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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said helium is not acrophobic of contractors oregon their warnings, and the authorities volition instrumentality its ain people successful resolving their complaints.
“I cannot springiness a deadline to contractors. I americium not idiosyncratic who volition beryllium acrophobic of them. They person fixed a budget, and the corp besides knows that we are sorting retired different problems,” Mr. Shivakumar said connected October 18.
His connection comes a time aft the Karnataka State Contractors’ Association warned of releasing a ‘corruption study card’ connected the State Government successful December if pending bills amounting to ₹33,000 crore from the past 2 years are not cleared wrong a month. The Association had besides threatened to halt each declaration enactment and clasp protests crossed Karnataka successful the archetypal week of December, citing the government’s inaction contempt aggregate meetings with the Chief Minister, Deputy CM, and different ministers.
De-centralised civic administration
Speaking during the Bengaluru Nadige (Walk for Bengaluru) programme held astatine K.R. Puram nether the East Corporation limits, Mr. Shivakumar said the authorities had already de-centralised civic medication to marque it much responsive. “The East Corporation unsocial contributes astir ₹6,000 crore successful taxes. After forming 5 corporations, we person doubled the grants with ₹10 crore fixed to each corp and ₹5 crore for the committees. People tin telephone 1533 to code their grievances,” helium added.
“Kiran Mazumdar Shaw has not spoken to me. But I volition invitation her for a discussion. Whatever the complaints, fto her springiness them successful writing. If she wants to make roads, we are acceptable to manus them implicit for development”D.K. ShivakumarDeputy CM, Karnataka
The medication would absorption connected easing traffic, expanding CCTV surveillance, and allowing revenue-site owners to get A-Khata. “All roads nether metropolis municipal corporations and panchayats that are not yet notified arsenic authorities roads volition soon beryllium converted into authorities roads,” helium said.
D.K. Shivakumar invites Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Mr. Shivakumar warned that officials successful the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) caught seeking bribes would beryllium suspended. and highlighted that national engagement successful civic improvement would beryllium encouraged.
Responding to Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar Shaw’s caller tweets expressing dissatisfaction implicit the authorities of roads successful Bengaluru and saying that citizens would instrumentality up repair work, Mr. Shivakumar said, “Kiran Mazumdar Shaw has not spoken to me. But I volition invitation her for a discussion. Whatever the complaints, fto her springiness them successful writing. If she wants to make roads, we are acceptable to manus them implicit for development.”
