Belgaum 76th place in Deposits & Credit base
6:07 PM Posted by ukmad
Amongst the Top Two Hundred Centers Arranged According to Size of Aggregate Deposits / Gross Bank Credit - December 2007: Belgaum stands at 76th place for Deposits of 3101 crores and credit of 1936 crores.
These figures are the gross deposit base and credit given by all the banks in Belgaum.
All figures in Crores.
Belgaum is 5 in the State after Hubli. All the big companies see this data only when they plan an entry into the city & for this reason all the development of Hubli takes first and then its Belgaum. Take anything for that matter from Icici bank to HDFC bank, first in Hubli and then in Belgaum.
However, I was amazed to see Kolhapur at 99th place. Kolhapur is a very good industrial hub but the deposits are less but the credit is more than Belgaum.
KLES HOSPITAL STALL GETS 1st PRIZE IN SAFE WORLD-2008
4:17 PM Posted by ukmad
KLES HOSPITAL STALL GETS 1st PRIZE IN SAFE WORLD-2008 EXHIBITION AT BANGALORE.Picture: Shri. B S Yadurappa, Chief Minister at the KLE Stall
The prestigious KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital of Belgaum bagged the 1st Prize in Safe World – 2008 exhibition from Hospital & Medical Services category. The Exhibition on National Disaster management was held at Palace Ground Bangalore from 12th to 16th June, 2008. In a five days event, over 147 stalls with latest devices to provide effective coverage in the event of disaster, technology support & equipments to manage the disaster were on the display.
The exhibits of KLES Hospital included the state-of-the-art Mobile Tele-Medicine Van, Trauma Care Ambulance with life support system. The medical & humane services provided in Gujarat Earthquake, Tsunami hit Tamil Nadu & Medical relief conducted by team of medical fraternity in recently flood affected Belgaum attracted attention of all the visitors.
The list of visitors to KLES Stall included Shri. Shivraj Patil, Hon’ble Home Minister Govt. of India, Shri. B S Yadurappa, Chief Minister, Dr. V S Acharya, Home Minister, Dr. Mahadevan Nair, Chairman ISRO. All the dignitaries were highly impressed with Mobile Tele-Medicine Van & its connectivity through satellite to any disaster hit place & the important role the tele-medicine plays in providing medical aid to the disaster hit people was emphasized by one & all.
Dr. Mahadevan Nair, Chairman ISRO Congratulated Dr. M V Jali, Medical Director & KLES management for establishing Mobile Tele-medicine concept. Both of them had one to one interaction through tele-medicine.
Later in the valedictory function held at Palace ground Dr. Mahadevan Nair, Chairman ISRO gave first prize to KLES Dr. Prabhakar Kore Hospital. Mr. Kishore Reddy, I T Administrator received the prize on behalf of the Hospital. Mr. Jija Hari Singh, DGP Commandant Home Guard & Director of Civil Defense, Shri. K M Singh Member, National Disaster Management, New Delhi & Mr. Khaleel Ul Rehman, IGP Additional Director Civil Defense were present on the occasion.
Abhay Kumar Patil in Kaveri Nagar: ‘Shramdan’ is his motto'
9:53 AM Posted by ukmad
Source The Hindu
Cleanliness drive: Abhay Kumar Patil, MLA (left), making way for stagnant water at Kaveri Nagar in Belgaum South constituency that he represents.
Residents of Kaveri Nagar in Belgaum South constituency were in for a surprise on Sunday morning.
Cleanliness drive: Abhay Kumar Patil, MLA (left), making way for stagnant water at Kaveri Nagar in Belgaum South constituency that he represents.
Residents of Kaveri Nagar in Belgaum South constituency were in for a surprise on Sunday morning.
Abhay Kumar Patil, two-time MLA from the constituency, was seen making way for stagnant water that had accumulated on a long stretch of a road. A few residents of the area, including women, joined hands with him in the drive. In sharp contrast to many of his counterparts who are busy attending felicitation functions, Mr. Patil engages himself in some development work at least once in a day.
Mr. Patil has been successful in developing the two model villages of Hulikavi and Jafferwadi in the erstwhile Bagewadi constituency which he represented in the previous Assembly.
He also kicked off the process for the third village of Gejapati in the same constituency.
Mr. Patil is now looking forward to developing all localities, including slums, in Belgaum South constituency into model colonyies.
Since he feels that the corporation or local municipalities do not offer much help in keeping the city clean, Mr. Patil has started involving people in the “shramdan.”
By leading the voluntary service, Mr. Patil has been motivating people not to depend on municipal workers.
On Tuesday, he held a meeting with Belgaum City Corporation officials, and proposed to take up a pilot project to develop one of the slums into a model colony.
If it turns out to be successful, the project will be extended to other localities in Belgaum South.
Big Companies eye on Belgaum Real Estate
10:52 AM Posted by ukmad
In the past year or so, I have posted more than a couple of stories regarding to real estate and the boom in this said sector.
As Belgaum is on the National highway, many big players and companies are eyeing to open or develop land here in Belgaum. Many of them have now identified places where they will do development.
A couple of malls are coming up in the city. Some prefer the outskirts and others the heart of the city. All the projects are of high investment & are done by outside companies from Pune, Bangalore, and even Uttar Pradesh.
Established players like Subhash Photos are now opening a branch in Tilakwadi to get the pie from the suburban market. Others are also catching on the same.
As all want to bite the share of this pie, a number of companies are coming in as they do not want to miss the chance and this is causing a price rise for land.
VRL group is planning to develop a project near Sambra on the Belgaum – Bagalkot highway.
Tata sons ltd had identified one spot on the Belgaum – Vengurla road but it could not get and approval so it is in search for a 2 acre site some where else.
Ashok Leyland is also trying to get 100 acres of land near Hattargi for its plant.
Fero steel will setup a steel plant on 80 acres near Santibastwad.
Sahara City is eyeing a 120-acre land near Halga.
K & A Consultants a Bangalore based company is also starting its projects here.
Due to this sudden rise in prices of land, the political interference has also increased and the Waghwade IT Park of 116 acres is just one example that seems to go into the grave soon.
May what it is, but Belgaum is changing and changes are for the better.
Love Dale Principal Geeta Bhute passes away
10:39 AM Posted by ukmad
Mrs.Gita bhute who initially served in the Kendriya Vidalaya then went on to open the Love Dale School and Sagar D.ED academy in Belgaum.
Her husband Ravi & son Samrat survive her.
Government plans B’lore-Mumbai industrial corridor
8:03 AM Posted by ukmad
In an effort to give a much needed boost to the industrial development in the state, the State Government has proposed to develop Bangalore- Mumbai industrial corridor besides formulating a new industrial policy.
Minister for Major and Medium Industries Murugesh Nirani told reporters here on Friday that the new policy, focusing on creating investorfriendly environment, would be in place in the next three months. ‘’While formulating the new policy, industrial policies in states like Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan will be studied,’’ he said.
On the industrial corridor Nirani said that a feasibility study on Bangalore-Mumbai industrial corridor was being taken up as proposed by the Centre. The proposed corridor would establish connectivity from Bangalore to Belgaum covering 11 district headquarters and 22 towns along the National Highway Number 4, he said.
IT-BT zone at Mangalore, Mysore, Hubli- Dharwad, Belgaum.
Ignored by Congress leadership, he found the lotus attractive
7:54 AM Posted by ukmad
Source The HinduThe decision of former MP Prabhakar Kore to join the BJP has surprised many.
Mr. Kore is a Lingayat and heads the Karnataka Lingayat Education Society, which runs a number of educational-health institutions in the State. His decision is being seen as further consolidation of the Lingayat forces behind the BJP, particularly in north Karnataka.
Mr. Kore is a Lingayat and heads the Karnataka Lingayat Education Society, which runs a number of educational-health institutions in the State. His decision is being seen as further consolidation of the Lingayat forces behind the BJP, particularly in north Karnataka.
When a section of the media was carrying reports that Mr. Kore was planning to join the BJP or the Janata Dal (S) after the Congress denied him ticket to contest from the Chikkodi-Sadalaga Assembly constituency, he had denied them. On April 30, he said he was “seriously” considering saying “goodbye” to active politics to devote the rest of his life to “social service.”
On May 4, he said: “I want to quit politics, leave alone joining the Janata Dal (S), the BJP or any other party.” “Though I am pained at the Congress attitude towards me, I will remain a loyal worker of the party,” he said and emphasised that politics was not what it used to be, and therefore he wished to concentrate on social service.
Apparently, he was “hurt” by the raw deal given to him by the high command as well as the State Congress leadership.
He was in the Congress for about four decades. He was made member of the Rajya Sabha in 1990 and was nominated to the Legislative Council in 2001. When the Chikkodi constituency was made a general segment and its map was redrawn by including some parts of Sadalga into it to form the new “Chikkodi-Sadalga” constituency, he saw an opportunity to enter the Assembly from his home constituency. But, the Congress dashed his dream.
The Congress chose to field his arch rival and two-time MLA, Prakash B. Hukkeri, from there.
According to the grapevine, both the State and central leadership of the Congress were not happy with Mr. Kore’s favours to the Janata Dal (S)-BJP coalition government when the special legislature session was held on the KLE Society’s J.N. Medical College campus here in September, 2006.
Since then, Mr. Kore’s relationship with senior leaders had come under strain.
Belgaum ring road: Still a Dream
1:30 PM Posted by ukmad
1) Hindalga-Peeranwadi-Halga
2) Hindalga-Kakti-Halga
Total ring road length 38 kms.
Ring road breadth 100 feet
285 acres of land needed
Rs.1425 lakh for land acquisition
Ring road total expenditure Rs.30 crores
10 years ago, the plan for the ring road was prepared. Imagine, since ten years nothing has happened on ground; only papers have changed places and this road, which will be a boon to traffic, will remain a dream.
A jaipur-based company was allotted the contract for the project but it was cancelled and a new process for obtaining was commenced.
The BUDA chairman has attributed the cause for this delay to the elections. A state run enterprise is likely to do the said project this time.
May it be a state run enterprise or a private company, Belgaumites need that ring road as the movement of heavy vehicles will be diverted on to the new road giving the regular traffic some more space on the roads.
This road can avoid the enormous accidents that happen on the Udyambag road. In addition, vehicles going to Goa from Kolhapur etc can directly take the new road and avoid heavy traffic in city limits. It is the case with people from Goa to Kolhapur, if they divert from Peeranwadi they will join the NH 4 at Kakti. Towards Bangalore, you can join Halga on NH 4.
Pray to Lord that, this present govt will look into this and by the time they finish the full term we would be plying on the Ring Road.
Prabhakar B. Kore BJP Rajsabhya Candidate
8:15 AM Posted by ukmad
The BJP delivered a jolt to Congress by picking its leader and Belgaum educationist Prabhakar Kore as its candidate for Rajya Sabha polls.
Prabhakar Kore to address Meeting of steering panel on health in Washington DC from Sunday
12:07 PM Posted by ukmad
The global network consists of eminent researchers in the field of women’s and children’s health.
KLE Society’s J.N. Medical College in the city has established collaboration with the University of Missouri in Kansas City with Richard Derman (UMKC) and B.S. Kodkany (JNMC) as principal investigators.
For the past eight years, the team has produced evidence that both maternal mortality and infant mortality can be reduced significantly in rural community of Belgaum by using simple, cost-effective and easy-to-implement interventions.
Mr. Kore said here on Wednesday that he would address the members of the steering committee on the impact of research results from Belgaum on the Prime Minister’s initiative of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM). The goal of NRHM is to reduce MMR (maternal mortality rate) and IMR (infant mortality rate) by two-thirds by 2012.
J Ravishankar is the new DC for Belgaum
1:16 PM Posted by ukmad
J Ravishankar is the new DC for Belgaum. The outgoing M E Shivalinga Murthy is now Director Mines andGeology.
Belgaum Monsoon
10:20 AM Posted by ukmad
The picture taken by Mr.Bharat M of Sadashiv Nagar, Belgaum.
Belgaum Cantonment Board Elections
7:47 AM Posted by ukmad
The elections to the Belgaum Cantonment got over on sunday and the counting was done yesterday.
For the first time 2 women have made it to the board out of seven members.
Daval Jangu Shaikh and Ashtekar prominent past members were voted out by the voters this time.
Winners: Ward No.7 -Dr.Madan Dongre, Ward No.6- Deepak Bhatti
Revamp of belgaum airport by 2008
7:43 AM Posted by ukmad
Apart from the 35 airports taken up for modernisation, the AAI (Airports Authority of India) will invest around Rs 490 crore to develop 11 smaller airports like Akola, Belgaum, Cooch Behar, Gondia, Surat and Srinagar. All these airports are also projected to be developed by the end of 2008.
HC circuit benches from July 7: Vedike to organise ‘Bangalore Chalo’
12:44 PM Posted by ukmad
Source The Hindu & Rediff.com
The long-cherished dream of the people of North Karnataka will become a reality on July 7 this year. Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court Cyriac Joseph issued a notification that the circuit benches of Karnataka High Court at Dharwad and Gulbarga will commence work from July 7.
On the orders of the chief justice, high court registrar issued a notification in this regard. The full bench of the high court which met on Tuesday passed a resolution permitting sitting of judges at the newly-established circuit benches at Dharwad on Gulbarga.
Wednesday's notification states that the cases from the districts of Bagalkot, Bellary, Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Koppal and Uttara Kannada will be heard at Dharwad while those from Bijapur, Bidar, Gulbarga and Raichur will be heard in Gulbarga. Pending cases will be transferred to the respective circuit benches before July 7, 2008. Filing of new cases at the circuit benches will be permitted from July 7, 2008.
Vedike to organise ‘Bangalore Chalo’
The construction of new high court buildings at Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) in Dharwad is nearing completion. Government will be urged to start work on Suvarna Vikasa Soudha’
The district unit of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike will organise “Bangalore Chalo” agitation on June 16 to bring pressure on the State Government to start work on Suvarna Vikasa Soudha in Belgaum city.
The vedike will also ask the Government to expedite all the development projects that have been put on hold in the wake of the Assembly elections, according to president of the district unit of the vedike Rajeev Topannavar.
He told presspersons here on Saturday that the a large number of workers of the vedike would stage a protest in front of Vidhana Soudha on June 16 against the “lackadaisical” attitude of the Government towards development requirements of Belgaum district.
Several promises
The Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition Government had made several promises with regard to development of the district, but none of them were implemented, he said.
The vedike would urge the Government to set up an Export Promotion Council to encourage export of foundary products and sweets; start work on information technology and biotechnology parks, textile park, underground sewage scheme and Belgaum-Chorla road development project; announce a special package for renovation of Kannada medium schools in border areas, and accord taluk status to Kittur.
