<p>The 12th budget presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday evoked mixed reactions among the people of the district. <br /><br />According to people here, the budget has had a bitter-sweet effect on the district. The only exception being the announcement of Rs 175 crore for Mahamastakabhisheka 2018. The had earlier submitted a memorandum seeking Rs 500 crore for the festival at Shravanabelagola.<br /><br />People anticipated more for the district but were disappointed as the chief minister did not announce a special package for potato growers, offered no waiver of loans <br />for farmers and carda-mom growers nor allocated funds for the long-pending <br />airport project. Siddaramaiah made no announcement the implementation of multi-village drinking water project.<br /><br /> Thimmappagowda, a farmer, told DH, “The farming fraternity had pinned high hopes on the chief minister. <br /><br />But Siddaramaiah disappointed the farmers by not announcing farm loan waiver. Both <br />the state and Centre are busy playing blame game. Gujarat model should be adopted in releasing river water into lakes.”<br /></p>
<p>The 12th budget presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday evoked mixed reactions among the people of the district. <br /><br />According to people here, the budget has had a bitter-sweet effect on the district. The only exception being the announcement of Rs 175 crore for Mahamastakabhisheka 2018. The had earlier submitted a memorandum seeking Rs 500 crore for the festival at Shravanabelagola.<br /><br />People anticipated more for the district but were disappointed as the chief minister did not announce a special package for potato growers, offered no waiver of loans <br />for farmers and carda-mom growers nor allocated funds for the long-pending <br />airport project. Siddaramaiah made no announcement the implementation of multi-village drinking water project.<br /><br /> Thimmappagowda, a farmer, told DH, “The farming fraternity had pinned high hopes on the chief minister. <br /><br />But Siddaramaiah disappointed the farmers by not announcing farm loan waiver. Both <br />the state and Centre are busy playing blame game. Gujarat model should be adopted in releasing river water into lakes.”<br /></p>