87 villages in Chittapur constituency to be developed at a cost of ₹150 crore, says Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, IT-BT Minister and Kalaburagi territory In-charge Priyank Kharge addressing a nationalist gathering aft laying the instauration chromatic for 2 large drinking h2o projects nether the AMRUT 2.0 strategy successful Chittapur municipality connected May 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI

Karnataka’s Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, IT-BT, and Kalaburagi territory in-charge Priyank Kharge announced a broad agrarian improvement program worthy ₹150 crore covering 87 villages successful his Chittapur constituency.  

“The enactment for processing 87 villages is acceptable to commence wrong the adjacent 15 days,” Mr. Priyank announced portion addressing a nationalist gathering aft laying the instauration chromatic for 2 large drinking h2o projects nether the AMRUT 2.0 strategy – 1 astatine a outgo of ₹45.53 crore to gully h2o from the Kagina stream to proviso Chittapur, and the different astatine a outgo of ₹32.81 crore to proviso h2o to Wadi from the Bhima stream – successful Chittapur municipality connected May 13. The 2 projects are expected to beryllium afloat operational wrong the adjacent 18 months providing 125 litres of h2o per idiosyncratic per day.

“The blueprint for agrarian improvement was prepared by reputed institutions to guarantee sustainable development. Each colony would person an allocation ranging from ₹1 crore to ₹3.5 crore, depending connected the population. Chittapur and Wadi towns would person ₹150 crore each to make modern municipality infrastructure,” Mr. Priyank said.

Detailing statewide agrarian improvement efforts, helium said that the improvement of 8,260 km of agrarian roads was taken up nether the Pragati Patha and Kalyana Patha schemes, and 5,770 Arivu Kendras (knowledge centres) were acceptable up to enactment agrarian youth. “All cognition centres successful the territory volition beryllium digitised wrong the adjacent 3 years,” helium said.

Highlighting the publication of gram panchayats successful gross collection, Mr. Priyank said gram panchayats crossed Karnataka collected a grounds ₹1,281 crore successful taxes.

“We person established 3,867 crèches wherever babies and young children of MGNREGA labourers are cared for during the moving hours. Presently, implicit 50,000 children are being taken attraction of successful these centres. We are establishing a ₹25-crore star grid astatine Gundagurthi colony arsenic portion of an inaugural to facilitate agrarian areas to make their ain electricity,” Mr. Priyank said.

“I person brought galore improvement projects to Chittapur constituency. This is not a favour, but my responsibility. I americium simply repaying the spot of my voters. When I archetypal contested, immoderate opposed my candidature. Later, adjacent the media questioned the assignment of a Chittapur MLA arsenic IT-BT Minister. But with your blessings, we turned this portfolio into a occurrence story. Now, radical expect the IT-BT Minister to beryllium from Chittapur,” helium said, affirming his committedness to nationalist work and stating that improvement enactment is his foremost work arsenic an elected representative.

Tippannappa Kamakanur and Jagadev Guttedar, members of Legislative Council; Narasimha Reddy, Executive Engineer of the Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board (KUWSDB); Guarantee Schemes territory Chairperson Chandrika Parameshwari, Chittapur Municipal Council President Annapurna Nagappa, Deputy Commissioner B. Fouzia Taranum, Superintendent of Police Adduru Srinivasulu, Zilla Panchayat CEO Bhanwar Singh Meena, and others were present.

Published - May 14, 2025 11:26 americium IST