MP has got Rs. 15,145 crore for Dakshina Kannada from the Union govt: BJP

• Rs. 20 crore has been released to Mangalore University
• Cooking gas connection to to 12,792 persons

Puttur: Keeping next year’s Lok Sabha elections in mind, Congress is indulging in misinformation campaign against MP Nalin Kumar Kateel claiming that he has not done anything for the development of Dakshina Kannada, said Sanjeeva Matandoor, MLA from Puttur and president of Dakshina Kannada unit of the BJP, on Monday, August 6^th.

The MLA addressed the media and aid that the MP has got released funds to the tune of Rs.15,145 crore to Dakshina Kannada from the Union government from 2014-15 to till date (during 2018-19). However, Congress is unable to tolerate the development works taken up by the MP and has resorted to negative campaigning.

Congress protest rally

Mr. Matandoor spoke about the Congress activists holding a protest in the city recently against the delay in completing flyover work at Pumpwell and Thokkottu on the National Highway 66 and said that the design issues delayed the commencement of the work initially. Though the Union government invited bids on March 9, 2010 for building the flyovers, due to intervention from the district administration and the Mangaluru City Corporation, it took three years for finalising the design of the flyover at Pumpwell. Hence, work commenced only in 2013. Later, the contractor Navayuga Udupi Tollyway Pvt. Ltd, delayed the work. The MP has held several meetings with the company tp get the work done at the earliest and now, the company has promised completion of the flyover work at Thokkottu and Pumpwell, by December 2018 and January 2019 respectively.

MP’s work for the district

Speaking about the work done by the MP for the district, the MLA said that in the last four years, two industrial incubation centres have been opened in the district. Also, 15 tinkering laboratories and 15 Jan Aushadhi shops have been opened. Proposals have been sent to construct by-pass roads at Sullia and Belthangady-Ujire and the detailed project reports were now being prepared.

Rs. 20 crore has been released to Mangalore University under the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan and Rs. 14 crore has been released to seven government first grade colleges in the district under the abhiyan. Additionally, 105 telecom towers of BSNL have been built in the district for mobile phone connectivity. Cooking gas connections have been given to 12,792 persons under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, he said.