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Rs. 60 cr. for development work in Chitradurga city

The Start: S.K. Basavarajan, MLA, performing the ‘bhoomi puja’ for a developmental project in Chitradurga on Monday.

Chitradurga: S.K. Basavarajan, MLA, has said that the Governmenthas granted Rs. 60 crore to the City Municipal Council (CMC) under two different schemes for development of Chitradurga.

Speaking to presspersons after launching development schemes being taken up under the Chief Minister’s Small and Medium Town Development Project here on Monday, he said that the CMC had got Rs. 30 crore for implementation of the project, and a like amount had been received under the Karnataka Municipal Reforms Programme (KMRP). Mr. Basavaraj said, “It is the highest sanction ever received by the CMC. In the past, the funds granted for the city’s development never exceeded Rs. 5 crore.”

Mr. Basavarajan said that of the Rs. 60 crore, the CMC had received Rs. 15 crore as the first instalment. In the first phase, the CMC had taken up projects worth Rs. 3.68 crore, which included the development of interior roads and construction of drains in various areas of the city.

Each month, the CMC would start work in five wards and it would continue at least till the next monsoon. He urged the officials concerned to maintain quality in the works.

He appealed to the people to bring any lapses in the work to his notice.

They could also bring it to the notice of the district administration or the Municipal Commissioner, Mr. Basavarajan said. “You (the people) should bring such issues to our notice when the work is in progress and not after it is finished and the bills are paid.”

On Monday, nine projects in various localities of the city were launched.

Municipal Commissioner S. Vijay Kumar, CMC president Sharadamma, seer of Kabiranand Math and several CMC members were present during the occasion.

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