Rs 4,952 cr released under Amrut scheme: Minister UT Khader
Bengaluru, Jan 1: Urban Development Minister UT Khader said that the Apex Committee of the Central government has approved the Rs 4,952 crore annual action plan for Karnataka under the central government sponsored Amrut scheme for which 27 cities were selected.
Responding to a question by MLC S Rudre Gowda at the Legislative Council here on Tuesday, the minister said that out of total 405 works worth Rs 4952.87 crore taken up under the scheme, 46 works worth Rs 22.77 crore were completed and now work order has been issued to 352 works worth Rs 4583.19 crore, he said.
After getting the approval from the state pollution control board, sewage water treatment plant was being constructed and the treated water would be released to the canals.
The work would be taken up without affecting the environment. Under the Amrut scheme, Rs 668.52 crore was spent on water supply, Rs 784.62 crore for UGD, Rs 8.23 crore of rainwater drainage, Rs 5.07 crore for urban transport, Rs 20.58 crore for development of gardens and greenery, he said.
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TMC MLA Humayun Kabir apologises for claiming 'coterie' influencing Mamata's decisions
Kolkata (PTI): Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir has apologised to the party's leadership for his recent comment that a "coterie" was influencing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's key decisions.
Kabir, the MLA of Bharatpur in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, expressed his apology on Friday in reply to a show cause notice issued by the party's disciplinary committee.
"Yes, I have sent a reply. I will certainly follow party discipline. But I think being a person from the rural belt, not conversant with the ways of the city, I faced this situation for speaking my mind. However, I had not said anything against my party or its leadership," he told reporters.
"Our CM epitomises the spirit of 'Maa-Mati-Manush' and being a person of the grassroots level, I always stay rooted to the ground. Maybe I should have been more careful about my way of expressing," he said.
A senior member of the TMC's legislative disciplinary committee said the reply to the show cause letter was received, and a decision on it will be communicated soon.
Kabir, however, said some other TMC MPs had on earlier occasions made comments against party colleagues but were not censured.
On Thursday, he met the CM in the assembly's lobby where she had asked him to reply to the show-cause notice first.
On November 26, Kabir had said a coterie within the party was taking certain decisions to cement their position and was influencing the CM's key decisions for their short-term gains.
He had said this a day after the TMC national executive meeting where the party had categorically asked its leaders not to make comments in public against any internal decision and formed disciplinary committees at different levels.
Kabir had earlier advocated for giving more responsibility to TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, reiterating that the Diamond Harbour MP was undoubtedly the number two in the party's hierarchy and those trying to undermine his influence would not succeed.
