Minister reiterates commitment to ensuring holistic development of Kalaburagi

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Minister Priyank Kharge laying the instauration  chromatic  for aggregate  improvement  works   taken up   nether  the Urban Development Authority successful  Kalaburagi connected  Monday.

Minister Priyank Kharge laying the instauration chromatic for aggregate improvement works taken up nether the Urban Development Authority successful Kalaburagi connected Monday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister and Kalaburagi territory in-charge Priyank Kharge has reaffirmed the State government’s committedness to ensuring the broad improvement of Kalaburagi stating that a elaborate blueprint has been prepared to code some contiguous and aboriginal municipality needs.

Speaking aft laying instauration chromatic for assorted improvement works nether the Kalaburagi Urban Development Authority (KUDA) present connected Monday, the Minister said that the initiatives volition beryllium implemented successful a structured and time-bound mode to payment citizens crossed generations.

The projects see improvement of parks successful 17 wards astatine a outgo of ₹3.16 crore, betterment of 4 large metropolis circles astatine ₹5 crore, renovation of 18 burial grounds astatine ₹3.58 crore and infrastructure upgrades to the KUDA bureau astatine ₹25 lakh. In total, 40 improvement works person been taken up.

Mr. Kharge added that respective citizen-centric and tourism-related projects, including the improvement of Appa Lake and Kalaburagi Fort, volition beryllium taken up successful the coming days, aiming to alteration the metropolis into a exemplary municipality centre.

He reiterated that the Congress-led State authorities is committed to gathering a caller Kalaburagi metropolis done sustained infrastructure improvement and planned municipality growth. He besides criticised the Central authorities for fiscal favoritism against the State stating that Karnataka has not received capable funds nether the Jal Jeevan Mission forcing the State authorities to utilise its ain resources for continued implementation of the scheme.

Mr. Kharge besides raised interest implicit rising prices of indispensable commodities, including LPG, stating that communal citizens are struggling with outgo of living. He questioned the effectiveness of the Centre’s economical policies saying that benefits are concentrated among a fewer ample firm sectors portion mean radical are facing fiscal stress.

He highlighted Karnataka’s publication of ₹6.5 lakh crore successful yearly taxes to the Centre stating that the instrumentality to the State remains disproportionately low. He besides referred to the relation of Congress governments successful the implementation of Article 371(J) and the constitution of institutions specified arsenic ESI Hospital successful the portion crediting elder person and AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge for cardinal improvement successful Kalaburagi.

KUDA president Mazhar Alam Khan promised that the authorization is committed to strengthening basal infrastructure, including circles, parks and civic amenities.

Legislators Allamprabhu Patil and Jagdev Guttedar, Mayor Varsha Jane, Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ikram Shariff and City Corporation Commissioner Avinash Shinde were present.

Published - May 18, 2026 07:07 p.m. IST

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