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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Shreyas Iyer becomes most expensive IPL buy at Rs 26.75 crore, goes to PBKS
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (PTI): India batter Shreyas Iyer became the most expensive player in the history of IPL as Punjab Kings broke the bank to buy him for Rs 26.75 crore in the tournament's mega auction here on Sunday.
Iyer surpassed the record held by Australian pacer Mitchell Starc, who was bought by Kolkata Knight Riders for Rs 24.75 crore in the last auction.
Among others, Left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh's consistency earned him a massive bid of Rs 18 crore, also from Punjab Kings via the Right to Match card, while South African speedster Kagiso Rabada was bought for Rs 10.75 crore by Gujarat Titans.
Iyer, the former Kolkata Knight Riders captain, started with a base price of Rs two crore.
Delhi Capitals had the bid at Rs 26 crore for him but PBKS raised the amount to get the player.
Chennai Super Kings started with the first bid for Arshdeep, whose base price was also Rs two crore.
Eventually, after an intense bidding war, the seamer was bought back by Punjab, who exercised the right to match option to complete the deal, having released him earlier.
This is the second time an IPL auction is being held outside the country after last year's event in Dubai.
