Floods, Covid-19 threw a spanner in development projects, says Shettar

Dharwad: District minister Jagadish Shettar, who also holds the large and medium industries portfolio, has said that the government could have done much better had there been no floods and Covid-19 in the last one year. The BJP government on Monday celebrated one year of coming to power in the state.
Taking part in an interaction programme with chief minister B S Yediyurappa through video conference, Sheattar claimed the government did well during the flash floods that created havoc in north Karnataka last year. “This is the first government which announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for damaged houses, and 99% of the flood victims have received the compensation,” he claimed.
Claiming that the Investors’ Meet held at Hubballi had been successful, the industries minister said it has attracted big players to set up their plants in north Karnataka. “But the pandemic has hampered growth in the state. The government has been utilising its machinery to tackle the deadly infection,” he said.
After Lockdown 1.0 and 2.0, the MSME sector was reeling under economic crisis, and they needed some package from the government to boost their activities. The Centre sanctioned a working capital of Rs 3 lakh crore to MSME and major industries in the state, he said.
Some beneficiaries of government schemes interacted with Yediyurappa during the video conference.
MLAs Arvind Bellad, Amrut Desai, Shankar Patil Munenakopp, C M Nimbannavar, DC Nitesh Patil, ZP CEO B C Satish, police commissioner R Dileep, HDMC commissioner Suresh Itnal and others were present.
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LISTING ACHIEVEMENTS: Dharwad minister Jagadish Shettar releases booklets highlighting the achievements of the BJP government over the last one year