The Ministry of Environment and Forests has so far sanctioned projects for conservation and management of 58 polluted and degraded lakes in urban and semi-urban areas of the country at a cost of Rs.883.94 crore. This is on 70:30 cost sharing basis between the Central Government and the respective State Governments. Lake Approved cost (in […]
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Belgaum Corporation failed to utilize funds
Ā Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa has expressed displeasure over the āfailureā of city corporations to utilize funds released under the Special Development Plan announced by the Government in the budget proposals for 2008-09. Ā The Government had announced Rs.100 crore in this financial year another 50 crore in the next year, but the Belgaum Corporation […]
Civic bodies fail to use funds: but donāt fail to go on tours: Belgaum
The government had announced Rs 100 crore in the Budget for each of the city corporations, including Hubli-Dharwad, Mangalore, Mysore, Gulbarga, Belgaum, Davanagere and Bellary. No one other than the Bangalore Bruhat Mahanagara Palike has shown their interest in utilizing these funds. Itās almost end of December, none of these corporations have spent a single […]