A clamour seeking a dedicated development board for the Kittur-Karnataka region a la Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board is growing in Belagavi. The demand gathered mass after the state cabinet resolved to rename the Mumbai-Karnataka region after Kittur.
Activists and politicians feel a dedicated board would help leverage funds to develop backward areas in seven districts of Kittur-Karnataka region. In the general budget, it is hard to get due share of funds for development works, they say.