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The Karnataka government, nether Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, has sanctioned grants worthy ₹13,000 crore for the improvement of the Kalyana Karnataka portion during the past 28 months, Chairman of the Kalyana Karnataka Regional Development Board (KKRDB) Ajay Singh has said.
He was addressing a nationalist gathering successful Koppal connected October 6, 2025. Chief Minister Siddaramiah, on with his Cabinet colleagues Sharan Prakash Patil, Shivaraj Tangadagi, Zameer Ahmad Khan, besides addressed the lawsuit aft inaugurating improvement projects and laying instauration stones to caller ones, unneurotic worthy astir ₹2,000 crore.
Infrastructure, payment schemes
Mr. Singh said that the funds released to KKRDB were being utilised to amended basal infrastructure and instrumentality a scope of payment schemes crossed the backward districts successful the region.
“The State authorities is firmly committed to the broad advancement of 7 districts of Kalyana Karnataka. The ongoing projects are transforming the developmental scenery of the region, peculiarly successful sectors similar health, education, irrigation, and payment of backward and number communities,” Mr. Singh said, adding that since the Congress authorities assumed power, KKRDB has received a full assistance of ₹13,000 crore.
Akshara Avishkara, Arogya Avishkara
Outlining the cardinal initiatives, Mr. Singh said that 54 pupil hostels were being constructed with modern facilities astatine a outgo of ₹306 crore nether the Backward Classes Welfare Department. Under the Akshara Avishkara acquisition scheme, helium added, ₹1,795 crore has been allocated, including ₹189 crore for Koppal territory alone.
“A large argumentation determination has besides been taken to found 1 Karnataka Public School (KPS) betwixt each 2 gram panchayats. A full of 350 KPS schools person been sanctioned for the 7 districts – 150 nether the Education Department and 200 nether KKRDB funding,” Mr. Singh said.
For the Arogya Avishkara programme, helium added, an outlay of ₹1,829.40 crore has been earmarked for 2023–24, nether which respective hospitals are being upgraded. He added that 32 cardiac ambulances, costing ₹11.47 crore, person been sanctioned for the region, 5 of which person been deployed successful Koppal arsenic portion of the initiatives to fortify exigency aesculapian response.
Setting up an concern hub
“Newly created taluks successful the portion volition soon get Pragati Soudhas (mini-Vidhana Soudhas) astatine a outgo of ₹17.16 crore each. For number welfare, ₹238 crore has been sanctioned, portion ₹576 crore is earmarked for the uplift of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Additionally, ₹175 crore has been allocated for groundwater improvement and ₹96.16 crore nether the Aranya Avishkara task for afforestation activities,” Mr. Singh noted.
Mr. Singh besides announced plans for mounting up an concern hub with an concern of ₹150 crore to boost section employment and entrepreneurship. He said KKRDB has contributed ₹36 crore to the ₹100-crore Super Speciality Hospital task coming up successful Koppal, which volition importantly heighten precocious healthcare facilities successful the district.
