Rs. 2,499-crore action plan prepared for Belgaum

Source The Hindu
Belgaum will be developed as a model city: Chief Minister

The Belgaum district administration has prepared a Rs. 2,499.70-crore action plan to take up various development works and provide better civic facilities.
The action plan comes in the wake of Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s announcement to develop Belgaum as a “model city”.

According to the break-up, the district administration has proposed to spend Rs. 1,093 crore on road development/improvement works, including Rs. 58 crore on a fast-track corridor connecting four major roads of the city, and Rs. 250 crore on construction of hi-tech circles at the intersections of roads.

A sum of Rs. 90 crore would be spent on construction of 25 new gardens (in addition to the existing 22 gardens) in the city, developing sport and cultural centres and other facilities to meet entertainment and recreational needs of the people.
Another Rs. 18 crore would be spent on the underground drainage system, Rs. 333 crore on electrification, Rs. 235.45 crore on developing health facilities by increasing beds in the District Government Hospital to 1,000 and Rs. 183.25 crore on developing industrial areas around the city.
The Chief Minister, who interacted with representatives of various social organisations and those representing industry here on Saturday, sought for cooperation from all quarters to implement the action plan.

Those present at the meeting included district in-charge and Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai, MPs Suresh C. Angadi and Prabhakar B. Kore, Deputy Commissioner G. Ravishankar and Belgaum City Corporation Commissioner P.A. Meghannavar.
Subsequently, Mr. Bommai held a meeting with district officials and reviewed the progress of work in the boundary areas of the district. He told the officials to expedite all work.

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Shoulder Joint Replacement Surgery: KLES DR. PRABHAKAR KORE HOSPITAL Belgaum

A 55 year old Police cop who met with a Road Traffic Accident & suffered severe shoulder joint fracture was successfully operated by implanting artificial shoulder joint by young & dynamic Orthopedic & Trauma Surgeon Dr. Mahantesh Patil at KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital. Lodging of artificial joint for the ailing Shoulder Joint is the first of its kind in North Karnataka.

The patient was shifted with severely deformed right shoulder from Civil Hospital. Dr. Mahantesh Patil successfully performed the complex surgery which lasted for 3 hours. It may be recalled that Dr. Patil did his Post Doctoral Course (M.ch) in Joint Replacement Surgery recently at University of Dundee, United Kingdom.

Dr. M V Jali, Medical Director of KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital congratulated Dr. Patil for successful surgery.

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Reliance Footprint in Belgaum soon

Reliance Retail has launched its sixth `Reliance Footprint' - an outlet dedicated to footwear, handbags and accessories - in the country at Mangalore. This is the first outlet in Mangalore. A press release said here on Saturday that `Reliance Footprint' plans to have a pan-India presence by opening over 30 such large specialty stores across metros and mini-metros within the next 12 months. It will continue to expand in Karnataka by opening sores in Mysore, Hubli and Belgaum.
Source The Hindu Businessline

Vaccine Depot SAVED! Government to look for alternative site for Suvarna Vidhana Soudha

Source The Hindu
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa appears to have yielded to pressure from a few elected representatives of Belgaum district to reconsider the decision on going ahead with the construction of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha on the Vaccine Institute premises here.
After a closed door meeting with officials, BJP MPs Prabhakar B. Kore and Suresh C. Angadi, and a few BJP legislators here on Saturday, Mr. Yeddyurappa announced at a press conference that the Government would look for an alternative site for the project in view of the “second opinion” of the local elected representatives.
The previous Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition Government had decided to construct the Vidhana Soudha on the Vaccine Institute premises. The Social Justice Forum and other environmental groups have been opposing any construction activity on the premises in view of ecological reasons.
Mr. Yeddyurappa said the district administration had been asked to identify alternative sites as there were no proper approach roads to the Vaccine Institute. The former Chief Minister H.D. Kumarswamy had performed “bhoomi puja” in presence of Mr. Yeddyurappa in August last.Mr. Yeddyurappa said that the final decision on the project site would be taken in a month and construction would start soon. The project would be completed in two years, he added.

Winter session
Earlier, at a function he said that the dates for holding the winter session of the legislature in Belgaum would be announced soon. The Government would hold the proposed world Kannada meet here before December, he said.

This blog had been in the fore front for raising this issue of saving Vaccine Depot. It may not have a made an impact on the Govt. But the thing that many came forward to save it is all that was needed. Tjanks for your suport.

Winter session in Belgaum

The State Government will hold the winter session of the legislature in Belgaum, Basavaraj Bommai, Minister for Water Resources, said here on Friday. Speaking at an interactive meeting with representatives of various organisations, he said the Government was keen on start work on the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belgaum, for which the former Chief Minister H.D. Kumarswamy had performed “bhoomi puja” in August last year

Source The Hindu

Minister promises more funds to expedite development works

Source The Hindu
Government will organise world Kannada meet in Belgaum: Bommai

The State Government will organise the proposed world Kannada meet in Belgaum city, Minister for Major and Medium Irrigation Basavaraj Bommai, who is also the district in-charge Minister, announced here on Friday. Dates for the event would be announced soon, he said.

Mr. Bommai said he would try to solve the problems impeding the growth of industries and get more funds to expedite development works in the city. The Minister said he would urge the Chief Minister to establish a special economic zone and a food park in the city, besides implementing works on establishment of information technology and biotechnology parks. Mr. Bommai asked the BCC officials to show improvement in the civic works within 30 days.
There were also demands on naming the airport and the central bus stand here after Rani Chennamma and construction of a wholesale vegetable market complex by the dealers who had purchased land on their own for the purpose.

Belgaum gearing up for Chief Minister’s visit

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No takers for Desur IT park

The most awaited IT park in Belgaum will be ready in another 6 months time but the tech companies have shown no interest in it. KSSIDC the developer of the said IT park had surveyed a year ago for this and at that time many software giants from Bangalore and pune had agreed to open shop here but no one yet has taken any space here.

The 42 acres land that has been used for this park has now all the basic amenities required like roads, water etc. The road leading to the park been also made.

The cost of doing business in metros is increasing many folds and eyeing this only many companies have now shifted their base from metros. The same was here and as there are a couple of good engineering colleges also in town this IT park would have been a boon to the city.

Till date there have been no takers for this, hope to see some big IT majors in town soon.

Infy, Satyam,IBM,Wipro are you reading this blog, please come to our city.

Don’t change site of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha

Source The Hindu
Two MPs putting pressure on Government’
‘Change amounts to showing disrespect to the committee’
Belgaum: The Belgaum District Kannada Organisations Action Committee has threatened to launch an agitation if the Government yields to the demand to change the site of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha.

Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, action committee leaders Umadevi Topannavar, Raghavendhra Joshi, Kalyanrao Muchalambi and its President Ashok Chandargi said that the Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party Government had finalised the Vaccine Institute premises at Tilakwadi for setting up the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha.

Committee
This site was chosen by a committee that comprised Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and chairperson of the Legislative Council, among others. In August last, technical approval was granted and tenders invited for award of contract for civil works, they said.
On August 26 last, the former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had performed “bhoomi pooja,” and promised to start construction work at the earliest. But work had been delayed despite the Government earmarking Rs. 250 crore for the purpose, they said.
After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government came to power, there was fresh hope that the Government would start construction work soon.

The committee members alleged that two MPs were putting pressure on the Government to shift the site of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha from the Vaccine Institute, to suit their interests that include protection of the interests of the Marathi vote bank. This was despite the fact that both of them had participated in the “bhoomi pooja,” the members said.
The anti-Karnataka Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi had also been opposing establishment of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, they said.

The Government should start work on the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha by ignoring the pressure being put by BJP leaders Prabhakar Kore and Suresh C. Angadi. Any change in the site would amount to showing disrespect to the committee that had finalised it, the committee members said. Mr. Joshi said that although the Krishna Government had appointed a committee to study the feasibility of holding a legislative session in Belgaum, the idea was dropped following the committee submitting an adverse report.

Sonia Narang new SP of Belgaum

Sonia Narang will be the new Superintendent of Police of Belgaum.



Hemant Nimbalkar has been transferred to Chickmanglur.

KLE Society bags Kolhapur health city project

Source Business StandardBelgaum-based Karnataka Legal Education (KLE) Society has bagged the Rs 500 crore ‘Medical Health City' project, proposed by the Kolhapur municipal corporation (KMC), after winning the bid against the likes Reliance Group, Hyderabad-based IVRL Group, Chennai-based Apollo Hospital, Delhi-based Value Group, Mumbai-based Hinduja National Hospital and Chennai-based Narayan Rudra Hospital.

Apparently, the society had submitted an offer of Rs 31.42 crore for the space in the project. KMC will provide around 10.56 lakh sq ft of land and other infrastructural facilities for the project which will be the first of its kind in Western Maharashtra.

The KLE society is expected to build well equipped hospital having 2,000 beds and other modern medical facilities. Besides, it will offer a well-built hospital in the area of 50,000 sq ft to KMC, replacing the present hospital which needs renovation and other amenities.
While KMC's new hospital will provide medical facilities for the epidemic-diseases, the KLE society's private hospital will provide ultra-modern facilities to those who afford the fees and other costs of the medical services and facilities.

Speaking about the project, Dr. Sudhir Deshmukh, health officer at KMC pointed out that KLE society's offer is to be discussed in details in due course of time and will be finalised for the submission for final approval during KMC's general body meeting.

Vaccine Depot Saved? CM, Yedurappa in town tomorrow;Niranjan Navalgund in World Youth Chess Championship

Vaccine Depot saved, as the The Suvarna Soudha will get a different location. A report presented yesterday suggests that the building Vidhan Soudha will require 200 acres and the vaccine depot has only 150 aces and also the entrance is not big enough and traffic congestion could be very heavy.

Its better to be late than never..

CM, Yedurappa will be in Belgaum on Saturday and will take part in a host of functions. He will inaugurate the laser facility at the KLEs City polyclinic in Samadevi Galli. He will also meet people and make a "Think Tank" for the development of Belgaum.