Belgaum Mayor seeks infrastructure fund

The Mayor of Belgaum Prashanta Budavi and Rajya Sabha member Prabhakar B. Kore met the Chief Minister in Bangalore on Sunday and apprised him of the problems faced by the residents of the city.

According to sources, the Mayor asked for funds to improve roads and permission to start construction work on the Ring Road.

Ms. Budavi also requested the Chief Minister to speed up establishment of Apparel Park and IT Park announced by him at the special legislature session held in Belgaum city in September 2006.
She changed her stand on corporation commissioner P.A. Meghannavar and said that she would not insist on the latter’s transfer after the intervention of Mr. Kore and Minister for Cooperation Laxman Savadi in a meeting here on Saturday.