Mangaluru, Apr 21: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah has made a fresh promise to seriously consider the demand of the people for setting up a government medical college at the District Wenlock Hospital in Mangaluru during the next year's budget.
Speaking at a formal programme after launching several development projects in the city, he said that as many as 12 medical colleges have been sanctioned in recent years as there were only four medical colleges in 2004-05.
He also said that the demand on expansion of runway at Mangaluru International Airport, widening of road to Airport from Kavoor, ring road from Mulki-Bajpe-Gurpura-Konaje-Kotekar, facelift to Old Port will be considered in the future.
He said that unlike the previous government, his government doesn't make only promises but also deliver those promises. Out of the 165 promises the Congress party had made in its election manifesto, more than 100 promises have already been fulfilled, the CM said.
He expressed confidence that Congress would come back to power in 2018 crushing all the dreams of Opposition parties that according to him are levelling baseless allegations against the ruling party.
He said that his government is committed to mak Karnataka a hunger-free State and has already supplied free rice to 1.13 crore families in the State. To empower SC/ST community members, the State government has earmarked Rs 19,452 crore in the budget,” he said.
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