Mangalore, April 18: Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda said that a proposal has been sent to the government to sanction house for 305 Koraga families who are residing on the government land.
The district administration wants to provide house for the Koraga families under the Integrated Tribal Devbelopment Program (ITDP).
Speaking at a review meeting chaired by District-in-Charge Secretary B S Ramprasad, the DC said a detailed survey on the condition of Koragas has been carried out by the Zilla Panchayat. Accordingly, 205 families in Mangalore, 83 in Bantwal, 56 in Puttur, 80 in Belthangady and 22 in Sullia own sites.
“If 174 Koraga families who do not own land are ready to settle down in the government land shown by authorities, the government is ready to provide basic facilities,” he said.
District-in-Charge Secretary said that there is slow progress in housing schemes.
Promising to hold talks at the government level, he said that Rs three crore has been earmarked for the development of tribals, of which only Rs 1.87 crore has been utilised.
“The remaining fund should be utilised by May 15 and a detailed report should be submitted to the government,” he said adding that owing to failure of electricity connection, the borewells drilled under Ganga Kalyana Yojana, have not serving the purpose. The Mescom and the Corporations should work in coordination.
“There is a need to preserve water sources. The officials should see that no impure water is supplied for drinking purpose,” he added.
MCC Commissioner Dr Harish said “if the region fails to receive rainfall, then the MCC would find it difficult to supply water from Thumbe in the month of May.”
Responding to this district-in-charge Secretary said that he will review the progress of new vented dam in the month of June. If there was no progress, then action will be initiated.
Water Board official said that the estimated cost of the new vented dam at Thumbe has increased to Rs 75 crore from Rs 45 crore. The MCC has released Rs 11 crore for the dam. Work worth Rs 10 crore has been completed so far.
After reviewing the work taken up by the PWD, KRDCL, the in-charge Secretary said that he will visit the work place to assess the work.
Food and Civil Supplies Deputy Director said that 42,206 online applications have been received by the department for ration cards in the district so far, of which, 1,225 applications have been rejected. As many as 10,000 applications have been received for LPG connections.
Those LPG consumers whose LPG connection was disconnected following their failure to furnish documents will be given time till April 20, to furnish details to restore the connections, he added.
Agriculture department Joint Director Padmaiah Naik said that there is huge demand for suphala in the district. “We have asked for 1,750 quintal seeds from Karnataka State Seed Corporation.
There is no shortage of fertilisers in the district,” Naik said and added that there is demand for power tillers in the district. About 68 power tillers have been distributed.
The district-in-charge secretary said that the banks should not seize the property of farmers when the state is reeling under drought condition. ZP CEO Dr K N Vijayaprakash, Additional DC Dayanad were present.
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