Mangalore : Veerappa Moily, the union corporate affairs minister speaking at Meet the Press event held on Nov 20 Sunday said that the Mangalore’s local airport will be reach to the status of international airport before concluding its diamond jubilee on Dec 21 which required official announcement..
Speaking about MSEZ, Minister said that the amount of Rs. 46,000 crore has already been invested in this company and that 80 percent of the farmers have agreed to give their land for the second phase, which will generate 2 lakh jobs.
Even though UPCL is ready to send out 1,500 MW of power, it will not be possible due to lack of transmission lines. He urged the state government to take action on this because it can solve power problems in the state.
Speaking on the road widening, construction, and repair projects across Karnataka, he said that the work of Kundapur to Suratkal to Talapady project has reached its final stages and widening of the Mangalore to Hasan road has already been granted.
The union government has released the amount of Rs. 5 crore for the repair of the Shiradi Ghat stretch and the state government will release the funds to convert it into a four-lane road.
Speaking about the anti communal violence bill, he said that it was prepared in 2005 and when the Constitution was framed communal hatredness and incidents of violence not expected. But the present scenario has made the Bill a necessity.
DKWJU president P B Harish Rai and Press Club president Anand Shetty were preent on the dais.