The Congress government in Karnataka tabled a Bill in the on-going winter session of the legislature to constitute the Karavali Development Board to fulfil its pre-poll promise .
Ahead of this year’s Assembly elections, during its Prajadhwani Yatra in Mangaluru in January, the Congress had announced a 10-point charter for the development of coastal Karnataka. Among other assurances, it had promised re-constituting the Coastal Development Authority, Mangaluru as a statutory body with an annual budgetary allocation of ₹2,500 crore to create employment and investment opportunities.
