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Tuesday, 27 January 2009 |
Tobacco prices at auctions in Karnataka have hit records, with average rates exceeding the previous peak achieved in Andhra Pradesh last year by about 30 per cent and settled at about Rs 110 a kg.
“The prices at the on-going Karnataka auctions ruled at an average of Rs 109.85 a kg as on January 22, compared with the previous record of Rs 84.85 a kg struck during the auctions in Andhra Pradesh in 2008,'' a senior official with Guntur-based Tobacco Board said.
Despite slowdown denting demand in many commodities, auctions in India, the third-largest exporter of tobacco and its products, witnessed unprecedented surge in the prices due to stagnant global production and a rise in overseas demand.
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Tuesday, 27 January 2009 |
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa on Saturday announced a special package of Rs. 3,700 crore for 30 projects aimed at the comprehensive development of north Karnataka.
In a 90-minute reply to the debate on the motion of thanks to the Governor for his address to the joint session of the State legislature, Mr. Yeddyurappa said that the Government was committed to the development of all districts in north Karnataka. A Rs. 600-crore drinking water project comprising 80 schemes would be implemented in 878 villages in north Karnataka, where fluoride content in water was high.
He said the Government would take up the Rs. 2,193-crore Chimmalagi lift irrigation project in Bijapur district to lift 20 tmcft of water to irrigate 87,067 hectares of land in Muddebihal, Basavanabagewadi, Sindagi, Indi, and Bijapur taluks. Of the sum, Rs. 63.20 crore would be spent on overhead tanks and canals in the next financial year. A proposal had been prepared to implement the second phase of the Guthi Basavanna lift irrigation project in Bijapur district to irrigate 20,690 hectares of land in Indi and Sindagi taluks and Rs. 128 crore would be earmarked for the project in the next budget, he said.
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Tuesday, 27 January 2009 |
Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy today lashed out at the BJP government, saying it has been"misleading"people on development programmes without releasing funds.
" There can be no development possible under the BJP government in the state. It is not only misleading people, but also media,"Kumaraswamy, the state unit JD(S) president, alleged at a press conference here.
He took a dig at Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, who is on an"assurance giving"spree, saying"here is a Chief Minister who promises Rs 80 crore funds release for a Rs 1,400 crore Tungbahdra Modernisation project and set a target to complete it in four years. Even that meagre Rs 80 crore promised is not at all released."
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Monday, 26 January 2009 |
Karnataka would be developed into an important tourist destination in the map of India in the coming 53 months, said chief minister B S Yeddyurappa.
He was addressing the public after inaugurating the Mini Vidhana Soudha built at a cost of Rs 2 crore on Sunday at Byadagi near Haveri. Roads and other infrastructure would be developed by 2010 at the identified tourist destinations in all the districts within a budget of Rs 2 crore.
"Our state has a number of waterfalls, significant monuments of architectural wealth, forts and a rich wildlife apart from one of the world's biodiversity hotspot Western Ghats, but the previous governments have not done much to develop these. We have cleared recruitment of 412 officials for tourism department in all the districts. Heli-tourism process has begun in the state'', he said. |
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Monday, 26 January 2009 |
Karnataka would be developed into an important tourist destination in the map of India in the coming 53 months, said chief minister B S Yeddyurappa.
He was addressing the public after inaugurating the Mini Vidhana Soudha built at a cost of Rs 2 crore on Sunday at Byadagi near Haveri. Roads and other infrastructure would be developed by 2010 at the identified tourist destinations in all the districts within a budget of Rs 2 crore.
"Our state has a number of waterfalls, significant monuments of architectural wealth, forts and a rich wildlife apart from one of the world's biodiversity hotspot Western Ghats, but the previous governments have not done much to develop these. We have cleared recruitment of 412 officials for tourism department in all the districts. Heli-tourism process has begun in the state'', he said.
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