Bagalkote progressing towards NIRMAL NAGAR ...... More News

                ಬಾಗಲಕೋಟ ನಗರಸಭೆ     

ಬಾಗಲಕೋಟ ನಗರಸಭೆಯು 1835 ರಂದು ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾಯಿತು.ಮುಳಗಡೆ ನಂತರ ಈ ನಗರಸಭೆಯನ್ನು ಹೋಸದಾಗಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ಸೌಕರ್ಯಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ  ಸುಂದರವಾಗಿ ನವನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. 

                        Bagalkote is one of 57 Karnataka cities in the Nirmala Nagara - Municipal eGovernance project. On Aug 15th 2005 each of the 57 cities will get a comprehensive website as well as the Public Grievance & Redressal module. Other important modules to be launched by June 2006 are Property Tax, Financial Accounting  GIS Mapping, Birth & Death Certification, and Ward Works. Nirmala Nagara project is a partnership between the Urban Development Dept, eGovernments Foundation & Survey of India. These computer based systems coupled with Govt. process re-engineering and GIS digital mapping will provide transparency and accountability and smoother delivery of services to citizens of Karnataka. Your feedback and inputs are greatly appreciated. Please send inputs to contact@egovernments.org         

          Bagalkote City is the district head quarter of Bagalkote district. It is located on bank of Ghataprabha river.  There are 3 major rivers namely Krishna, Ghataprabha and Malaprabha which flow in the district area.  A gigantic irrigation scheme known as Upper Krishna Project Alamatti about 35 Kms away from Bagalkote City was completed with about 15 lakhs acres of land and Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur and Bellary Districts brought under irrigation.  In this process hundreds of villages of Bagalkote district and large part of Bagalkote city are submerged in the back water of Alamatti Dam.  As a result, out of 16,600 families about 12000 families are shifted to new places.  For this Government has provided 4,500 acres of land about 6 Km away near Muchakandi village to rehabilitate old Bagalkote which is named as “Navanagar”.
                    There was lot of scope for agriculture in the district before submergence due to submergence. Bagalkote was very famous for its cotton crop. Agriculture is the main occupation. Jawar, cotton, sugar cane, ground  nut, bajra, wheat are the main crops.Textile Industry is widespread in almost all the talukas of the district. 'Ilkal  sarees' of Ilkal, cotton sarees of Rabkavi-Banahtti, 'Khana' (Blouse Piece) of Guledagudda are well known. Government of Karnataka started Handloom Development Corporation (KHDC) in  Banahatti town.      

The  “Navanagar” which is four times bigger than  Bagalkote, is developed on the model designed by Mr. Charles Corea, the renowned architect and town planner on the basis of Indian Vastushastra.  It is equipped with all modern facilities and civil amenities, which has a capacity to accommodate about 2 lakh people, keeping in mind the development in the next 100 years.