Civic bodies fail to use funds: but don’t fail to go on tours: Belgaum

The government had announced Rs 100 crore in the Budget for each of the city corporations, including Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore, Mysore, Gulbarga, Belgaum, Davanagere and Bellary.
No one other than the Bangalore Bruhat Mahanagara Palike has shown their interest in utilizing these funds.
It’s almost end of December, none of these corporations have spent a single paisa yet. This attitude of the local bodies is being attributed to a combination of official apathy and the elected representatives’ lack of interest in preparing an action plan, as the guidelines made it compulsory to start permanent work instead of repairs.
The government had directed the civic bodies to utilize the funds for creation of infrastructure like roads, tanks, sewerage and drinking water facilities.
Even if now these local bodies plan to spend it, not more than Rs.50 cores can be spent.
Some of these civic bodies have not even prepared an action plan to spend the Rs 17 crore released in the first installment, the officer said. Sources said that Bellary and Hubli-Dharwad City Corporations have prepared an action plan for about Rs 60-65 crore.
After continuous pressure from the top, civic bodies of Mysore, Mangalore and Davanagere have promised to prepare an action plan for Rs 36 crore, Rs 25 crore and Rs 50 crore respectively. Gulbarga and Belgaum, however, have not even proposed to prepare such an action plan.
Our City corporation Mayor and other authorities only want to tour, give a momento to the CM and ask for more funds for development. They don’t want to make use of the funds already allotted to them. Rs.100 crores for a year is huge amount and if a plan was made and the money had been utilized, maybe there would have been some good roads.
As the Belgaum Corporation has no plans made the money Rs.100 crore will go back to the State govt. as un utilized. This is a very nice example of the working of the local civic bodies. Why nothing concrete was planned has to be seen.
Source: ExpressBuzz

Local issues not raised

AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has said that BJP is not having any topics to speak against UPA government except terrorism.

Addressing a huge election campaigning meeting at Beynon Smith C P Ed college ground here on Sunday , Rahul said that BJP do not have morality to speak anything about terrorism as every one knows what had happened in Kashmir when BJP led NDA government was in power in Centre. He also said that people of the nation have not forgotten the incident of freeing a Afghani terrorist by dropping him till Kandhahar accompaning him with the Union Home Minister Jaswant Singh. `Since this is the situtaion, what morality BJP have to speak against UPA government,' Rahul questioned.
Rahul called people to vote for Congress for the development and better future of the nation.

Rahul who explained the developmental works done when Congress was ruling the state appealed the people to elect Congress government for the better future of their children's life.

Rahul lauded former Chief Minister S M Krishna who had shared the dias with him over the developmental and pro-people works done during his tenure said that Karnataka was India's future when Krishna led Congress government was in rule.

Karnataka missed the track of development during the term of JD(S)-BJP government.

He termed the last coalition government as the opportunalistic and described the coalition government as an unscientific government.
Source:the New Indian Express

We do not seem to understand the logic of all political parties in this present election. All have been speaking about national issues. Congress says BJP does not have any morality to speak about terrorism and the BJP says vice versa.
Why does not any party speak what they would like to do for Belgaum (in this context when all had gathered in Belgaum) all say you vote for us, as we would be able to give you a stable govt. and do what with that stable govt. put pickles or make biryani. This is a local MLA election and we had thought in the election the local issues should have come up. Nevertheless, who cares? Kiske Baap jata hai?
We wanted to know what our elected representatives would do for us. Nobody said anything. Therefore, whom should we vote for a stable Govt? All the parties said the will give a stable govt. who will give even the Gods do not know.
What do you all think about this? Nobody spoke of airport expansion or textile hub or even the software park. We here just speak and forget it. This is what democracy is?
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