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Karnataka
By Our Special Correspondent
Addressing presspersons after a Cabinet meeting here today, he said that the Government had released Rs. 189.18 crore for drought relief works in the districts. Of this, the Centre had released Rs. 171 crore and the State Government provided the rest. A decision had been taken to set aside Rs. 50 crore to distribute seeds at subsidised prices to farmers for the rabi crop. The estimated cost of the Chamarajanagar town drinking water project had been revised. The project cost had increased from Rs. 6.15 crore to Rs. 24 crore. The project would ensure water supply to 27 villages near the town. To tackle the water crisis in Chitradurga, a Rs. 63.70-crore project would be implemented which would provide water to nine villages, the minister said. As per the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) directive, the State would release 4,500 cusecs of water from the reservoirs in the Cauvery Basin to Tamil Nadu till March 13. After that, the State would release water as per the interim award of the Cauvery Waters Dispute Tribunal, Mr. Thimmappa said and added that there would be no shortage of shortage of drinking water in the Cauvery Basin districts. With the World Bank loan of Rs. 530 crore, the Government would implement a Jala Samvardhane Project in nine districts for desilting 2,000 tanks. The project would be implemented in the next five years, and it would help in irrigating nearly 72,000 hectares of land. The people of four villages affected by the Hirehalla watershed project in Yelburga taluk in Koppal District would be rehabilitated soon. A sum of Rs. 15.76 crore would be released for the purpose, he added. The Government had also decided to set up the Rajiv Gandhi Training Institute for Steel Industries at Toranagal in Bellary District at a cost of Rs. 10 crore. The State would grant Rs. 1 crore, while the Centre would release Rs. 9 crore. The Government would also take up a lift irrigation project at a cost of Rs. 13 crore at Kaggal village in Bellary taluk. To execute works of the eighth unit of the Raichur Thermal Power Station (RTPS), the Government had decided to borrow a loan of Rs. 180 crore. The minimum qualification for recruitment of firemen in the Fire Department had been raised from VII standard to SSLC, and for drivers from III standard to VII standard. A case against the Hindi film director, Sanjay Khan, had been withdrawn following payment of electricity dues of Rs. 7.72 lakh to the KPTCL by him, Mr. Thimmappa said. With financial assistance from HUDCO, HDFC, and LIC, houses for policemen would be built at a cost of Rs. 180 crore. Around 200 constables aged over 45 would be promoted as sub-inspectors.
A decision had been taken to release 72 prisoners on humanitarian grounds, he said. A firm by name Distance Learning Internet India Ltd. would be established on 36 acres on the outskirts of Bangalore and the Government had agreed to exempt stamp duty of Rs. 36 lakh. On the implementation of the Nanjundappa Committee recommendations, the minister said a Cabinet Committee headed by the Chief Minister had been formed to look into the recommendations. To build a residential complex at Tirupati at a cost of Rs. 30 crore, a committee headed by the Urban Development Minister, D.K. Shivakumar, had been constituted, Mr. Thimmappa said.
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