DC directs provision of basic infrastructure to industrial areas
Coastal Talk News | Karwar
Deputy Commissioner K Lakshmipriya has directed officials to ensure that all necessary basic infrastructure is provided to industrial areas across the district through the respective urban local bodies. She was speaking at a meeting of the District Industrial Response Committee and Single Window Clearance Committee held at the Deputy Commissioner’s office on Thursday. DC directed officials of the Industries Department to obtain details of infrastructure requirements from entrepreneurs operating in the industrial estates at Bhatkal, Dandeli, Haliyal, Kumta, Yellapur, Sirsi, Shirawada and Ramanagar, and submit them to the District Urban Development Cell (DUDC).
She instructed all urban local bodies to include the identified works in their action plans for the current financial year, submit proposals immediately and take up the works at the earliest. DC also directed officials of the Karnataka State Small Industries Development Corporation to personally visit each industrial estate, verify records and submit a factual report on functioning and non-functioning industrial units. DC further directed that action be taken as per KIADB guidelines regarding the establishment of 33/1 kV substations to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the Ramanagar and Kumta industrial estates, and allotment of plots at the Ambewadi Auto Nagar industrial area.
HESCOM officials informed DC that the estimate for installing a dedicated feeder to the Kumta industrial area has been approved. The underground cable work beneath the railway track remains pending and is expected to be completed within a month. Joint Director of the District Industries Centre Nagaraj Naik, ZP Deputy Secretary Prakash Halammanavar, District Urban Development Cell Project Director Zaheer Abbas and officials from various departments were present.
