Karnataka's Strategic Moves: Energy, Tourism, and Development
The Karnataka cabinet rejected three proposed sites for a nuclear power plant by NTPC, asking for a comprehensive state-wide study instead. The cabinet also approved tourism initiatives, a lift irrigation project, forensic vehicles procurement, and the development of a textile park, along with merging ASU Drug Enforcement with the FDA.
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The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday refrained from accepting the NTPC's proposal for three preliminary sites to establish a nuclear power plant. Instead, they have asked for a comprehensive study encompassing the entire state to determine a suitable site, said Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil.
The cabinet also gave the green light to boost tourism in the North Karnataka circuit, investing a significant sum into developing the Hampi-Badami-Aihole-Pattadakallu-Vijayapura landscape under the DBFOT model. The development aims to promote regional tourism at a projected cost exceeding Rs 2,166 crore.
Further administrative approvals include operational maintenance work focused on filling lakes in Kolar district and the purchase of mobile forensic vehicles. The establishment of a textile park in Raichur under the PPP model, and the creation of a Dr B R Ambedkar Constitution chair at the University of Mysore, were also sanctioned.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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