The allocation of funds for the Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (KKRDB) will be increased to ₹5,000 crore from the next annual budgetary allocation, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has said.
Addressing a gathering after launching various schemes to mark the 75th Kalyana Karnataka Amrit Mahotsava (Kalyana Karnataka Liberation Day celebrations) at Nutan Vidyalaya ground in Kalaburagi on Saturday, the Chief Minister said that the government had fulfilled its promise, made during the 74th Kalyana Karnataka Utsav, to double the KKRDB fund allocation from ₹1,500 crore to ₹3,000 crore.
By increasing the budget allocation to ₹5,000 crore from the next financial year, the BJP government is committed to releasing adequate funds for the effective implementation of works, he added.