Mangaluru, Dec 23: Minister for Water Resources M B Patil has assured that the long-pending construction work on the new Thumbay vented dam, which was due to be completed in May 2014, will be completed in June 2015, said MLC Ivan D'Souza.
Briefing presspersons at a media conference here on Tuesday, he said that he had raised a total of 45 questions during the winter session of Karnataka legislature held for a period of 10 days at Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi, concerning the developmental activities and pending works in Dakshina Kannada. Out of the total 45 questions, the government provided replies for 38, while the concerned departments requested for time on seven issues, he informed.
On the possibility of installing underground cables in Mangaluru city limits, he said that the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had assured that the undergrounding of electricity transmission cables would be done shortly as a substitution for the present cable system.
On a query of upgradation of facilities at Mangalore International Airport, he said that the road leading to the airport would be upgraded in the second phase shortly. The civil aviation minister has also assured the extension of the airport runway in the future, he said.
The MLC said that he raised the issue of areca growers in the session and urged that a separate areca board should be formed in the state to address the problems of areca growers in the state along with a state relief fund for them.
Mr D'Souza said that he had also urged the creation of a new bill in the state to replace the Karnataka University Act which was outdated and had been amended nine times previously.
He informed that he had further raised several issues before the session including cancellation of interest on self-assessment property tax for citizens in Mangaluru, elevation of Mangaluru to Smart City status, commencement of second division of the state High Court, construction of bhavan for lawyers in Mangaluru, shifting of Mangaluru Prison to the outskirts of the city, inclusion of Konkani as a language option in PUC syllabus and others.
"Despite hurdles created by the opposition (BJP), we conducted several sessions to show that the government is committed to the welfare of farmers and resolving their problems," he added.
On the occasion, Mr Ivan D'Souza handed over cheques to 13 beneficiaries from the district from the funds sanctioned from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund for their treatment.
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