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Udupi CMC polls | People should not forget BJP’s corruption, Cong’s development works: Madhwaraj

coastaldigest.com web desk
August 30, 2018

Udupi, Aug 30: Congress leader and former minister Pramod Madhwaraj has urged the people not to forget the development works carried out by the Congress in the city in last five years unlike the previous BJP administration.

Speaking to media persons here, Madhwaraj also accused the BJP was misleading people on the achievements of the Congress in Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) in the last five years.

“Unlike the BJP which had ruled the CMC from 2009-13, the Congress rule in the CMC from 2013-18 had not attracted charges of corruption. When the BJP left power, there were 8,500 tap connections in the city, it had now gone up to 18,500 connections. In the last five years, water scarcity during summer had been addressed to a large extent, whereas during the BJP rule, water was provided through water tankers, he said.

The BJP’s charge that the Trade Licence Fee had been increased recklessly was wrong. The fee had been fixed at Rs 100 in 1965. Hence it was revised on the basis of square foot of shops and business establishments. This meant that small shops paid less, while the big shops paid more. Even after this increase, the fee collected was a mere Rs. 60 lakh annually.

The BJP had brought grants of Rs. 125 crore from the State government during its rule in the CMC from 2009-13, but in the last five years, the Congress government had provided grants of Rs. 503 crore. It was due to these grants that works on drinking water supply and the underground drainage system had been taken up, he said.

To a query, he said that extraction of sand in Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and non-CRZ areas in the district required permission from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The elected representatives of the BJP should pressurise the MoEF to give permission for it, he said.

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Rahul
 - 
Thursday, 30 Aug 2018

Many congress people had a over confidence and headweight that nobody can win over cong. That gone.

Mohan
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Thursday, 30 Aug 2018

Previous govt cong MLAs were waste. Thats why cong face defeat in many places in Karnataka and end up in coalition govt

Kumar
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Thursday, 30 Aug 2018

People wont forget corruptions done by BJP also wont forget cong inactiveness and unease rule

Danish
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Thursday, 30 Aug 2018

BJP local body is better compared to cong admins.

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July 22,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 22: Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Wednesday urged Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa to waive all property taxes in urban local and rural panchayats for a period of one year as citizens are bearing a huge financial brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Taking to Twitter, Shivakumar wrote, "Citizens are bearing a huge financial brunt of the Corona Pandemic. It's imperative on the government to ease the financial burden on citizens. I urge CM B.S. Yediyurappa to waive all property taxes, in urban local bodies and rural panchayats, for a period of one year on humanitarian grounds."
In yet another demand, Shivakumar on Tuesday said the state government should give details of the amount it spent on migrants and labourers during the coronavirus crisis if it is transparent.

"The image of Karnataka has come to a very rotten position. We all know that Karnataka has failed in sorting out the problem. Let them (the state government) tell what has been the amount spent on the labour, migrants and food kits on the health department. We want an account (of the expenditure) if they are so transparent," Shivakumar said.

He said the state government should have approached the hospitals for treating COVID-19 patients and if any private hospital refused, a message should have been given that the government would take it over.

He also accused the state government of corruption.

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: No private hospital in Karnataka can turn away a patient without attending to him or her, irrespective of the Coronavirus status, an official has said.

"Private medical establishments shall not deny treatment and admission to any patient approaching the establishment irrespective of the fact that such patient may or may not be suffering from Covid-19," an official from the state Health and Family Welfare Department said on Wednesday.

Likewise, no private hospital can insist on a patient for a Covid-19 test report, said the official invoking the Disaster Management Act.

"The establishments also cannot insist for Covid test report," he said, directing all private hospitals to strictly abide by their responsibilities.

According to the department, it is the duty of every private hospital to provide first aid and take lifesaving steps when any patient approaches it.

"It is the duty of every private medical establishment to provide first aid and take lifesaving measures to stabilise the patient," he said.

The department also invoked statutes from Karnataka Medical Establishments Act 2017, under sections 11 and 11 (A) to drive home the message.

The directives assume significance at a time when several cases of private hospitals denying admissions and fleecing patients across the state have emerged.

"It has been noticed that some of the private hospitals are refusing treatment and admission to emergency patients, causing distress and this has resulted in complications, leading to death in certain cases," said the official.

The district authorities have been directed to take action on the erring hospitals as the department reiterated the responsibilities of private medical establishments.

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March 1,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 1: A youth lost his life in a lift crash at a wedding hall at Kallapu near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city today. 

The deceased has been identified as Hamzah (30), a resident near Thumbay, who was part of the catering team hired for the marriage ceremony. 

The tragedy occurred at around 2 p.m. when Hamzah was getting ready to bring utensils and other things by lift from the third floor of the hall. All of a sudden, the lift’s ropes came loose and Hamzah lost his balance and got trapped inside.

He was pulled out and rushed to a hospital in Deralakatte, but he breathed his last on the way. He is survived by his wife and three children.

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Mbeary
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Sunday, 1 Mar 2020

Inna lillah.. I think someone with a good computer knowledge under an organisation shud come up with fund raisals so that we can donate in a transparent manner

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