CM Shettar inaugurates new police station at Amasebailu

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, Oct 2, 2012 : Interacting with reporters after inaugurating a new police station in Amasbailu on October 1, Monday, Chief Minister Jagadish Shetter said that the a new police station has been installed in Ambasbailu in order to address the Naxal issue as Amasbailu is one of the Naxal-infested zones.

Later at a stage program on the premises of the Garodi, Mr. Shettar said that this is his first visit to Udupi, adding that he is happy that he came directly to Amasebailu.

Stating that he was on the verge of cancelling his visit as he is preoccupied with the Cauvery issue, he said that he could not disappoint A. G. Kodgi, who had invited him.

Regarding funds spent on the new police station, Mr. Shettar said that Rs. 45 lakh was spent on constructing the new police station. Besides, Rs. 1. 53 crore was spent on installing solar system for 1,500 families and Rs. 50 lakh was spent on other projects.

The chief minister also expressed his appreciation of the Amasebailu Charitable Trust, which is continuously working for rural development.

Listing out the achievements of the BJP-led state government, he said that the government has launched hundreds of schemes for the poor and for rural development. The government has also sanctioned special packages for Naxal-infested zone, and Rs. 1 crore will soon be passed exclusively for the development of Kollur, Amasebailu, Subrahmanya, and other places.

Further, he said that the state government used to allot Rs. 1 crore for ZP development and Rs. 1 crore for TP development, but now the state government will allot Rs. 2 crore for ZP development.

Complaining that the state had not received even 1km of road under the PM’s Gram Sadak Yojana, he said that he has met Jairam Ramesh, the central rural development minister several times, to discuss this issue. Mr. Ramesh had promised that the central government will contribute 75 percent of the total required funds to develop 2000kms of road, but the centre has not released any funds so far.  Since the state government is willing to contribute 25 percent of the required funds, it has received the finance department’s permission for the immediate development of 2000kms of road.

District-in-charge Minister for Udupi Kota Shrinivas Poojary launched the solar village and agricultural market projects, MLC Shankaramurthy inaugurated the community bhavan, MLC Captain Ganesh Karnik inaugurated the backward class girls’ hostel, Raghavendra, son of Yeddyurappa, inaugurated the Tombattu Bagimane Bridge, and CM Shettar inaugurated the PM’s Gram Sadak Yojana and the drinking water project.

Speaking on the occasion, Shankaramurthy said that villagers are rapidly migrating to cities because of lack of facilities, owing to which all the above-mentioned projects are launched to develop Amasebailu and give all the modern facilities to the people.

MP Jayaprakash Hegde said that inaugurating projects is not enough and the government must ensure that the facilities reach all the people. The government must also give equal importance to the Varahi scheme and small-scale irrigation projects. Regarding the loss of kumki land rights, he said that the government should carefully consider all these issues.