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Mangalore , Aug.20

The Karnataka Government has allotted Rs 600 crore under the Gram Swarajya Scheme to provide infrastructure facilities in 1,343 village panchayats under the jurisdiction of 39 most backward taluks.

Addressing presspersons at Karkala in Udupi district on Saturday, the Karnataka Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Minister, Mr C.M. Udasi, said that Rs 38 lakh each would be spent on these village panchayats for the next five years.

Each of these taluks will be given Rs 18 lakh to build `samarthya soudhas'. An additional Rs 3 lakh will be given to furnish them, Mr Udasi said.

To train the elected members of village panchayats and taluk panchayats, training centres will be opened in Hubli, Davangere and Gulbarga on the lines of the one in Mysore.

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