Devanahalli: Steps will be taken within a month to allot house sites to municipal pourakarmikas (civic workers), Social Welfare Minister and Bengaluru Rural District In-charge Minister K H Muniyappa said on Wednesday.
He was speaking after inaugurating Pourakarmika Day and Ayudha Puja celebrations at the Devanahalli town municipal council office premises. Muniyappa said sites for pourakarmikas have been developed at Sanne village and Kempathimmanahalli in Devanahalli taluk, and that officials have been told to prepare to distribute title deeds within 30 days. Officials will also be told to prepare to distribute title deeds to pourakarmikas of the Vijayapura town municipal council, he said.
The minister said a concrete road expected to last 40 to 50 years has been built in Devanahalli town and that the underground drainage (UGD) work announced in the budget will begin soon. The UGD scheme will also be implemented for the Vijayapura municipal council, he said.
He said he has discussed with the Chief Minister a Kempegowda memorial and a Metro outline for Devanahalli, and bringing Cauvery water to Vijayapura and Devanahalli, and that the Chief Minister will be invited soon to hold a programme. Work on a ten-lane road from Devanahalli to Bagepalli will begin soon, while work on a six-lane road from Devanahalli to Vemagal has begun, he said.
Muniyappa said 18,000 pourakarmikas were made permanent when Siddaramaiah was Chief Minister, and that 15,000 more will now be made permanent under D K Shivakumar’s leadership. Describing the work of pourakarmikas as extremely difficult and essential to keeping cities clean, he said the government is committed to providing burial ground land, houses and sites in urban areas and will always help pourakarmikas in their difficulties.
Pourakarmikas Muniyappa, Ramesh, Kalavathi and Nirmala were felicitated as outstanding workers, and retired pourakarmikas were also honoured. The minister later inspected a site for a proposed new hi-tech bus stand in Devanahalli town and inaugurated a new flower market, a new anganwadi building in Ward 11 and a drinking water purification unit in Ward 23.
Deputy Commissioner Dr K N Anuradha, Taluk Guarantee Implementation Authority president Jagannath, Tahsildar Anil, municipal council chief officer Shivamurthy and local leaders were among those present.
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