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Yeddyurappa visits Kukke Subrahmanya

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April 4, 2011

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Kukke subrahmanya, April 4: Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa here on Sunday refrained from making it clear if the Government was intended to divert the Netravathi.

When presspersons asked him to specify why the Government had allocated Rs. 200 crore in the agriculture budget for 2011-12 for “making water available” from the Yettinahole canal, a tributary of the Netravathi, in the Western Ghats, the Chief Minister said that it was in the interest of the State as a whole. Mr. Yeddyurappa said that the government would ensure that no injustice was done to the coastal region.

He said that irrigation experts would be consulted before taking up the scheme.

It may be mentioned here that point No. 107 of the agriculture budget had masked Netravathi diversion issue under the headline, “National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA)”. But the explanation on the topic said: “A survey with the help of NRSA on diversion of water from the west-flowing rivers for drinking in Bangalore Urban and Rural, Tumkur, Chickballapur, Kolar and Chitradurga districts has been completed.”

It further read: “Action will be taken in phases to provide drinking water through pipelines, while ensuring that there is no damage to the environment. In the first phase, water will be made available from the Yettinahole canal. A sum of Rs. 200 crore has been provided for implementing this scheme through institutes with requisite expertise,” it said.

Speaking to presspersons here Sunday, the Chief Minister refused to elaborate further on allocating Rs. 200 crore for the scheme.

Revenue

Mr. Yeddyurappa said that the Government had collected Rs. 37,900 crore as revenue against the target of Rs. 36,218 crore in 2010-11. It mainly came from commercial taxes, excise and motor vehicle taxes. The revenue collection was up by 24 per cent, he said.

The Chief Minister claimed that the financial condition of the State was good. The revenue surplus of the State stood at Rs. 3,000 crore.

He said that the government would convene a meeting shortly on improving roads in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.

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January 21,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 21: Operations at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) are normal, a day after security agencies detonated a bomb recovered from the airport in a controlled explosion, an official said on Tuesday.

"All operations are normal at Mangluru International Airport. Everything is normal," told the airport director V.V. Rao to IANS.

Rao said even on Monday, there was no interruption to the airport operations, except for that one recalled IndiGo flight to Bengaluru.

"As the explosive was isolated and taken away from the airport, there was no disturbance to flights, except one Bengaluru-bound IndiGo flight which suffered a few hours delay and took off later," said Rao.

Meanwhile, security has been tightened at the airport.

Mangluru north assistant commissioner of police Belliappa told media that the police are still on the hunt for the culprits who planted the bomb at the airport.

"We are trying to trace the culprits, we got the footage of the suspects," said Belliappa, highlighting that the police are yet to find the name, age and other details of the suspects.

At Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), the number of police personnel has been increased in a bid to tighten the security and 24 hour searching of vehicles is underway.

"We have set up two check posts on the way to the airport and randomly checking vehicles," told Devanahalli assistant commissioner of police Subramanya to media.

All Karnataka airports, including Hubballi and Belagavi, are on high alert.

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Bengaluru, Apr 10: Renowned ophthalmologist and Narayana Nethralaya Chairman Dr K Bhujang Shetty today advised those wearing contact lenses to switch to eyeglasses as a preventive measure.

“Though the facial mask is mandatory as a preventive measure against the dreaded Coronavirus, not many know that the virus can also enter the body through eyes. Wearing glasses or spectacles reduces the spread of the virus,” Dr Bhujang Shetty said.

Although it is more likely that people may catch Coronavirus infections through mouth and nose, there are chances of the virus also entering through eyes. “In a day, humans tend to touch their face and eyes almost 20 times an hour knowingly or unknowingly. Users of contact lenses end up touching their eyes and face frequently, increasing the risk of infections. Therefore, it is advisable that they switch to eyeglasses until the situation improves”, according to a release here on Friday.

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February 27,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 26: Karnataka Minister CT Ravi on Wednesday said that time is ripe to bring in Uniform Civil Code in the country as there was a demand for "equality".

"Everyone talks about equality. Those who desired inequality in the past are now seeking equality. The time is ripe to bring Uniform Civil Code," he said.

The Minister said that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) has been a part of the party's agenda since the time when BJP was formed in 1980.

"We spoke about article 370, we have done it, on Ayodhya issue, the Supreme Court has given its verdict. As the time comes we will do it," he said.

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