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Govt stalling energy projects to favour private sector: BJP

DHNS
November 1, 2017

Bengaluru, Nov 1: BJP state general secretary Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday charged the Congress government with deliberately trying to stall state energy projects to pave way for purchase of power from the private sector at high rates.

Addressing a press conference with party state president B S Yeddyurappa and other leaders, Karandlaje accused the government of stalling completion of projects like the second unit of Yermarus Thermal Power Station and the third unit of Ballari Thermal Power Station despite availability of sufficient coal links.

A House committee, headed by Energy Minister D K Shivakumar, is readying a report, which purportedly has details about a scam during the BJP regime that cost the state exchequer Rs 28,000 crore. Karandlaje held the Energy portfolio in the BJP government.

Karandlaje said that during her tenure as energy minister, she had cancelled a long-term power purchase agreement with Jindal as the company used imported coal for power production. “Use of imported coal results in upward revision of rates every year which would have resulted in the government buying power at high rates,” she said and added that her move had resulted in savings to the state exchequer.

The present government had violated rules by purchasing thousands of tonnes of coal from a private company without even calling for tenders, she charged.

Speaking to reporters at the sidelines of an event in Bengaluru, Siddaramaiah wondered why Karandlaje was so jittery about the House committee report, when it had not even been tabled.

Yeddyurappa said Siddaramaiah’s comment that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was afraid of him (Siddaramaiah) could be termed as the “joke of the year”. He said Siddaramaiah had hurt the sentiments of lakhs of devotees by stating that there is no bar on entering the Manjunatha temple in Darmasthala after eating non-vegetarian food. “(PM) Modi was fasting when he entered the temple on Sunday. That makes him a true leader of the people,” Yeddyurappa said.

Later in the day, BJP leaders visited Bangalore International Exhibition Centre, the venue of the launch of the party’s Nava Karnataka Nirmana Parivarthana Yatra. The yatra will be launched by party national president Amit Shah on Thursday.

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May 14,2020

Bengaluru, May 14: Three youths died of "asphyxiation" when they fell into a pit in the abandoned Kolar gold field mines, where they had gone to allegedly steal iron material early on Thursday, police said.

On Wednesday night, the trio had entered the gold mine in Kolar district, about 100 km from Bengaluru, and fell in the pit after losing balance.

After inhaling the poisonous gas in the pit, they were asphyxiated to death, they said.

"It was a seven hour exercise after which we could bring out two bodies. Work is on to retrieve the third," a police officer told .

Police reached the spot after they were alerted by the accomplices of the deceased.

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June 9,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 9: A 24-year-old who wanted to experience the feeling of death lost his life after consuming pesticide — he recorded it all on TikTok — in Koratagere taluk of Tumakuru district on Saturday evening.

Chided by his mother for not earning money, Dhananjaya, a resident of Gouraganahalli, on Saturday evening bought pesticide from a shop and shot a 15-second TikTok video, saying, “I want to experience the feeling of what death would be like. I will try to kill myself.”

Locals rushed Dhananjaya to a nearby hospital where he breathed his last the next morning. Koratagere police registered a case of unnatural death.

According to police, Dhananjaya had in the past rammed his Bajaj Pulsar bike into a tree to ‘experience’ death but had survived with minor injuries. Villagers and family members had advised him to not to take such risks. But he continued to do so as he was obsessed with death and posted his opinion regularly on TikTok, where he had 431 followers.

He tied the knot four months ago and was running an autorickshaw on rent. However, his earnings reduced to zero during the lockdown and he wasn’t mentally stable, claimed villagers.

Investigators said Dhananjaya wanted to scare his mother with his suicide threat and wanted to ‘experience’ death. He consumed poison near a farm but later panicked thinking he would die. However, he was not in a position to ride back home. He called his friend, who visited the spot and shifted him to hospital on Saturday night, police said.

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May 5,2020

Bengaluru, May 5: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday said that the coronavirus situation in the state is "under control" as compared to several other states in the country.

He also hinted that soon the construction and industrial activities would be allowed in the state except in the red zones.

"Coronavirus situation in the state is under control as compared to other states. Due to this, travel of migrant workers was prohibited. Now, trade, construction and industrial activities need to restart, except in the red zones," he told reporters.

According to the Karnataka Health Department, the state has so far recorded 659 COVID-19 cases, including 324 discharged and 28 deaths.

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