Ring road proposal sent to Centre: Minister
The Hindu
DHARWAD: Minister for Municipal Administration S.R. Morey said on Monday that a proposal to build a 9.45-km ring road in Hubli-Dharwad at a cost of Rs. 31 crores has been sent to the Centre for approval.
Presiding over a meeting here to review the progress achieved in the implementation of development works, Mr. Morey said Rs. 20 lakhs has been released for conducting a survey related to the ring road.
For improving the road between Hubli and Dharwad, a proposal seeking Rs. 10 crores has been submitted to the Government. Of the amount, Rs. 3 crores has been released and the work has commenced, the Minister said. Mr. Morey said approval has been given to construct 300 Ashraya houses at Rayapur.
He asked the officials to submit a project report on providing drinking water, power supply and roads in the area. He instructed the officials of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) to expedite the process of rehabilitation of petty shop owners evicted during the recent "Operation Footpath."
P. Manivannan, Commissioner of the HDMC, said 508 sites have been identified to rehabilitate the displaced shop owners. "We have received 420 applications in Hubli and 300 in Dharwad," he added.
Mr. Morey said the Deputy Commissioner, Police Commissioner, corporation Commissioner and the Managing Director of the North West Karnataka Road Transport Corporation should hold discussions on the proposal to shift the city bus stand before taking any action on it.
Narayan Nadamani, Police Commissioner; E. Radhakrishna, Managing Director of NWKRTC; S.B. Bommanahalli, headquarters assistant to Deputy Commissioner; Krishnaji Chauhan of the Public Works Department; Yeligar, Executive Engineer, National Highway Authority, and K.H. Kakanur, Commissioner of the Hubli-Dharwad Development Authority, were present.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Will Sankeshwar be able to garner votes for the Janata Dal (S)?
Will Sankeshwar be able to garner votes for the Janata Dal (S)?
The Hindu
HUBLI: The impact of Vijay Sankeshwar, founder of Kannada Nadu, joining the Janata Dal (Secular) appears to be more psychological than real.
The JD(S) has been able to bag one more Lingayat leader, and Mr. Sankeshwar has come back into active politics after his party, Kannada Nadu, proved to be a political flop. Will this development bring political dividends to JD(S) in the region?
Kannada Nadu, which Mr. Sankeshwar established with lot of fanfare after be broke away from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), proved to be flop in the 2004 elections. Only one party candidate won from Gulbarga district, but he promptly joined the Congress. Mr. Sankeshwar lost the Hubli Rural Assembly seat to Jagadish Shettar, who is now the BJP State President. Kannada Nadu polled only two per cent of the votes, according to Mr. Sankeshwar himself.
The JD(S) garnered only 17 seats out of a total of 95 from the region in the 2004 Assembly elections, with the Bombay Karnataka region giving it just three seats. The JD(S) initially chose to ignore the region. But after the 2004 elections, it dawned on the leadership that unless they mobilise support from this region, it would be difficult to come to power on its own.
With this end in view, it began to focus on the region and the Lingayat community, which has kept away from the party. It has already put two Lingayats from north Karnataka in positions of power: State party President N. Thippanna and Deputy Chief Minister M.P. Prakash. JD(S) Working President H.D. Kumaraswamy, who was here on Saturday to welcome Mr. Sankeshwar into the party, said he will be given an important position. The task given to Mr. Sankeshwar is to counter the propaganda that JD(S) national President H.D. Deve Gowda is inimical to the interests of the region.
Political pundits say that the impression is that Mr. Gowda is anti-Lingayat and anti-north Karnataka.
Treatment of Hegde
This is mainly because of the way he had the late Ramakrishna Hegde thrown out of the erstwhile Janata Dal after becoming the Prime Minister. Despite being a Brahmin, Hegde was a leader trusted by the Lingayats.
The role he played as Prime Minister in reneging on his promise of making Hubli the headquarters of the South Western Zone of the Railways has also been held against Mr. Gowda.
Whether Mr. Sankeshwar can help the JD(S) recover lost ground is the question.
The Hindu
HUBLI: The impact of Vijay Sankeshwar, founder of Kannada Nadu, joining the Janata Dal (Secular) appears to be more psychological than real.
The JD(S) has been able to bag one more Lingayat leader, and Mr. Sankeshwar has come back into active politics after his party, Kannada Nadu, proved to be a political flop. Will this development bring political dividends to JD(S) in the region?
Kannada Nadu, which Mr. Sankeshwar established with lot of fanfare after be broke away from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), proved to be flop in the 2004 elections. Only one party candidate won from Gulbarga district, but he promptly joined the Congress. Mr. Sankeshwar lost the Hubli Rural Assembly seat to Jagadish Shettar, who is now the BJP State President. Kannada Nadu polled only two per cent of the votes, according to Mr. Sankeshwar himself.
The JD(S) garnered only 17 seats out of a total of 95 from the region in the 2004 Assembly elections, with the Bombay Karnataka region giving it just three seats. The JD(S) initially chose to ignore the region. But after the 2004 elections, it dawned on the leadership that unless they mobilise support from this region, it would be difficult to come to power on its own.
With this end in view, it began to focus on the region and the Lingayat community, which has kept away from the party. It has already put two Lingayats from north Karnataka in positions of power: State party President N. Thippanna and Deputy Chief Minister M.P. Prakash. JD(S) Working President H.D. Kumaraswamy, who was here on Saturday to welcome Mr. Sankeshwar into the party, said he will be given an important position. The task given to Mr. Sankeshwar is to counter the propaganda that JD(S) national President H.D. Deve Gowda is inimical to the interests of the region.
Political pundits say that the impression is that Mr. Gowda is anti-Lingayat and anti-north Karnataka.
Treatment of Hegde
This is mainly because of the way he had the late Ramakrishna Hegde thrown out of the erstwhile Janata Dal after becoming the Prime Minister. Despite being a Brahmin, Hegde was a leader trusted by the Lingayats.
The role he played as Prime Minister in reneging on his promise of making Hubli the headquarters of the South Western Zone of the Railways has also been held against Mr. Gowda.
Whether Mr. Sankeshwar can help the JD(S) recover lost ground is the question.
No going back on promise to grant land for rail shed: Morey
No going back on promise to grant land for rail shed: Morey
The Hindu
SOLVING PROBLEMS: Ministers H.K. Patil, S.R. Morey, Jabbarkhan Honnalli and Basavaraj Horatti at a meeting on problems related to Railways in Hubli on Monday.
HUBLI: There is no question of going back on the promise by the former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna to grant 100 acres of land at Navalur between Hubli and Dharwad to shift the railway goods shed, which will be converted into a railway station.
This was made clear by S.R. Morey, Minister for Municipal Administration; Jabbar Khan Honnalli, Minister for Sports and Youth Services, and Basavaraj Horatti, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj. They were responding to questions by presspersons after attending a meeting of elected representatives convened by Pralhad Joshi, Dharwad North MP.
Mr. Morey was clarifying the doubts raised on his remarks made at the meeting earlier. He had said that the land in question is under the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board and it cannot be given free. Mr. Morey made it clear that there has to be a proposal to that effect before any decision can be taken. So far, the State Government has not received any proposal from South Western Railway. "Let the proposal come and the Government will take a suitable decision. There is no question of going back on the promise made by Mr. Krishna," Mr. Morey said Earlier in the meeting, Mr. Morey said perhaps Mr. Krishna had not realised that the land in question is with the KIADB when he made the promise.
Jagadish Shettar, President of the State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, said he was present when Mr. Krishna made the promise at a function to lay the foundation stone of the SWR's zonal office by the then Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and the promise should be honoured.
H.K. Patil, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, said some arrangement could be worked out with the Railways with regard to the land. The Railways could transfer some part of its land, which the administration might need in lieu of transfer of 100 acres. The transferred land may not be equal to what is sought by the Railways, he added. A.D. Mainrai, Divisional Railway Manager, said the Railways may not be having vacant land that may be of any help to the district administration. Mr. Pralhad Joshi said shifting of the Goods Shed is crucial for the development of the Hubli railway station. It is also coming in the way of introduction of new trains. Every time a proposal is made, the limitation of space at the station is cited as one of the reasons. The Government should honour the commitment of Mr. Krishna and transfer the land free of cost, he added. Railway officials said the Railway Board has rejected proposals for buying land in view of the promise made by Mr. Krishna.
The Ministers asked the officials to send a proposal to the State Government and invited them to attend a meeting to be convened in Bangalore shortly by Mr. Morey in this connection.
On the work on Bijapur-Bagalkot-Gadag railway line, the officials were asked to send details to enable the Government to release Rs. 35 crores during this financial year itself. The remaining funds could be given the next year to enable the work to be completed by March 2007.
The officials said the work on the Bijapur-Bagalkot section has ended and the line will be opened for traffic soon.
The Hindu
SOLVING PROBLEMS: Ministers H.K. Patil, S.R. Morey, Jabbarkhan Honnalli and Basavaraj Horatti at a meeting on problems related to Railways in Hubli on Monday.
HUBLI: There is no question of going back on the promise by the former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna to grant 100 acres of land at Navalur between Hubli and Dharwad to shift the railway goods shed, which will be converted into a railway station.
This was made clear by S.R. Morey, Minister for Municipal Administration; Jabbar Khan Honnalli, Minister for Sports and Youth Services, and Basavaraj Horatti, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj. They were responding to questions by presspersons after attending a meeting of elected representatives convened by Pralhad Joshi, Dharwad North MP.
Mr. Morey was clarifying the doubts raised on his remarks made at the meeting earlier. He had said that the land in question is under the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board and it cannot be given free. Mr. Morey made it clear that there has to be a proposal to that effect before any decision can be taken. So far, the State Government has not received any proposal from South Western Railway. "Let the proposal come and the Government will take a suitable decision. There is no question of going back on the promise made by Mr. Krishna," Mr. Morey said Earlier in the meeting, Mr. Morey said perhaps Mr. Krishna had not realised that the land in question is with the KIADB when he made the promise.
Jagadish Shettar, President of the State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, said he was present when Mr. Krishna made the promise at a function to lay the foundation stone of the SWR's zonal office by the then Prime Minister A.B. Vajpayee and the promise should be honoured.
H.K. Patil, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, said some arrangement could be worked out with the Railways with regard to the land. The Railways could transfer some part of its land, which the administration might need in lieu of transfer of 100 acres. The transferred land may not be equal to what is sought by the Railways, he added. A.D. Mainrai, Divisional Railway Manager, said the Railways may not be having vacant land that may be of any help to the district administration. Mr. Pralhad Joshi said shifting of the Goods Shed is crucial for the development of the Hubli railway station. It is also coming in the way of introduction of new trains. Every time a proposal is made, the limitation of space at the station is cited as one of the reasons. The Government should honour the commitment of Mr. Krishna and transfer the land free of cost, he added. Railway officials said the Railway Board has rejected proposals for buying land in view of the promise made by Mr. Krishna.
The Ministers asked the officials to send a proposal to the State Government and invited them to attend a meeting to be convened in Bangalore shortly by Mr. Morey in this connection.
On the work on Bijapur-Bagalkot-Gadag railway line, the officials were asked to send details to enable the Government to release Rs. 35 crores during this financial year itself. The remaining funds could be given the next year to enable the work to be completed by March 2007.
The officials said the work on the Bijapur-Bagalkot section has ended and the line will be opened for traffic soon.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Loans of sugar factories to be rescheduled
Loans of sugar factories to be rescheduled
The Hindu
HUBLI: NABARD has agreed to reschedule loans of 14 cooperative sugar factories in the State, said R.V. Deshpande, Minister for Cooperation, here on Sunday.
Mr. Deshpande said in a brief chat with presspersons that a credit of Rs. 185 crores was to be made available to these sugar cooperatives by NABARD.
The Government had also proposed that a working capital of Rs. 100 crores be given to sugar cooperatives and it (proposal) was being sent to NCDC.
The Government, he said, had decided to sell or lease out four loss-making cooperative sugar factories at Aland, Brahmavar, Pandavapur and Haveri.
This had been decided as per the recommendations of a Cabinet Subcommittee, Mr. Deshpande said.
Some of the nominees had come from Gulbarga to plead against the proposal as far as the Aland Cooperative Sugar Factory was concerned.
The acceptance of the suggestion would mean the Government would have to invest Rs. 25 crores in the Aland sugar factory. A decision is yet to be taken, Mr. Deshpande said.
As far as the revival of KCC Bank, Dharwad, was concerned, Mr. Deshpande admitted that there had been some delay in making available the promised assistance. The bank was to be revived by March 2006, he added.
The Hindu
HUBLI: NABARD has agreed to reschedule loans of 14 cooperative sugar factories in the State, said R.V. Deshpande, Minister for Cooperation, here on Sunday.
Mr. Deshpande said in a brief chat with presspersons that a credit of Rs. 185 crores was to be made available to these sugar cooperatives by NABARD.
The Government had also proposed that a working capital of Rs. 100 crores be given to sugar cooperatives and it (proposal) was being sent to NCDC.
The Government, he said, had decided to sell or lease out four loss-making cooperative sugar factories at Aland, Brahmavar, Pandavapur and Haveri.
This had been decided as per the recommendations of a Cabinet Subcommittee, Mr. Deshpande said.
Some of the nominees had come from Gulbarga to plead against the proposal as far as the Aland Cooperative Sugar Factory was concerned.
The acceptance of the suggestion would mean the Government would have to invest Rs. 25 crores in the Aland sugar factory. A decision is yet to be taken, Mr. Deshpande said.
As far as the revival of KCC Bank, Dharwad, was concerned, Mr. Deshpande admitted that there had been some delay in making available the promised assistance. The bank was to be revived by March 2006, he added.
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