Karnataka civic bodies spent Rs 56 crore for PM Modi’s Yoga Day visit, show figures

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The civic bodies and district authorities of Karnataka spent around Rs 56 crore, mostly to asphalt the roads taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his two-day visit to Karnataka for the International Yoga Day, reveals figures released by the respective bodies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Karnataka Monday around 12.30 pm and participated in several programmes. The same day he left for Mysuru and the next day he participated in the International Day of Yoga (IDY) and left for Delhi by 11 am.
While Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has officially disclosed that it spent Rs 23.51 crore for road infrastructure during Modi’s visit to Bengaluru, Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) commissioner G Lakshmikanth Reddy said that it has roughly spent around Rs 10.08 crore for laying asphalt on roads and taking up cleaning works. Reddy clarified that MCC is yet to receive the bills and release the money but the rough estimates show an expenditure of Rs 10.08 crore.
The Mysuru district administration has estimated that it has spent nearly Rs 23 crore during the Prime Minister’s visit to the city. Mysuru district deputy commissioner Bagadi Gautham told indianexpress.com that they are yet to receive bills and the money will be released accordingly. “Rs 10 crore was spent on upgradation of the city, Rs 6.1 crore was the estimated expenditure of the Ministry of Ayush to organise the Yoga event and the estimated expenditure by the Public Works Department (PWD) is around Rs 7 crore. We cannot reach an exact figure now but these are the estimates,” he said.
An officer of the Mysuru district administration said that the estimated expenditure may go beyond Rs 23 crore as several other bills are yet to be added up. The Prime Minister stayed at a hotel in Mysuru and vehicles for police patrolling, buses which were deployed for the same, temporary tents installed for Modi’s public address and many more expenditures are yet to be added to the bills, the officer said.
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