<p>He said this while handing over keys of newly constructed houses to families displaced by the devastating floods of 2009 at Balwadagi and File Thanda in Chittapur taluk, about 65 km from Gulbarga, on Saturday.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa said that after the Krishna Tribunal II pronounced its award, the decks had been cleared for the utilisation of water from River Krishna and it had become imperative for the government to take up long-pending and new irrigation projects for the speedy development of the North Karnataka region.<br /><br />The chief minister, however, did not spell out the modalities and hinted at dealing with irrigation bonds at length in the State general budget for 2011-12, which will be presented on February 24. He made it clear that irrigation would be given priority in the budget with enhanced allocations. Additional resources required would be tapped by floating irrigation bonds, he said.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa symbolically handed over to beneficiaries the keys of 108 houses constructed at Balwadagi by Infosys Technologies and 40 houses constructed by the Associated Cement Companies, Wadi, at File Thanda. <br /><br />Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa warned of stringent action against fair price shop owners who cheat ration card holders and the government.<br /><br />Participating at a programme at Upral village to officially hand over the keys to the houses constructed for the flood-affected at Upral, Jagir Venkatapur and Kalapur villages on Saturday, he said the government had decided to send to jail fair price shop owners found guilty of flouting rules. Even a single complaint against them will be considered seriously and their licence cancelled. The government will not think twice to take stringent action to ensure proper supply of ration to the people, he added.<br /><br /></p>
<p>He said this while handing over keys of newly constructed houses to families displaced by the devastating floods of 2009 at Balwadagi and File Thanda in Chittapur taluk, about 65 km from Gulbarga, on Saturday.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa said that after the Krishna Tribunal II pronounced its award, the decks had been cleared for the utilisation of water from River Krishna and it had become imperative for the government to take up long-pending and new irrigation projects for the speedy development of the North Karnataka region.<br /><br />The chief minister, however, did not spell out the modalities and hinted at dealing with irrigation bonds at length in the State general budget for 2011-12, which will be presented on February 24. He made it clear that irrigation would be given priority in the budget with enhanced allocations. Additional resources required would be tapped by floating irrigation bonds, he said.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa symbolically handed over to beneficiaries the keys of 108 houses constructed at Balwadagi by Infosys Technologies and 40 houses constructed by the Associated Cement Companies, Wadi, at File Thanda. <br /><br />Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa warned of stringent action against fair price shop owners who cheat ration card holders and the government.<br /><br />Participating at a programme at Upral village to officially hand over the keys to the houses constructed for the flood-affected at Upral, Jagir Venkatapur and Kalapur villages on Saturday, he said the government had decided to send to jail fair price shop owners found guilty of flouting rules. Even a single complaint against them will be considered seriously and their licence cancelled. The government will not think twice to take stringent action to ensure proper supply of ration to the people, he added.<br /><br /></p>
