Karnataka Budget 2008-09 What Belgaum Gets

Belgaum will get Rs.50 crores for infrastructure development. It will be the part of the Rs.700 Crores proposed for development of 7 cities.

Acquiring 370 acres of land will also expand the airport at Belgaum.

Proposed major industrial corridors with 8 lane roads are:
Bangalore-Belgaum via Davengare-Hubli

For the Vishva Kannada Sammelana to be held in Belgaum this year a sum of Rs.25 crores has been provided. A cell for providing information and support to non-resident Kannadigas will be set up in Bangalore (NRI Cell).

Preparations are being made to start Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belgaum and hold an assembly session.
The foundation stone for the construction of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha at Belgaum has been laid some time ago even though the work has not yet commenced. The work on this project will be accelerated this year utilizing an allocation of Rs.50 crores provided in the budget.


Financial assistance of Rs.One crores for development of Sangolli Rayanna Memorial at Belgaum.(This should be Nandgad 36 kms from Belgaum the place where he was hanged to tree)

For the development of second tier cities such as Mysore, Mangalore, Belgaum, Hubli-Dharwad, Davanagere, Bellary and Gulbarga it is proposed to provide Rs.100 crores each to the municipal bodies of these cities over a period of two years. During this year, upto Rs.50 crores each will be given to these municipal bodies for specific projects.

A cement zone will be established for Belgaum and other districts.


Keeping in mind the natural and human resources in the State, six special industrial zones will be developed on the Public Private Partnership basis. A garment zone will be established in Belgaum For the above purposes Rs.500 Crores will be spent by KIADB during the year 2008-09.

An IT – BT zone will be established in Belgaum

A Suvarna Karnataka development corridor programme will be implemented throughout the length and breadth of the state for industrial development. For this purpose Rs.10 Crores will be allocated for preparing the project plans for the following corridors
Bangalore-Belgaum via Davengare-Hubli

It is proposed to set up IT and BT parks in cities like Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum, Gulbarga, Shimoga, Davangere, Mangalore through joint ventures of private participation and Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board. KEONICS will be provided with a capital contribution of Rs.10 Crores to promote the above development.

In order to address the shortage of trained drivers for the heavy vehicles four training centers will be established, one each in the revenue divisions, at the cost of Rs. 5 Crores. Truck terminals will be established in Belgaum through public private partnership.
The number of Bangalore One centers will be increased from the present 34 to 75. Similar centers will be opened in Belgaum. (Bangalore One Centers are places where in you can pay all the Govt Taxes and other services under one roof.

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QuEST to set up metal fabrication facility

QuEST, a leading provider of outsourced engineering services and manufacturing announced today that QuEST Manufacturing, its wholly owned subsidiary, is setting up a dedicated sheet metal fabrication facility for aerospace in its 300 acre Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Belgaum, Karnataka, India. This facility would in close proximity to machining and special processing and would support both engine and structural sheet metal forming. Phase-1 of this facility would consist of sheet metal cutting, brake forming, hydro forming / fluid forming, heat treatment for aluminum and assembly operations like riveting, etc. “Setting up of the sheet metal processing facility will enable QuEST and its current customers to graduate towards integrated sourcing and assemblies. It reiterates our commitment to setup an ecosystem for the supply chain catering to global aerospace industry requirement. Combined with the rest of our capabilities it positions us uniquely in the aerospace industry in India.” said Aravind Melligeri, Chairman & Co-founder, QuEST. QuEST has appointed Nicholas Belbin, as an advisory board member at QuEST Manufacturing to leverage his extensive experience in aerospace sheet metal processing. He has been instrumental in establishing FMS and computerized systems for various forming processes like brake forming, hydro-forming, hot forming etc. He has also written detailed specifications for forming and processing of sheet metal fabrication and assembly.QuEST is participating in the Farnborough International Airshow 2008 – UK, during which, it would be showcasing its end-to-end capabilities in aerospace engineering which include design and drafting/modeling, analysis/simulation, design automation, technical documentation, instrumentation and controls, electrical wiring/harness, avionics, embedded systems, manufacturing engineering, prototyping, in-house precision machining, sheet metal work and special processing. Load shedding in Belgaum

As the production of electricity has drastically reduced due to, the shortage of water in the dams and the demand has increased due to heat, HESCOM (Hubli Electricity Supply Company) has decided to cut 20% supply to the city.

Since the past few days, load shedding is on the city for about half an hour in the morning and half an hour in the evening but the timing is not fixed and there is no fixed schedule, which is causing problems to Belgaumites.

Belgaum gets the supply from the 220 KV Indal Station. This station requires about 120 Mega Watt but it is getting only 23 MW from Hubli and 60 MW from Tata Power which means a shortage of 37 MW. Load shedding is being done to cover this shortfall.

A detailed load shedding timetable is expected in a couple of days.

We never faced the problem this summer as there was plenty of rainfall from March to may. However, this monsoon we will have to face it.

However, we are better than other states like Maharashtra where there is 4 –5 hours of load shedding in town and about 12-14 hours in rural areas.

Jagriti Yatra’ of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in Belgaum

Jagriti Yatra’ of Sri Guru Granth Sahib in Belgaum


The “jagriti ratha yatra” organised to mark 300th year of consecration of Nanded-based Gurta Gadi of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, revered as the eternal guru by the Sikhs, entered Karnataka on Tuesday.
The ratha or the chariot carrying Sri Guru Granth Sahib and the holy weapons possessed by Sri Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and last guru of Sikh community who fought injustice and tyranny, was accorded a warm welcome at Rani Channamma Circle in the city on its arrival from Sangli in Maharashtra.

The Sachkhand Gurudwara at Nanded had organised the tercentenary celebration of Gurta Gaddi, which is of great relevance to the Sikh community. The yatra is touring parts of the country with a view to spread the message of oneness and universal love as professed by Sri Guru Granth Sahib.

from all walks of life, who took a break to have a glimpse of the Sri Guru Granth Sahib and the holy weapons, offered flowers and received “Prasad” and sought blessings.
The “ratha yatra” proceeded to Goa later in the afternoon. On the occasion, the Sadh Sangat Gurudwara Committee of Beglaum had organised langar (Mahaprasad) at the Gurudwara in Tilakwadi.

JD(S) demands 'Second Capital status' to Belgaum

The Janata Dal (Secular) will launch an agitation if the BJP Government in Karnataka failed to confer 'Second State Capital' status to Belgaum as promised by the previous BJP-JD(S) coalition Government.

Addressing a press conference here today, State JD(S) Spokesperson Y S V Dutta said Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa should not fail to honour the commitment made to the people of Belgaum district when he was the Deputy Chief Minister. He said the decision to hold a special Assembly session in Belgaum was taken by former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and the State Government should take all measures to make it an annual affair.

He criticised the State Government's move to shift the construction site of the proposed 'Suvarna Soudha', a permanent venue for holding Assembly sessions in Belgaum, for which both Mr Kumaraswamy and Mr Yeddyurappa had laid the foundation stone last year.
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Vidhan Soudha at Halga or Khamkharhatti

MP Suresh Angadi yesterday said that the Vidhan Soudha be built near the highway and the decision of not building on the Vaccine Depot is the right one.

He further said that it be built in Halga or Khamkharhatti. He added building the Vidhan soudha in a densely populated area will cause more problems to the general public and also more traffic chaos on the already chaotic Khanapur Road.

Rakaskop reservoir has water for 3 months

As the rain have taken a rest and this time the rest has been too long the Rakaskop reservoir has water which will last for 3 months only. What after that is the question?

Rains this time came beforetime but then suddenly disappeared. This has been a cause of worry now. Last year by July 7 the reservoir was full to its capacity of 2475 feet. Infact this may the reservoir recorded its highest ever water level in that month of 2450.1 feet.

Now its all on the rain God.
Ye re Ye re Pausa Tula Deto Paisa …

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