TheKalyana Karnatakaregion is hoping for funds for its much-awaited projects likeMega Textile Park, Bidar-Ballari NH, IT-BT Park inKalaburagi, Tur Dal Park, and for tourism development.
Activists and organisations wish that their memoranda will be considered in the budget.
Umakant Nigudgi, the former president of the Kalyana Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and , pressed for a separate budget for the KK region as per article 371 J, which insists on a 20% budget for the region.
There is a need for a separate industry policy for the KK region on the lines of the Marathawada region industry policy in Maharashtra. The socio-economic status of the KK region is the worst in the nation. The government, which often chants the mantra of Beyond Bengaluru, is restricted to Hubballi-Dharwad.