CM Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said a state-of-the-art startup park would be established at a cost of Rs 30 crore near Kempegowda International Airport here. Presenting his government's last budget in the present term, he also said new industrial clusters will be established in nine places by Karnataka State Small Industries Development Corporation (KSSIDC).
Chaitra, co-convenor of All India Democratic Students Organisation (AIDSO), Hassan district welcomed the state government for announcing various benefits for the students and claimed it to be a victory for them.
The free bus pass to students, construction of toilets at the government schools and free education for the students studying in government PU and degree colleges have brought cheers among the student fraternity, she said. But no announcement was made on establishing government engineering colleges in each district and other demands put forth by the students have not been fulfilled, she added.
Farmer leader Sunanda Jayaram opined that the state budget presented by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has no proposal to provide security to farmers. The farmers will turn into debtors if the loan availability slab is increased. The budget has not announced anything on price fixing for agricultural produce, hiking wages of the labour and also about the cold storage, Sundanda said.
Development of junctions with high traffic, use of Artificial Intelligence for the management of traffic signals, construction of elevated roads are among the measures proposed in theKarnatakabudgetpresented by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday to address the traffic woes of Bengaluru city. He also announced that Rs 300 crore will be provided for the re-construction of roads which need repair in the 110 villages included in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) limit.