Belagavi Politicians urges defence minister to spare land to setup IT Park

Belagavi South MLA Abhay Patil, Former member of Rajya Sabha Prabhakar Kore, District incharge and Water Resources Minister of Karnataka, Ramesh Jarkiholi, Belagavi North Mla Anil Benake, Rajya Sabha member Iranna Kadadi, Mla Mahesh Kumatalli Met Rajnath Singh, Defence minister of India on Tuesday (Feb 02) and requested his personal intervention into the handing over of the land for the IT park at Belagavi.

More than Fifty North Karnataka Members of Legislative Assembly have requested Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence and security to direct concerned Defense department to release the possession of Karnataka State Government Owned Land survey number 1304 to 1349 located in Belagavi.

The land is Owned by Government of Karnataka and the land was leased for 100 years to the Defense department in the year 1860 by then the ruling government, the lease expired in the year 1960. But the Defense department has not released the possession of the said land even after the expiry of the lease.

“I had moved a private member’s Motion in the Karnataka State Assembly to Set up an IT park in the Karnataka State Government Owned Land Survey number 1304 to 1349, the motion was accepted by the State Government. More than One Lakh youth of North Karnataka will get employment if the IT Park is set up”, Mla Abhay Patil urged Minister to direct the concerned department to release the possession of the said State Government owned land and thus to make a way for the proposed IT PARK which will turn out to be a major employment boosting milestone in the benefit of the youth of North Karnataka.

MLA has enclosed the request letter signed by the (More then 50) Members of Karnataka Legislative Assembly who have urged you to do the needful in matter presented to Minister.

There are no major industries in North Karnataka, Winter session of State Assembly is held in Suvama Soudha Belagavi Every Year, Setting up IT park in Belagavi will be a turning point. People from every District in North Karnataka expect IT PARK to be set up in Belagavi mentioned in the letter.