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Time of India
03-07-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Bagalkot to get a mega market at Navanagar
Bagalkot: A blueprint for the construction of a mega market yard spread over 200 acres in Navanagar third unit of Bagalkot has been prepared. The estimated cost is Rs 380 crore and the proposal will soon be submitted to the govt. Bagalkot which has the tag of a submerged town has been split in three parts — Bagalkot, Navanagar and Vidyagiri. Though there are markets in all three suburbs, the traders are not happy with the business turnover. They have been demanding for decades, construction of a mega market yard at one place so that they could do business with ease. They had also submitted a memorandum in this connection to MLA HY Meti, who is the chairman of Bagalkot Town Development Authority (BTDA). Taking a serious cognisance of the demand, Meti had convened a meeting of BTDA officers and directed them to prepare a detailed report for reserving 200 acres for the construction of a mega market yard in new Navanagar third unit which is coming up. A proposal had been sent to the urban development department to get 200 acres out of 1,600 acres in Navanagar third unit converted from residential into commercial land. But the urban development department has written back saying a suitable decision could be taken at the Bagalkot Urban Development Authority (Buda) meeting as Bagalkot has a town development authority. Now, the ball is in the court of Buda but there are apprehensions about a favourable decision. Sources said the hurdles due to technical reasons could be overcome if the govt intervenes. The blueprint prepared presents a beautiful picture of the market yard. It contains provision for sale of essential commodities, food park, hospitality sector, retail trading, luxury market, emergency services, parking facility, rain water harvesting and public toilets among others. Since Navanagar third unit lies in the heart of the city, it is expected to be convenient for the residents of Bagalkot, Navanagar and Vidyagiri and pave the way for a drastic increase in business. MLA Meti said the blueprint for the centralised market yard is ready and it will be approved after consulting the traders and other stakeholders. "Efforts will be made to start construction at the earliest," he said.
Time of India
09-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Process of establishing Bagalkot govt medical college begins
Bagalkot: The decade-old demand of Bagalkot residents for the establishment of a govt medical college in the city is becoming a reality as the process of providing land and preparation of a detailed project report has state govt has asked the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for the establishment of the college. Efforts are also on to transfer the land leased to Bagalkot Horticulture University in sectors 1 and 13 of 2013, Siddaramaiah, during his election campaign speech, had promised a govt medical college for Bagalkot if he became the chief minister. After assuming office as CM, he even announced during his presentation of the budget for 2014-2015 regarding the establishment of a medical college. However, no action was taken after that, and even the subsequent Congress-JD(S) and BJP governments did not take the proposal forward. Feeling betrayed, the citizens protested in Bagalkot and kept the issue during the election rally in 2023, again announced that he would perform bhoomi puja for the medical college and inaugurate it during the same tenure. However, the medical college was not mentioned in the next two budgets, which disappointed the pressure on Congress leaders building up, Bagalkot MLA HY Meti and his close associate Holebasu Shettar met the chief minister several times and made him announce the establishment of the medical college under RGUHS in Shivalingaprabhu Wali, under secretary to the medical education department, has written to the RGUHS registrar to prepare a detailed project state govt has deposited Rs 1,500 crore in the name of RGUHS and out of this Rs 500 crore will be utilised for the Bagalkot Govt Medical College, said a senior govt has also identified the land for the new medical college. Krishna Bhagya Jal Niga Limited (KBJNL) managing director has written to the chief engineer, Bagalkot Town Development Authority (BTDA) to withdraw the land allotted to Horticulture University in sectors 1 and 3 in Navanagar and reserve 42 acres for the new medical sources said the govt will appoint a special officer to coordinate the process of establishment of the new medical college, and the order will be issued in the next couple of days.
