‘State Govt. has adopted step-motherly attitude towards Kalyana Karnataka’
The Hindu
Accusing the BJP-led State Government of adopting a step-motherly attitude towards the Kalyana Karnataka region, Member of Legislative Assembly Priyank Kharge has said that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bo
Accusing the BJP-led State Government of adopting a step-motherly attitude towards the Kalyana Karnataka region, Member of Legislative Assembly Priyank Kharge has said that Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has failed to keep the promise he made to the people of the region during his visit to participate in the Kalyana Karnataka Utsav in Kalaburagi.
Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, Mr. Kharge said that Mr. Bommai has failed to allocate adequate funds for the Kalyana Karnataka Regional Development Board and also to take up works on Phase III of the Upper Krishna Project. The chief Minister has also gone back on his promise to organise an investment meet in Kalaburagi. Mr. Kharge slammed the Centre for the withdrawl of the proposed mega textile park on 1,000 acres of land sanctioned for Kalaburagi district.
Providing details of the funds released to KKRDB, Mr. Kharge said that the State Government had approved only ₹1,125 crore against an allocation of ₹1,500 crore for the board during 2019-20. And, 77% of the total 4,049 works have been completed. In 2020-21, the government has released only ₹1,000 crore against an approval for ₹1,131 crore and only 16% of the total 2,234 works have been completed. Similarly, in 2021-22, the State Government has sanctioned ₹1,492 crore of which only ₹415 crore was released.