Bengaluru: Chief minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president G. Parameshwara released the manifesto on Tuesday ahead of the elections to local bodies, promising technology-based connectivity.
The 21-page manifesto made 92 promises for rural development and strengthening of rural local bodies. It promises provisions of Internet at all gram panchayats to implement e-governance, establishment of information kiosks, and computerisation of records. Providing potable water for all villages also figure in the manifesto.

The manifesto mentioned a requirement of Rs. 45,000 crore investments and 62 tmcft of water for providing drinking water to 29,000 villages across the State.

CM after the release of manifesto said that a sum of Rs. 2,000 crore would be set aside a year for land development in rain-fed areas and to boost the income of farmers.

The government has set aside a sum of Rs. 10,000 crore a year for providing potable drinking water in all villages in the next three years. It would take steps to provide RO plants in all villages to ensure purified water.

Parameshwara said the progressive manifesto was drafted taking into account all issues at the grassroots level. The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department has been implementing the 21-point programme for development of villages.

The first phase of the ZP/TP elections would be held on February 13.