50,000 sites to be distributed this year

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, JUNE 8. About 50,000 sites will be distributed by the urban development authorities in the State this year, according to a target fixed by the Minister for Urban Development, Mr. B.B. Chimmanna Katti.

He told presspersons who met him here on Friday that the Government would help some of the urban development authorities which had no financial resources of their own, by securing a loan of Rs. 200 crores from the Housing and Urban Development Corporation. The funds would be used to acquire land needed for formation of layouts after carrying out a survey of the demand for sites, he said.

Mr. Chimmanna Katti said the Bangalore Development Authority had been asked to form 14,300 sites in localities such as R. T.Nagar, Lalithadri Nagar, S. Gopalagowda Nagar, Lal Bahadur Shastri Nagar and Vidyanagar.

Targets had been set for urban development authorities in Gulbarga (1078 sites in ``Filter Bed fourth and fifth phases), Shimoga (1,600 sites at Thavarachetnahalli), Bellary (1,839 sites at Sanganakallu)), Mangalore (392 sites at Padavu and Kudupu), and Bidar (344 sites at Chidri), he added.

He said the Government was framing common cadre and recruitment rules for all the 27 urban development authorities within a month. The rules, while entitling the 2,000 officials to get some of the benefits given to government employees, would also provide for their transfer from one authority to another, he added.

Referring to the proposal to introduce the scheme for self- assessment of property tax all over the State, he said comprehensive amendments would be brought to the relevant laws during the next session of the legislature. The amendments would also cover transfer of officials from one corporation to another, the minister added.

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