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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Fan tries to die by suicide over Nikhil Kumaraswamy's bypoll loss
Bengaluru: Channapatna JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who lost the byelection to C.P. Yogeshwar of Congress, on Sunday consoled a fan who reportedly attempted to end his life and requested him not to repeat such acts.
Manjunath, fondly called Abhi, had even penned a letter before taking the dangerous step. Nikhil, who called on Manjunath at the latter’s home in Kudloor in Channapatna, expressed shock and sadness over the incident.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy reassured Manjunath, expressing his support during the difficult time. He told him that he was deeply troubled to learn of this incident and emphasised that he would stand by him. Nikhil also promised to offer assistance in any way he could, including helping him secure employment opportunities in the future, as reported by the Deccan Herald.
He also reminded Manjunath of the importance of his children’s well-being, urging him to focus on their future. “Please, look at the faces of your growing children. Even I have a three-year-old son. The children are young, let us take care of their future also. I will arrange some job opportunities for you. I might not be an MLA but this is a challenge. I will get you employed,” he said.
Nikhil told media persons that he is extremely hurt more by Manjunath’s attempt to die than by his loss in the election. “At 7:30 a.m., we got a message that in Valetoopu, Manjunath had consumed poison yesterday. In Channapatna, our workers and leaders have built this party with zeal. Let the admiration be there in your hearts but if it crosses the line, your families get hurt and we get very pained by it,” he was quoted as saying by the publication.
Speaking of his byelection loss, Nikhil reiterated that the JD(S) had got its traditional votes, but that the votes of a particular community went against the party.
“Deve Gowda gave reservation to a community. We tried our last attempt to take that community into confidence. But they conveyed to us that they do not require us. In future, we will take other communities into confidence,” he remarked in a veiled reference to Muslims.
Nikhil lost the election by a margin of 25,413 votes to Congress candidate C.P. Yogeshwar.
