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Karnataka's Anila Bhagya scheme violates all guidelines: Centre

February 7, 2018

New Delhi Feb 7: The Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Tuesday took objection to the procedure adopted by the Karnataka government to implement the Centrally sponsored free LPG connection distribution to poor households in the state, saying that it violated all guidelines.

Taking exception to the norms announced by the Karnataka government to implement the Mukhya Mantri Anila Bhagya Yojane (MMABY), the Ministry said the state government must implement the MMABY as a complementary scheme of the Centrally sponsored Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) only through oil marketing companies such as Bharat Gas, Hindustan Petroleum or Indane and not through LPG distributors network.

Unless the Karnataka government followed the Government of India guidelines, Ministry will not approve it at all, the Ministry said in a statement here. When the Karnataka government asked the Ministry of Petroleum to implement the MMABY, as a complementary scheme of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, the Centre advised the state to implement the combined scheme only through public sector oil marketing companies or LPG supplying companies like Bharat Gas, Hindustan Petroleum or Indane on the lines Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Punjab and Haryana have implemented.

"Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas through number of communications from time to time has requested the state government to implement it through oil marketing companies (OMCs) only. Instead of following the same, the Govt. of Karnataka is unilaterally going ahead with implementation of MMABY directly through distributors' network without involving OMCs."

"Karnataka method of implementation may lead to large scale chaos and implementation issues in the field", the statement said.

"The state government while announcing the current implementation modalities of MMABY has gone back on the earlier agreed commitment in the joint meeting of Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Karnataka Minister of Food and Civil Supplies. Therefore, it is clarified that current format of MMABY not being in line with established procedure and hence is not having concurrence of Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas," the Ministry said.

The PMUY was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in May 2016 in which free LPG connection will the given without upfront charges. However the Karnataka government promised to give free LPG stove along with free LPG connection and rename it Mukhya Mantri Anila Bhagya Yojane.

While the Karnataka government wanted to tie up with LPG distributors to implement the scheme, the Centre has been objecting it saying that even if the state wanted to give a stove, it should be through oil marketing companies.

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July 1,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 1: The Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert and forecasted heavy rains for three coastal districts and 12 more in the south interior Karnataka region, an official said on Tuesday afternoon.

"Thunderstorm with lightning is likely to occur at isolated places over south interior Karnataka from Tuesday to Wednesday," said a Met official.

For Bengaluru city, the Met department has forecast a generally cloudy sky with light rain for the next three days.

Coastal Karnataka -- Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts have been issued a yellow alert for the next two days with thundershowers and gusty winds.

Winds blowing at speed of 40-50 km per hour are expected on the coast and the Met department warned fishermen against venturing into the sea.

Meanwhile, heavy showers on Sunday night in Vijayapura district gave rise to flash floods in the Doni river and Sogali stream.

An overflowing Doni river submerged the Talikote - Hadaginal bridge, a remnant from the colonial era, and also submerged some agricultural lands. Only recently, these agricultural lands were sown with toor dal plants.

Similarly, many SSLC students also struggled to cross the bridge to reach their examination centres on Monday.

Many houses were also flooded due to the rainfall at Nalatwad and Talikote taluk. Muddebihal, Basavana Bagewadi and Sindagi taluks also witnessed heavy rainfall.

A 40-year-old farmer from Dharwad district was washed away in the Tuppari Halla stream, which is prone to flood during the monsoon season.

Likewise, a truck carrying cotton also got washed away in a stream in Yadgir district.

"There is an offshore trough and a circulation, because of which rain will continue in the coastal area. Only Malnad has not got sufficient rain this year. Probably after two days, Malnad may get some rains," Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) Director Srinivas Reddy said. Otherwise, entire state got normal rainfall, said Reddy, though it is not active over Malnad.

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April 6,2020
Mangaluru, Apr 6: Agricultural produce vendors have decided to hold an indefinite strike from Monday here in city's Central Market.
 
This move comes in response to district administration’s order asking them to shift to the APMC yard at Baikampady and not heeding to their appeal to allow them to operate from the Market and other areas in the city.
 
The district administration has decided to shift the vendors in order to prevent crowding in the market and maintain social distancing norms.

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June 1,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 1: A youth was hacked to death and two others suffered critical injuries following a fight between two gangs at Yekkaru Devaragudde near Kateel under the limits of Bajpe police station last night.

The deceased has been identified as Keertan (20), a resident of Marakada. The injured are Nitin (20) and Manesh (20). It is learnt that old animosity led to the attack and murder.

According to sources, members of both gangs were friends in the past. They had become enemies of each other following a fight regarding sand mining.

Sources said that Keertan, Nitin, and Manesh had reportedly invited their rival gang to Devaragudde for some discussion. A verbal friction arose between the two gangs and it culminated in the attack by the rival gang members with daggers. Keertan reportedly died on the sport. The other two were taken to hospital.

The accused fled the scene soon after committing the crime. A case has been registered at Bajpe police station. A manhunt has been launched to nab the accused.

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