30% of granted district funds may go towards drought relief

Kolhapur | Tuesday | 15th January, 2019

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The government will release the remaining fund, depending on the expenditure on drought relief, to the district.”“For 2019-20, we have proposed district fund amounting to Rs 362 crore, Rs 99 crore more than the previous year. Kolhapur: Kolhapur district has received 70% of the total fund sanctioned by the state government for financial year 2018-19 till now. These villages will get funds from the state government for development of pilgrimage sites,” he said. “We have included 19 villages in the ‘C’ category of pilgrimage sites where more than one lakh devotees visit in a year. Rs 192 crore has been disbursed till date..