Rs. 145 cr. for road repairs

By Our Staff Correspondent

SHIMOGA, NOV. 27. The Public Works Minister, Mr. Dharam Singh, said on Monday that his department had put up a proposal for taking up repairs of main roads which suffered extensive damage in heavy rains this year. The work, estimated to cost Rs. 145 crores, would be taken up on priority, he added.

Mr. Singh, who flew in by a helicopter on a hurried visit to Shikaripur town, 60 km. from here, to inspect the conditions of the two main roads passing through Shikaripur taluk, told presspersons that Rs. 75 crores drawn from the Chief Minister's Fund had been equally divided between northern Karnataka and southern Karnataka to take up urgent repairs of main roads.

Mr. Singh said 153 bridges in the State had been identified for repair which would be taken up with the help of the Karnataka Road Development Corporation funds. He said some bridges in Sagar, Sorab, Shikaripur and Hosnagar taluks in Shimoga District, which needed immediate repairs, would be taken up under this scheme.

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