Amid row with Maha, K'taka CM pledges Rs 100 cr for Border Development Authority

Announcing that Rs 100 crore will be released to the Karnataka Border Areas Development Authority before March 31 Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said there was an urgent need to take up development in the areas of education industry infrastructure and for promoting KannadaThe CM directed the authorities concerned to prepare action plans on these frontsSpeaking at an event to present the Gadinaada Chetana a statelevel award on behalf of Karnataka Border Areas Development Authority here on Thursday the CM said Already Rs 25 crore has been released to the authority and another Rs 100 crore will be allocated in the next Budget Issues of people residing in border areas must also addressed and resolved and so should those of Kannadigas living across the borderBommai said as chief minister it was his duty to protect patronage and realise the dreams of people living in the border areasAlso Read I want solution of border row with Karnataka not politicise issue Maharashtra CM Eknath ShindeFirstly we must focus on the development of the Kannadigas in those places The Kannadigas in the border areas will not be neglected and the government was providing all necessary infrastructure to Kannadigas in the border areas giving them opportunities and a bright future Earlier the Border Areas Development Authority would only get Rs 8 crore to Rs 10 crore he saidAmid the ongoing tussle with neighbouring Maharashtra over disputed border villages the Karnataka CM said whenever regions are created on a linguistic lines differences are bound to crop up However it was important to forget all the differences and live cordially he said adding however that for many Kannadigas in the border areas that did not happenPeople speak to me affectionately whenever I visit the border areas At a time when people were living cordially in the border areas dragging such disputes for long would neither be good for the state or the country This needs to be understood by one and all the CM saidKannada is a rich language and has a bright future No one needs to panic and Kannada does not need government safeguards The Kannada language has brought us the maximum Jnanapith awards It has been winning the Jnanapith award despite strong competition from other languages The Jnanpith is awarded on merit as some great literature vachanas and Dasa Sahitya vie for it Peoples literature is the best literature and I believe our literary works should be conveyed to people in the simplest language or else they will read like a dictionary We dont want dictionary literature but one which is easily understood by the people If Kannada has survived and prospered it is because of our litterateurs he addedHe said he was happy that the annual souvenir Avva was being brought out in the name of his mother Through this the worlds best prose poems and stories on mothers will be published he said adding that at a time when the world was becoming smaller through the davancement of tech the Kannada language must reign supremeThe administrators during pre and postindependence India supported the Kannada Ekikaran movement At that time our literature had played a pivotal role Our government would provide all assistance and grants for more work in this direction he saidJnanpith awardee Dr Chandrashekar Kambar Karnataka Border Areas Development Authority Chairman DrCSomashekar MSSindhur former minister Leeladevi RPrasad and Ashok Chandargi also attended the eventThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever