Shivamogga DC holds single-window clearance meeting, assures basic amenities for industrial areas

Deputy Commissioner Prabhulinga Kavalikatti has said the district administration will take the steps necessary to provide basic infrastructure facilities for the industrial areas in the district.

Speaking at the district-level single-window clearance committee meeting in Shivamogga on Wednesday, Mr. Kavalikatti said he would soon convene a meeting with entrepreneurs and industrialists to address the problems faced by them. The meeting would discuss issues concerning basic infrastructure facilities and measures required to boost investments.

The DC instructed the officers of the Shivamogga City Corporation to ensure cleanliness, proper drinking water supply, and other municipal works in the industrial areas. He also directed the corporation to conduct an e-khata campaign for the benefit of the residents of the Mandli industrial area. With regard to the encroachment of the industrial area at Sogane, the DC asked the officers of KIADB to hold a meeting with the Assistant Commissioner of Shivamogga and clear the encroachments.

The meeting gave approval to the allotment of plots to applicants who proposed to set up industries at Sidlipura industrial area.

Mayanna Gowda, City Corporation commissioner; R. Ganesh, joint director of District Industries Centre; and other officers were present.