Budget has no allocations for flood-proofing the city
The Hindu
Post the destructive floods that rendered the city limp in October last year, one would have expected considerable allocations in the coming budget for ameliorating the situation in future.
The Budget for the Financial Year 2021-22 presented by Minister T. Harish Rao on Thursday, however, does not show a single rupee allotment for development of either lakes or storm water drains in the city which are central requirement for making city flood proof. Massive economic cost accompanied the October floods, as thousands of people lost their homes and livelihoods, and government spent enormous amounts running into hundreds of crores of rupees on distribution of flood relief.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.