Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that the cabinet has decided to rename Bengaluru Rural district as Bengaluru North, while Bagepalli has been renamed as Bhagyanagar.
"We have declared Bangalore Rural District as Bangalore North. We have changed Bagepalli to Bhagyanagar."
This comes after the Congress government renamed the Ramanagara district as Bengaluru South.
In another change of name, the Bengaluru University will now be called Dr Manmohan Singh University, after late prime minister.
The cabinet, which met on Wednesday, discussed 48 issues and sanctioned Rs 3,400 crore, including funds for drinking water projects across the state.
"We have discussed 48 issues. Rs 3,400 crores is the amount that was discussed and sanctioned today. BJP repeatedly that this government has no money. I am pressing it...The total revised amount for the Yettinahole project is Rs 23,251 crores, the amount spent so far is Rs 17,147 crores, another 6,103 crores will be spent. This is basically a drinking water project, but we will fill 50% of the lakes...First, the drinking water project should be completed. We are working on drinking water projects in Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Bengaluru Rural, Hassan. After completing the drinking water project in the next 2 years, we will provide water to all those districts," Siddaramaiah said.
Furthermore, the chief minister said that the Labour Department has decided to open one residential school for the children of workers in each district.
"Rs 1175.25 crores have been sanctioned for its construction, wherever there is a large number of workers. We have allocated Rs 10 crores for the construction of two residential schools to train backward candidates for competitive examinations, including UPSC," the chief minister said.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said the cabinet should investigate mining irregularities in the state.
"We have decided that the state cabinet should conduct a special investigation into the mining irregularities and submit a report within a month. HK Patil found some shortcomings. We have formed a cabinet sub-committee under the leadership of the Law Minister to protect our state wealth. Bengaluru was the only one with a high-tech flower market. We have given it to Chikkaballapur district for construction at a cost of Rs 141 crore for a flower market," Shivakumar said.
"We have declared Bangalore Rural District as Bangalore North. We have changed Bagepalli to Bhagyanagar."
This comes after the Congress government renamed the Ramanagara district as Bengaluru South.
In another change of name, the Bengaluru University will now be called Dr Manmohan Singh University, after late prime minister.
The cabinet, which met on Wednesday, discussed 48 issues and sanctioned Rs 3,400 crore, including funds for drinking water projects across the state.
"We have discussed 48 issues. Rs 3,400 crores is the amount that was discussed and sanctioned today. BJP repeatedly that this government has no money. I am pressing it...The total revised amount for the Yettinahole project is Rs 23,251 crores, the amount spent so far is Rs 17,147 crores, another 6,103 crores will be spent. This is basically a drinking water project, but we will fill 50% of the lakes...First, the drinking water project should be completed. We are working on drinking water projects in Kolar, Chikkaballapur, Bengaluru Rural, Hassan. After completing the drinking water project in the next 2 years, we will provide water to all those districts," Siddaramaiah said.
Furthermore, the chief minister said that the Labour Department has decided to open one residential school for the children of workers in each district.
"Rs 1175.25 crores have been sanctioned for its construction, wherever there is a large number of workers. We have allocated Rs 10 crores for the construction of two residential schools to train backward candidates for competitive examinations, including UPSC," the chief minister said.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said the cabinet should investigate mining irregularities in the state.
"We have decided that the state cabinet should conduct a special investigation into the mining irregularities and submit a report within a month. HK Patil found some shortcomings. We have formed a cabinet sub-committee under the leadership of the Law Minister to protect our state wealth. Bengaluru was the only one with a high-tech flower market. We have given it to Chikkaballapur district for construction at a cost of Rs 141 crore for a flower market," Shivakumar said.
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