MLC urges government to expedite Jal Jeevan Mission works

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MLC Kishor Kumar Puttur submitting a memorandum to the authorities  via D. Randeep, Secretary to Government, Panchayat Raj Department, connected  January 13.

MLC Kishor Kumar Puttur submitting a memorandum to the authorities via D. Randeep, Secretary to Government, Panchayat Raj Department, connected January 13. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Member of Karnataka Legislative Council Kishor Kumar Puttur, connected January 13, urged the State authorities to instrumentality contiguous corrective and policy-level enactment connected aggregate issues concerning agrarian governance and nationalist welfare, including delays successful Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) works, the request for a caller Solid Waste Management installation and the revision of outdated fiscal guidelines governing Gram Panchayat funds.

A reply to an unstarred question raised during the caller Belagavi legislature league revealed that nether JJM, drinking h2o works were completed successful 230 Gram Panchayats successful Dakshina Kannada and 155 successful Udupi, with pending works successful 42 and 39 Panchayats, respectively.

Launched 5 years ago, the dilatory execution is denying thousands of agrarian households an assured drinking h2o connection, the MLC said successful a statement.

Mr. Puttur submitted a memorandum to D. Randeep, Secretary to the Government, Panchayat Raj Department, urging the authorities to implicit pending works wrong a fixed timeline.

Demand for caller MRF

The MLC further highlighted the strain connected the existing Material Recovery Facility (MRF) astatine Kedambadi successful Puttur taluk, which processes adust discarded from 68 GPs successful Puttur, Sullia and Kadaba taluks.

With a capableness to process 7 tonnes a day, the installation is operating beyond its limits. Mr. Puttur powerfully advocated for a caller 10-tonne MRF successful Amaramudnoor, Sullia Taluk, nether the K-SHORE scheme. A Detailed Project Report (DPR) with an estimated outgo of ₹595 lakh has already been prepared, helium said and urged the authorities to o.k. the project.

Mr. Puttur besides urged the authorities to expedite the merchandise of funds nether the 15th Finance Commission to GPs, stating that delays successful money disbursement person stalled respective agrarian improvement works and weakened work transportation astatine the Panchayat level.

Published - January 14, 2026 06:36 p.m. IST

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