Slew of programmes for districts of JDS stronghold
Ramanagara, Hassan, Mysuru, Mandya get lion-share
Bengaluru, July 05: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy who holds the Finance portfolio announced a slew of programmes for the districts like Hassan, Ramanagara, Mysuru and Mandya, the JDS bastions in the Budget presented on Thursday.
In his maiden budget of the coalition government, the CM announced programmes worth over Rs 200 crore for Hassan district in the budget including Rs 50 crore to set up a mega dairy having a capacity of 15 lakh litre of milk in the Hassan Milk Federation, Rs 30 crore for super speciality hospital and outer ring road construction, Rs 70 crore to develop the district as a manufacturing hub of bathroom accessories and feeding Hemavathi river water to 160 tanks.
The CM also announced financial assistance for a private training institute to train tourist guides at Belur, construction of a star hotel and Rs 10 crore for modernizing the Hassan KSRTC unit and Rs 36 crore for the development of Channapatna tank in Hassan.
For Mysuru district, the CM announced Rs 3 crore to set up cocoons market at Mysuru, Rs 1 crore to set up a super speciality hospital for giving third stage treatment for heart, cancer and other diseases, Rs 200 crore to set up a new 450-bed hospital in Chamarajanagar Medical College and Rs 50 crore for supplying additional 300 MLD water from Cauvery river near Undavadi for 92 villages and Mysuru city.
A sum of Rs 30 crore was earmarked in the budget to upgrade the Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences into 800 bed hospital, Rs 5 crore to provide more facilities for the tourists at world famous Gagana Chukki- Bhara Chukki falls, Rs 30 crore for feeding the tanks in the district and providing drinking water to the villages in Mandya taluk from Lokapavani river and Rs 50 crore special package for the overall development of Mandya city.
In the same way, the CM announced to set up a new medical college at Kanakapura in Ramanagar district and Rs 40 crore was reserved to set up a 300-bed super speciality hospital. In order to encourage the tourist activities, it was planned to develop Arts and Crafts World Village near Ramanagara and Children’s World scheme at entrance of Kanva reservoir with the private partnership, he announced.
He also announced that Rs 30 crore was reserved to open a Film University with private partnership. Along with this, he also announced Rs 40 crore for developing photography, editing, sound recording units, animation studios, computer graphics studios in Ramanagar Film City and encouraging the industries which support the film industry, he said.
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J&K polls: Amit Shah arrives in Jammu ahead of Saturday's hectic campaigning
Jammu (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Jammu on Friday night ahead of the hectic day-long campaigning on Saturday during which he will address five public rallies in three districts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Shah arrived here from Delhi and drove straight to the State Guest house, a senior BJP leader said.
Shah will fly to Poonch early tomorrow morning and address the first of four rallies in Mendhar followed by Surankote in Poonch district, he added.
Shah is scheduled to address rallies in Thanamandi and Rajouri followed by Akhnoor in Jammu.
He is also expected to hold a rally in the Nowshera constituency in support of Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Sunday.
