards will benefit about 2,000 poor families and an agreement has been made with A J Hospital for treatment. This benefit would further be extended to 10,000 families, he informed.
The Mangaluru Dasara Mahotsava will be concluded with a Shobhayatre on the 19th of this month and the preparations for this are on.
The administrative committee on Tuesday held a meeting of the tablo organizers in presence of the police authorities. Open vehicles will not be allowed to participate in the procession, except generators connected to tablos. Artists will not be allowed to get down from their vehicles and perform on roads. While these rules will be strictly enforced, the organizers have agreed to obey them. Therefore, this year, the 16-hour procession has been cut short to 12 hours; he informed.
Administrative committee chairman HS Sairam, Ravishankar Mijar, Madhava Suvarna, Harikrishna Bantwal, Urmila Ramesh, DD Kattemar, Shekar Poojary, Dr. BG Suvarna, Dr. Anasuya, Leelaksha Karkera, and others were present.
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Karnataka cabinet approves formation of separate Dharwad Municipal Corporation
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet has approved a formation of separate Dharwad city corporation. Alongside, a 15% hike in fares across the four state transport corporations was also approved. The revised fares will come into effect on January 5.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil, addressing the media at the Committee Hall of Vidhana Soudha, provided details about the decision. He explained that the last fare revision for BMTC was a decade ago when diesel cost Rs 60.98 per litre. Since then, operational costs have risen significantly.
Diesel expenditure for the four corporations has increased from Rs 9.16 crore to Rs 13.21 crore, and personnel costs have grown from Rs 12.85 crore to Rs 18.36 crore. The daily operational burden now stands at Rs 9.56 crore. The fare hike is expected to generate an additional Rs 74.85 crore in monthly revenue without burdening the state exchequer, as Rs 5,015 crore has already been allocated for the Shakti Yojana this fiscal year.
Minister Patil announced that the Cabinet has decided to bifurcate the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation into two independent municipal bodies.
The Cabinet approved the construction of a fishing port in Hejamady village, Udupi, with a revised estimate of Rs 209.13 crore. Additionally, Rs 84.57 crore has been sanctioned for the modernization and dredging of fishing ports.
In a move to strengthen cow shelters, Rs 10.50 crore has been allocated for projects in 14 districts. The Cabinet also approved constructing a building for Visvesvaraya Technical University in Chikkaballapur district at Rs 149.75 crore.
The Cabinet sanctioned a state-of-the-art bus stand in Bannimantap, Mysuru, at a cost of Rs 120 crore. Spread over 14 acres, the facility will include a divisional office, bus units, and commercial shops.
Approval was also granted to utilize Rs 137.85 crore, provided by the Union Finance Ministry under the Special Capital Assistance Scheme, for capital expenditure.
The Kalyana Karnataka Regional Development Board will use Rs 56.92 crore from its SCP/TSP scheme to supply bed sheets, mosquito nets, and clothing to government residential schools and hostels.
The Cabinet approved Rs 100 crore to construct new buildings for 200 veterinary institutions currently housed in rented or dilapidated structures, using NABARD assistance.
In Davangere, a site was allotted to the Karnataka Working Journalists' Association for constructing a civic facility. A plot in Avaragere village was also leased for 30 years at a concessional rate to Nayaka Vidyarthi Nilaya.
