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Struggle for shelter; DYFI sets Apr 25 deadline

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March 14, 2011

Ullal, March 14: Over seven hundred homeless and shelter less poor citizens on Monday laid siege to Ullal Town Municipal Council (UTMC) under the banner of Democratic Youth Federation of India to exert pressure on the district administration and State Government to allow them to lead a life with dignity by granting them a place to dwell and restoring House Rent Control Act.

Addressing the gathering, DYFI District President Muneer Katipalla warned that district administration and elected representatives of the region will be responsible if the frustrated protesters take law into their hands and express their frustration through violent means in the coming days.

“The shelter less and homeless citizens of Ullal waited for several years patiently submitting applications to the district administration believing that it will fulfil their demands. But, now they have realised that neither the state government nor the district administration will take any action to restore the rights of poor citizens and hence they have woken up for an unending agitation against the rulers” Katipalla said.

“This time we blocked the UTMC and the protest will be worsened if the administration continues to show its negligence towards the rights of the people, who are unable to cope up with ever rising house rents in the area,” he said, warning that “We will not allow any politician or concerned authorities to wander in the streets if our demands are not fulfilled.”

Setting a deadline before district administration and government Mr Katipalla warned that if the demands of the protesters are not met before April 25, all the shelter less and homeless people will take shelter in the office of Deputy Commissioner. “They will cook food and sleep there” he added.

Raitha Sangha leader Yadava Shetty addressing protesters said that due to the advent of multinational companies and under the pretext of Special Economic Zone, the number of shelter less and houseless people is increasing in the district with every passing day. “The District Administration, the State Government and the Central Government are solely responsible for this growing number of shelter less people and hence it is their joint responsibility to address the woes of these people” he said.

Earlier protesters took out a march from Abbakka Circle shouting slogans against the district administration, state government and local elected representatives. Krishnappa Salyan, Mahabala, Jeevan Raj Kuthar, Vani Kondana, Vilasini Thokkottu, Padmavathi Shetty, Jayanth Naik, Jayaram Kuthar and Rohidas were among those present.


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July 13,2020

Bengaluru, July 13: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Monday made it clear that the government had no plans to extend the lockdown in Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural districts beyond July 22.  The two districts will enter a lockdown starting 8 pm on July 14. 

“There is no proposal before the government to extend the lockdown in Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts. The chief minister requests citizens not to panic and cooperate with the government without paying heed to rumours,” the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said. 

“The lockdown is being imposed to control the rising number of Covid-19 cases in these districts. The CM has instructed officials to make all arrangements in a week’s time and make ready whatever is necessary,” the CMO said. 

The clarification came after Yediyurappa chaired a meeting of the Covid-19 task force meeting. Yediyurappa also held a video conference with officials from all districts to review the Covid-19 situation, rainfall and irrigation measures. 

Two more districts - Dakshina Kannada and Dharwad - have decided to impose a lockdown to control the spread of Covid-19 following Yediyurappa’s video conference. Starting July 15, Dakshina Kannada will be under a lockdown for a week whereas it will be a 9-day lockdown in Dharwad. 

During his video conference, Yediyurappa noted that the number of cases was on the rise in Bengaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Dharwad, Ballari, Udupi and Kalaburagi. 

He further noted that Covid-19 fatalities were going up in Bidar, Dharwad, Gadag and Mysuru. He asked authorities to bring this under control. “Bidar is among five districts nationally when it comes to deaths. This has to be controlled,” Yediyurappa said, seeking a report by experts on this. 

Yediyurappa told authorities to prioritize rapid antigen tests. “One lakh test kits have been procured. Use them wisely in emergency cases,” the CM said. He ordered that those aged above 60 years, those with serious illnesses and showing symptoms of influenza-like illness (ILI) have to be identified and subjected to Covid-19 tests.  

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April 27,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 27: Two more people including an elderly woman have been tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada. 

With this the total number of covid-19 cases in the district reached 21, though most of them have recovered and returned home. 

In its today's bulletin, the health and family welfare department confirmed that a 45-year-old man and his 80-year-old mother tested positive for the deadly disease. 

It is learnt that one of them had undergone treatment at a private hospital where a woman from Bantwal, who died of covid-19, was being treated for breathing difficulties, before she was shifted to Wenlock Hospital which is now converted into covid-19 hospital.

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: The condition of former Chief Minister and leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah, who recently tested positive for COVID-19, is clinically stable and he is responding to COVID-19 treatment, the hospital authorities said on Friday.

"Leader of the opposition and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is clinically stable and responding to COVID-19 treatment. He is comfortable and his appetite has improved. Our team of experts will continue to monitor him closely," Manipal Hospital said in a health bulletin.

Siddaramaiah had informed on Twitter on August 4 that he tested positive for COVID-19 and admitted himself to a hospital.

Since then, he had been active on twitter and attacked the BS Yediyurappa government in Karnataka over their handling of COVID-19 and heavy rainfall situation.

Earlier on Friday morning, Siddaramaiah remembered Nobel laureate and poet Rabindranath Tagore on his death anniversary.

The former Chief Minister of Karnataka also condoled the demise of Karnataka State Wakf Board chairman Dr Mohammed Yusuf on Friday.

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