Government not to divide Shimoga: Eshwarappa

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsTalks about proposal on dividing the Shimoga district being submitted to government is baseless, said Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa on Wednesday.Addressing a gathering after unfurling the tricolour as part of the 66th Independence Day celebrations at the Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday, he said that the issue has been created only to confuse the people.No such proposal has been submitted before the government, he said and added that the people of Sagar and Shikaripur taluks need not worry about the issue.“We should understand that freedom is not arbitrariness. The freedom which was earned by our ancestors should be protected. We must uphold social justice, equality and religious tolerance,” Eswarappa added.In the last four years, the government has taken up several special programmes, including agriculture, irrigation, rural, education and healthcare development works to empower the socio-economically backward classes of the society. Despite the economic crisis in the world, the financial condition of the state is satisfactory, he claimed.In order to help the people during drought, the government announced 149 taluks as drought-hit and provided relief funds. Farmers loan up to Rs 25,000 has been waived off and due to this more than six lakh ryots have benefitted, he said.Regarding the district, Eshwarappa said the slum dwellers are being given the title deeds in the city. Hundreds of crores of rupees have been invested in the district to repair, renovate and construct schools, toilets, tourist places, roads, provide drinking water, jobs to the people under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and houses under Ashraya Scheme, Basava, Indira Awaz schemes, the minister added.The government has approved the Tunga lift irrigation project to be implemented at a cost of `71.33 crore which would feed more than 16,000 acres of land.Final approval has been given to set up horticulture and agriculture universities in the district. Shimoga city would be upgraded as city corporation soon, he said.first published:August 16, 2012, 10:26 ISTlast updated:August 16, 2012, 10:26 IST
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Talks about proposal on dividing the Shimoga district being submitted to government is baseless, said Deputy Chief Minister K S Eshwarappa on Wednesday.

Addressing a gathering after unfurling the tricolour as part of the 66th Independence Day celebrations at the Nehru Stadium here on Wednesday, he said that the issue has been created only to confuse the people.

No such proposal has been submitted before the government, he said and added that the people of Sagar and Shikaripur taluks need not worry about the issue.

“We should understand that freedom is not arbitrariness. The freedom which was earned by our ancestors should be protected. We must uphold social justice, equality and religious tolerance,” Eswarappa added.

In the last four years, the government has taken up several special programmes, including agriculture, irrigation, rural, education and healthcare development works to empower the socio-economically backward classes of the society. Despite the economic crisis in the world, the financial condition of the state is satisfactory, he claimed.

In order to help the people during drought, the government announced 149 taluks as drought-hit and provided relief funds. Farmers loan up to Rs 25,000 has been waived off and due to this more than six lakh ryots have benefitted, he said.

Regarding the district, Eshwarappa said the slum dwellers are being given the title deeds in the city. Hundreds of crores of rupees have been invested in the district to repair, renovate and construct schools, toilets, tourist places, roads, provide drinking water, jobs to the people under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme and houses under Ashraya Scheme, Basava, Indira Awaz schemes, the minister added.

The government has approved the Tunga lift irrigation project to be implemented at a cost of `71.33 crore which would feed more than 16,000 acres of land.

Final approval has been given to set up horticulture and agriculture universities in the district. Shimoga city would be upgraded as city corporation soon, he said.