Karnataka to widen Belagavi-Sambra Airport Road, work to begin in August
Belagavi: The Karnataka Public Works Department will begin work in August to widen and improve the road connecting Belagavi city to the airport in Sambra. Minister Satish Jarkiholi, who also oversees the Belagavi district, announced that the ₹72 crore project will cover road widening, four-laning and the removal of traffic bottlenecks.
Of the total cost, ₹17 crore will go toward land acquisition and ₹55 crore toward road work. The 4-kilometre stretch will see a central divider, footpaths and street lighting. Currently, eight of the 13 kilometres on the route have already been four-laned.
The road links Belagavi with Bagalkot and Vijayapura, sees high traffic, especially during the winter session of the Karnataka Assembly and VIP visits. To further ease congestion, the government is also considering widening the Sambra-Suvarna Vidhana Soudha road via Shindholi, Mastamaradi and Halaga villages.
Authorities are also planning for a circular ring road around Suvarna Soudha, Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) and the airport. The Minister also said that the government may build a service road along the Pune-Bengaluru highway for better connectivity to Belagavi and nearby villages.
Jarkiholi added that a technical committee is studying the feasibility of a flyover to directly connect the city and the airport.
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Karnataka govt seeks agency to manage rural drinking water units: Minister
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Wednesday said the state government is working to appoint an agency to manage clean drinking water units in rural areas.
The state Rural Development and Panchayat Raj minister was responding to a question by Hirekerur MLA U B Banakar in the legislative assembly.
"In the rural areas of the state, many clean drinking water units have been set up under corporate social responsibility (CSR) grants, including contributions by MLAs and MPs, and handed over to gram panchayats. After the maintenance period, problems have arisen in keeping these units operational," Priyank said.
He added that a proposal has been made to award a maintenance contract to one of the country’s reputed drinking water unit manufacturing companies, but so far, no companies have come forward to take up the work.
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"The government is continuing its efforts and will resolve this problem soon," he said.
On a query regarding fluoride content in water, the minister said water quality testing is being conducted monthly in all zilla panchayats.
"Laboratories have been opened for this purpose. Around 6.5 lakh water samples have been tested across the state, and water testing kits have been provided to villages," he added.
