Govt failed to get FAC okay for Yettinahole project: Petitioner

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August 22, 2017

New Delhi, Aug 22: A petitioner opposing the Yettinahole drinking water project near Sakleshpur informed the National Green Tribunal on Monday that the Karnataka government failed to obtain mandatory Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) approval since it was an irrigation project and required large scale diversion of forest land.

Advocate Ritwick Dutta representing petitioner K N Somashekhar said before the NGT bench headed by Justice Javed Rahim that though the state government claimed that it is a drinking water project, in reality it is a minor irrigation project where water will be drawn from the Western Ghats and diverted to fill the lakes in Kolar and Chikkaballapur districts.

Besides, the project required the approval of the FAC and not the Regional Forest Experts committee as claimed by the state government, he said.

Alleging that the entire project report prepared by the state government was flawed, the advocate said the Sakleshpur region of the Western Ghats did not have sufficient water as projected by the state government.

The advocate also said that according to the Kasturirangan report, no major irrigation project should come up in the ecologically sensitive Western Ghats. If the current project comes up in region, it would be a big threat to the ecology of the Western Ghats, he said.

The bench allowed the Karnataka government to make its arguments on September 12 and 13.

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Should abandon that project

Another thuglak project.. it wont be practical. if made practical also, people wont get its benefit

People dont want yettinahole.. in public both bjp and cong opposed the project.. still why sticking on that project.

Why still yetinahole...!

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Youth booked under POCSO Act for allegedly abducting, raping college girl

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January 8,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 8: A 23-year-old youth has been booked under the POCSO Act on charges of abduction and sexual abuse of a minor girl.

Police said on Wednesday day that the accused identified as Aneesh Dias, a resident of Chikkamadnur has reportedly gone absconding. The victim, who hails from Puttur, is a I PU college student.

The victim's parents had filed a missing complaint with Puttur Rural police as their daughter did not return home after leaving home for college. The police investigating the complaint traced the girl.

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Inconvenience faced by passengers from Dubai at Mangaluru Airport will not be repeated: DyCM Ashwath Narayan

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May 13,2020

Managluru, May 13: Expressing regret over the inconvenience faced by the first batch of passengers from UAE that landed at Mangaluru International Airport last night, Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, deputy chief minister of Karnataka, today assured that all short comings will be addressed.

Addressing Kannadiga delegates from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and other countries through a video conference, Dr Narayan also assured that necessary steps will be taken by the Karnataka government to provide free quarantine facility for those who cannot afford private quarantine in hotels or guest houses. The video conference was organised by coastaldigest.com.

"The incontinence faced by passengers from Dubai at Mangaluru Airport have already been brought to my notice. All these shortcomings will be addressed. We will take appropriate steps to prevent the recurrence of such inconveniences," he said.

He said that the Karnataka government has already amended its standard operating procedure for international passengers to allow pregnant women to entre home quarantine if they test negative for covid-19.

The problems faced by passengers at Mangaluru Airport last night include lack of staff to handle luggagues, lack of food and water, delay in arranging vehicle to transport passengers to quarantine centres and lack of free quarantine facility for those who cannot afford private quarantine facility. The next batch of repatriates will not face these problems, he said.

Dr Narayan also promised to exert pressur on the union governmment to operate more flights to repatriate stranded Indians, especially Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia.

Prominent NRI commnity leaders Zakariya Jokatte, Naveen Bandary, Joy Fernandes, Shathosh Shetty Riyadh, Althaf Saqco, Shiekh Expertise and others participated in the video confernce.

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I suggest, prefer Keral airports.. especially muslim pasengers

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Karnataka govt to organise Ratha yatras for awareness on mass marriages

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February 8,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 8: The Department of Religious Endowments in Karnataka will undertake 'Ratha Yatras' in 110 major temples of the state, in order to inform the public about mass marriages, scheduled to be held on April 26.

The publicity campaign through Rath Yatra will be flagged off from Mookambika temple in Kollur of Udupi district from February 13.

The mass marriage programme 'Saptapadi,' would be held in 100 major temples of Muzrai department. The second phase would be held on May 24, Minister for Ports, Fisheries and Muzrai Kota Srinivas Poojary told newspersons here on Friday.

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