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MCC presents surplus budget; projects Rs 257.66 cr revenue, Rs 257.60 cr expenditure

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February 14, 2013

Mangalore, Feb 14: The Council of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) here on Thursday approved the surplus budget of Rs 6.04 lakh for the 2013-14 fiscal year, in the budget presentation session chaired by Mayor Gulzar Banu.

The annual budget presented by President of Standing Committee on Taxation and Finance Shantha R projects a total revenue of Rs 257.66 crore, and proposes expenditure of Rs 257.60 crore.

Similar to the previous year, the revenue of the MCC for the year 2013-14 includes Rs 35 crore from water tariff, Rs 29 crore from self-assessment of property tax, Rs 1.3 crore from trade licenses, Rs 7.26 from building regulation and development fees, Rs 3.69 from markets, Rs 15 crore in the form of solid waste collection fees and funds from the government and other sources.

Water supply

A sum of Rs 34.17 crore has been earmarked in the budget for the second vented dam at Thumbe, which is expected to meet the drinking water needs of the city till 2026. As the storage capacity of the vented dam is limited to the storage of water required for 45 days, work on a new vented dam has commenced through the grant of Rs 75.50 crore by Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board. Almost 30 per cent of the works on the new vented dam have been completed and the remaining works have commenced. The corporation has spent Rs 19.75 crore on the vented dam. Once it is completed in May 2014, efforts will be made to supply water to all areas under the MCC, said Shantha R.

Development programmes

The budget has allocated a total of Rs 17.95 crore for various developmental works, including Rs 13.50 crore for development work, Rs 3.07 crore for SC/ST welfare programmes, Rs 98 lakh for social welfare and eradication of poverty, Rs 40.50 lakh for welfare of disabled persons and Rs 7 crore for payment of other bills.

Computerisation

The corporation expected a sum of Rs 3 crore from the government for the computerisation of all departments of the MCC in order to provide better services to the citizens. Efforts will be made in coming days to provide all the information related to the Corporation departments online to the public.

Kuteera Bhagya

A sum of Rs 70 lakh has been reserved in the budget for the Kuteera Bhagya scheme this year, and Rs 2 lakh for the Kuteera Jyothi scheme to provide electricity connections to BPL beneficiaries.

Awareness for students

The budget has earmarked a sum of Rs 5 lakh for the scheme to conduct awareness programmes among students studying in fifth to seventh standard in government schools, on misuse and storage of water, water purification and sewage treatment plants.

Waste collection

A sum of Rs 25 crore has been reserved for solid-waste management for the fiscal year 2013-14.

The contract of door- to-door collection of solid waste has been provided to eight contractors, who have begun collecting waste from houses. Out of 60 wards under the MCC, waste segregated dry and wet waste is being collected in two separate bins in two wards (Mannagudda and Court wards). Collection of segregated waste will begin in other wards in the coming days.

Bulk waste will be collected from hotels, canteens, juice centres, caterers, marriage halls and meat and chicken stalls and processed separately.

The construction of a market in Bejai and a fish market in Jeppu is going on. The MCC is planning to construct another fish market in Kuloor and a bus stand for commuters.

Reactions

Presenting his views, Corporator Harinath said that that the amount of Rs 10 lakh allocated to victims of natural disasters was insufficient, and so was the sum of Rs 35 crore allocated for construction of houses for the poor. The amount allocated for the construction of the fish market has not been mentioned. There is also a necessity for a market in Kavoor, he said, and added that there was no mention in the budget of allotment of rickshaw parking facilities.

Former Mayor Shankar Bhat pressed for the need to allocate funds for the construction of a railway underbridge at Jeppu-Kutpady.

Corporator James pressed for allocation of Rs 10-15 crore for the construction of a new bus stand at Pumpwell junction, while yet another objected to the non-allotment of funds for laying pavements on the sides of concretised roads in the city.

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: The Karnataka government would provide Rs 10,000 immediate relief to families affected by heavy rains and flooding in districts across coastal, central and southern areas of the state, an official said on Thursday.

"Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has directed all the Deputy Commissioners in the rain-cum-flood-hit districts to provide Rs 10,000 interim relief to the affected families and Rs 5 lakh to those whose houses were completely damaged in the natural disaster," a Revenue Department official told media persons here.

As the south-west monsoon advanced and intensified, heavy and widespread rains with gusty winds have been lashing 12 of the 30 districts across the state, wreaking havoc and disrupting normal life due to flooding, landslides, lakes and ponds overflowing, and rivers and their tributaries in the spate.

"The Chief Minister also instructed the officials to make use schools, colleges and public places as relief centres to shelter the rain-cum-flood-hit families, as hostels and community halls have been converted into Covid care centres in the affected districts," said the official.

The affected districts have also been advised to conduct a survey of crop loss suffered by farmers for compensation under the centrally-sponsored Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and the Weather Based Crop Insurance Schemes.

Deputy Commissioners have been told to take preventive measures to protect and provide relief to the people from heavy rains, floods and landslides in the affected districts.

"Yediyurappa also directed ministers in-charge of the districts to remain in their constituency and visit the affected areas to assess damage caused by the rains and flash floods for compensation and relief aid," noted the official.

The Chief Minister on Wednesday announced Rs 50 crore for rescue and relief operations in the affected districts across the state.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological department has issued a red alert on heavy rains in the affected districts of Kodagu, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttar Kannada in the coastal region and in Shivamoga, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Haveri in the Malnad region.

"Bagamandala in Kodagu district where Cauvery river springs near Talakaveri received a whopping 486 mm rain during the last 24 hours, causing flash floods and disrupting normal life as offices, shops and eateries remained shut and public transport was affected," added the official.

The water-level in Cauvery and Lakshmanatheertha is flowing at high level while the Sayi layout and Kuvempu layout Kushalnagar is inundated and the affected residents were shifted to safer location.

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July 8,2020

Mangaluru, July 8: Dakshina Kannada on Wednesday recorded its highest single-day spike in Covid-19 cases with 183 cases reported in the district, while Udupi reported 31 new cases.

DK also recorded two more fatalities – both patients with co-morbid conditions — taking the total death toll in the district to 28. Udupi has recorded three Covid-19 deaths.

The fresh spike saw total positive cases in DK shoot up to 1,542 and active cases to 819. As many as 12 patients were discharged from hospital on Wednesday. The positivity rate in the district now stands at 0.07 %. Health authorities as on date have received 22,181 samples and 20,153 out of 21,695 samples tested have turned out negative.

MLA’s gunman tests positive

The gunman assigned to former minister U T Khader tested positive on Wednesday and three others who were with him in the escort vehicle have been quarantined, said city police commissioner Vikash Kumar Vikash. A section of police commissioner’s office was shut for sanitisation as per protocol after staff working there were treated as primary contacts. The office per se has not been sealed contrary to ‘reports’ doing rounds in social media, he said.

Deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh said the district reported two deaths — one late on Tuesday and the other during the day. The victims are a 57-year-old man and 32-year-old youth. Two of the 183 cases were secondary contacts, 25 were cases of influenza like illness, four cases of SARI, one a case of inter district travel, two with interstate travel, five with international travel history, 22 random samples and five pre-surgery samples.

Udupi district recorded 31 new cases taking the total positive cases recorded as on date to 1,421. Discharge of 1,189 patients meant that Udupi has 229 active cases.

Meanwhile, Kota Shrinivas Poojari, minister for fisheries on Wednesday inaugurated the Covid-19 lab at district hospital in Udupi. Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar inaugurated ambulance monitoring system to ensure expeditious transfer of infected patients to designated treatment centres.

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June 15,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 15: An Indian Army soldier hailing from Belthangady died in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh after he suffered a heart attack.

The deceased is identified as Sandesh Shetty (34), a resident of Barya. He was serving Indian Army for the last 14 years.

As per sources, Sandesh had resumed duties a week ago after returning from vacation. He was deployed at a quarantine center at Mathura and suffered a heart attack there.

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