Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said that irrigation projects worth Rs. 5,500 crore have been approved and launched across the state.
He said in a speech following the unveiling of statues of Kittur Rani Chennamma, Kranti Veera Sangolli Rayanna, and Dr. BR Ambedkar on Tuesday in the vicinity of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha that a provision had been made in this year's budget to create the Kittur Karnataka Development Authority, which would decide on various major projects, allocate the unique funds needed for development, and create a plan of action.
The Kittur region is known for irrigation, agriculture, agriculture-based industries, sugar factories, and other businesses and also for education. This region must have its fair share of development, including infrastructure, national highways, and railways, through planned development of this rich region, he said.
The Chief Minister said, the people provided the government with the motivation to erect the sculptures, and further encouragement was given to the development of irrigation in this region. "All open projects in the third stage of the UKP have been completed. In response to efforts made over the previous 7-8 years to provide farmers with a standard price, the government chose to pay farmers through check. The Kalasa-Bandura project's DPR is complete, and bids are currently being accepted. They will begin the project in the upcoming days. One lakh people now have jobs thanks to the FMCG that was started on 300 acres of land between Kittur and Dharwad, the man claimed.
The establishment of the Special Investment Zone, Jayadeva Hospital in Dharwad, and Kidwai Hospital in Belagavi. Karnataka and the country will both flourish as Kittur Karnataka develops in the future years, said Bommai.
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