11.18 crores spent for a few hours during PM Modi’s Kalaburagi visit in Karnataka
Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributes title deeds to the beneficiaries in Kalaburagi district in Karnataka | Photo courtesy: @BSBommai | Twitter
On January 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi initiated a drive to distribute “Hakku Patra” (land title deed) to over 52,000 members of the nomadic Lambani (Banjara) tribe in northern Karnataka’s five districts of Kalaburgi, Bidar, Yadgiri, Raichur and Vijayapura.
The letter written by the Kalaburagi District Collector to the Principal Secretary of the Revenue Department on January 12 | Courtesy: G Mahantesh
Before the event at Kalaburagi, the state’s revenue department, which had decided to organise the rights distribution program in Yadgiri had obtained a 4(g) exemption from the finance department to spend Rs. 7 crores. Eventually, the Yadgiri funds were reallocated to be spent on the Kalaburagi event, thus bringing the total expenditure to a whopping 11.18 crores. Sources in the revenue department confirmed to us that the expense has been incurred.
Details of the expenditure incurred during the Kalaburagi program | Courtesy: G Mahantesh
Details of expenditure
3.75 crores: Main stage (German hangar – water proof), sound lighting system, installation of LED screen, flower decoration, green room, safe room, lunch counter for the beneficiaries
1.23 crores: Lunch for the people who arrive for the program.
24 lakhs: Drinking water
6.67 lakhs: Buttermilk
40 lakhs: District-wise snacks
15 lakh: VIP food arrangements
10,000: Arrangement of dry fruits
20,000: Shawls, garlands, VVIP mementos and badges
3.40 crores: Transportation of people – Kalaburagi (1090), Bidar (300), Yadgiri (140), Raichur (448), Vijaypur (104) and 500 others
1.96 lakhs: Videography and photography, invitation cards
1.5 crores: Levelling and rolling at the event venue and parking lot, murum filling, road construction, shifting of electric poles, construction of helipad etc.,
25 lakhs: Remuneration for artists
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