CM Yediyurappa calls on officials to propose redevelopment plan of Kodagu District at Rs 535 Crores
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday asked the officials to propose the redevelopment plan for Kodagu District at the cost of 535 Crore Rupees.
Kodagu District was hit by massive floods in 2018 destroying basic infrastructure of the District while also incurring loss to public and private properties worth hundred of crores rupees.
During the meeting called to review the redevelopment of the District, CM Yediyurappa called on officials to proposal plans to redevelop the District at a cost of 535 Crore Rupees.
Speaking at the meeting held at his home office, Yediyurappa stated that the total cost of damage caused in the District due to the natural disaster stood at whooping 1400 crore.
"But the cost released by Central and State government stands at Rs 58 Crores and 85 Crores respectively for Kodagu relief funds" Yediyurappa added.
Over 842 people lost their homes during the floods following which ₹111 crore is released to build houses for their resettlement at Madhe, karnangeri and Madhapura under Rajiv Gandhi Awaas Yojna and a fund of ₹42.2 crores are released for basic infrastructure development.
The Managing Director of Rajiv Gandhi Awaas Yojna Mr. Anbukumar has stated that the Infosys foundation is building 200 houses. All the houses will be ready within three months as per reports.
The CM also urged officials to approve the proposal of Seva Bharati organisation of building 35 houses for the victims.
The CM also ordered for release of funds of Rs. 9 lakh each to the 29 people whose application for funds for construction of houses were pending.
KG Bhopaiah, Appachu Ranjan, M Laxminarayan, EV Ramanna Reddy, SN Prasad and others were present during the meeting.
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Suburban rail project: HC halts axing of 368 trees at Bengaluru Cantonment
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has ordered that no trees should be cut or damaged on over eight acres of land near Cantonment Railway Station, where a suburban rail project has been proposed, The New Indian Express reported on Thursday.
The order was reportedly issued by a division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Poonacha after hearing a PIL filed by former MLA AT Ramaswamy and three others. Notices were issued to the state government, central government, Karnataka Biodiversity Board and the tree officer.
Countering the apprehension expressed by the counsel for petitioners over the move to axe trees, the Additional Solicitor General of India (on behalf of the Centre), submitted that the state has rightly withdrawn the notification as it was issued without consulting the Centre.
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Also, the petition is premature as the application has been made to the tree officer seeking permission to cut trees for the suburban rail project on the land in question, he said.
The petitioners reportedly said the land is an old green space with 371 large trees and forms part of the Cantonment Railway Station area. They argued that a public notice was issued in April inviting objections to the plan to remove 368 trees for the suburban rail project.
The notice stated that the commercial development project will come up on the land measuring 34,856 sq mts, which has been leased to a private company.
They also pointed out that the state government had earlier decided to declare the area a biodiversity heritage site, but the notification was withdrawn in December without explanation.
They termed the decision atrocious and the reasons given absurd. The petitioners alleged that, “It is very clear that all is not well with the state, which has taken a retrograde decision, though it is a matter of grave concern, which will have an adverse impact on Bengaluru’s environment.”
