Reported By: Rohini Swamy
Last Updated: February 15, 2024, 00:26 IST
Bengaluru South BJP MP Tejasvi Surya. (File picture: PTI)
Since the Congress is in an alliance with the DMK beneath the INDIA bloc, let some good come out of it, mentioned Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya, who was outlining his efficiency and achievements over the previous five-year time period as an MP, with the Lok Sabha elections to be held quickly
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya has promised to get the Mekedatu Dam Project cleared by the Centre if the ruling Congress in Karnataka can get “an NOC” from its INDIA bloc accomplice Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)’s Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin.
Mekedatu is basically a consuming water undertaking that Karnataka has been urgent for from the Cauvery basin to fulfill the dire necessity of consuming water provide to its capital, Bengaluru.
“Let the Congress-led state government get an NOC (no-objection certificate) for the Mekedatu project from the Tamil Nadu government. Since the Congress is anyway in an alliance with the DMK under the INDIA bloc, let some good come out of it. If that is done, I assure that we will get the project cleared from the union government,” Surya mentioned in response to a query raised by News18.
On being requested in regards to the standing of the establishing of a US consulate in Bengaluru, Surya mentioned that as per the recommendation of exterior affairs minister S Jaishankar, he spoke to United States authorities who’re ready to go forward, if India units up a consulate in Seattle.
“I have been following up on the proposal; now everything has been cleared from the union government side, and the ball is now in the court of the state government,” the MP mentioned.
While Karnataka ministers have been stating that the consulate can be arrange very quickly, Surya claimed that so far as he is aware of, till two to a few days in the past, there was no written formal communication from the state authorities to the US authorities.
“The state government needs to allot land in the city and take the proposal forward,” he mentioned.
Addressing one other infrastructure difficulty, Surya mentioned that the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project (BSRP) will be fulfilled throughout the focused 40 months if the Karnataka authorities fingers over all the enterprise to the Indian Railways to implement.
“The railway authorities have time and again pointed out that the quality of proposals submitted by the K-RIDE does not match the technical requirements of the railways. In fact, I strongly advocate that the BSRP should be taken out of the SPV model and handed over to the Centre. If the state government decides to do so, the central government is ready to take over and finish the project at the earliest,” the Bengaluru MP mentioned whereas chatting with the media.
According to Surya, Ok-RIDE (Karnataka Rail Infrastructure Development Company), a particular function automobile between the Karnataka authorities and the ministry of railways, has been posing a serious problem to the progress of the BSRP, and regardless of the latest MoU signed by state industries minister MB Patil between Ok-RIDE and Luxembourg-based KFW Development Bank for funds to the tune of Rs 4,561 crore for the rail undertaking, it appears to have been dragging its toes.
Surya additionally mentioned that there have been 2.2 crore beneficiaries in Bengaluru alone of all of the schemes applied by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is why all three MPs of the BJP in Bengaluru will win by a minimal margin of three lakh votes every of their respective constituencies, he mentioned.
Surya was outlining his efficiency and achievements over the previous five-year time period as an MP, with the Lok Sabha elections to be held quickly.
