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Labour Minister and Dharwad territory in-charge Santosh Lad has directed officials to instrumentality precautionary measures to forestall drinking h2o shortage during the summertime and to guarantee due utilisation of authorities funds without immoderate lapse.
Chairing the 3rd quarterly Karnataka Development Programme (KDP) advancement reappraisal gathering for 2025-26 successful Dharwad connected Monday, the Minister said that each departments acrophobic indispensable stay alert during the summertime season.
Regular h2o prime investigating should beryllium conducted successful agrarian and municipality h2o proviso units. Officials volition beryllium held straight liable if harmful contaminants are detected.
He said that officials should reside astatine their respective taluk office and travel instructions strictly, failing which enactment volition beryllium taken.
He besides stressed that the Agricultural University and Horticulture Department should make and dispersed accusation astir caller harvest varieties successful a timely manner.
Referring to the mango flowering season, helium said that farmers should beryllium fixed guidance connected harvest absorption practices to support yields.
He instructed HESCOM officials to stay agile and attentive, person calls promptly and guarantee linemen be to complaints connected time.
“Transformer replacements should beryllium done quickly. You cannot instrumentality your ain saccharine time,” helium quipped.
Mr. Lad expressed displeasure with DDPI S.S. Keladimath for hold successful issuing a tender notification and directed that it beryllium completed wrong the week oregon look consequences.
He besides reviewed preparations for upcoming SSLC examinations and asked officials to instrumentality enactment against poorly performing aided schools.
Under wellness assemblage review, MLC F.H. Jakkappanavar suggested starting mobile clinics successful each taluk and raised concerns astir connection barriers affecting doctor-patient communication.
Mr. Lad said that helium volition sermon the mobile session connection with the Minister acrophobic successful Bengaluru.
The Minister besides suggested that the Women and Child Development Department see relocating astir 400 anganwadis presently operating from rented premises.
Verbal exchange
The gathering witnessed a little heated verbal speech betwixt Mr. Lad and Mr. Jakkappanavar, aft the second said that helium is being interrupted continuously by Mr. Lad portion questioning Social Welfare officials astir utilisation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes funds. It lasted a portion and Mr. Jakkappanavar adjacent threatened to permission the gathering astatine 1 point. But subsequently helium cooled down aft the Minister clarified that helium is conscionable “assisting and not intervening”.
MLAs N.H. Konaraddi and M.R. Patil, on with Deputy Commissioner Snehal R., reviewed the advancement of assorted schemes.
The Minister assessed the show of assorted different departments.
Superintendent of Police Gunjan Arya, Zilla Panchayat CEO Bhuvnesh Patil, MLC Pradeep Shettar and others were present.
