Revenue Minister directs officials to complete pending rain relief works in a fortnight

Expressing his displeasure over the non-completion of rain damage relief works pending from 2019 to 2022, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda here on Tuesday directed officials to complete the works in a fortnight

Expressing his displeasure over the non-completion of rain damage relief works pending from 2019 to 2022, Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda here on Tuesday directed officials to complete the works in a fortnight.

During a review meeting of the Revenue Department at the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat auditorium, Mr. Gowda said relief works that should have been completed in 45 days have been pending since 2019. While asking reasons for the delay, the Minister said the works should be completed in 15 days and payment for these works should also be done.

The Minister said disaster relief fund of ₹7 crore with the Deputy Commissioner and ₹3 crore with the tahsildars can be used for essential works.

Expressing his concern over pendency of cases before the courts of Deputy Commissioner (DC) and Assistant Commissioners (ACs) , the Minster said 3,354 cases were pending before ACs.

Of 3,354 cases, 164 were pending for more than five years, while 142 were pending between two and five years. Similarly, 495 cases were pending before the DC of which 83 cases were pending for more than five years and 64 pending between two and five years.

Asking officials to clear the cases in the next three months, the Minister said pendency should be brought down to one month.

Agreeing with problems caused due to encumbrance certificate in registration of properties under the new Kaveri-2 software, which was raised by Mangaluru City South MLA D. Vedavyas Kamath, the Minister said the same was being addressed.