MCC will study 24x7 water supply system, says BJP

September 28, 2011

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Mangalore, September 28: The district BJP spokesperson Monappa Bhandary said that the Mangalore City Corporation will make a study on the maintenance of 24X7 water supply by the MCC and decide on the implementation of 24X7 water supply system without burdening the citizens.

Addressing a press meet here on Tuesday, he said instead of inviting tender for the implementation of 24X7 water supply, the MCC will outsource needed staff and maintain the water supply system.

“After the BJP came to power in the MCC, as many as 17 main roads have been concreted. Tender has been invited for laying footpaths and drains in the already concreted road. Owing to the shortage of contractors to take up the work on footpaths and drains, District-in-Charge Minister Krishna Palemar has decided to take the help of builders in the process of beautification of the City. If builders are involving themselevs in the process of development, then what is the problem?” he asked. From the time of municipality, the Congress was ruling. During the Congress reign, no roads were developed and was engaged themselves in borrowing loans.

Stating that former MLA is trying to level false allegeation against the BJP rule in the MCC, he said his statements are an attempt to mislead the citizens. How much development work he has carried out when he was MLA of Surathkal? he asked.

Flaying MCC opposition leader Lancelot Pinto for stating that several files are pending for the regularisation of buildings, he said “though the state government has brought in a bill on Akrama-Sakrama, the bill is still pending before the Governor.”

Roads

The dispute with Geological Survey of India in Mangalore, on completion of concrete road at Pandeshwar has been solved. The work on completing the concrete road will be carried out within a week. Tender has been invited to take up the work on asphaltation of the road from Jyothi to Bunts Hostel. The work on filling the potholes on the stretch will commence within 10 days, said Whip in the MCC Sudheer Shetty.

Every corporator is given additional Rs 25 lakh to carry out development work in their ward. If they fail to implement any work, then they are responsible, Bhandary added.

Bus bays

Mayor Praveen said that six bus bays will come up in Mangalore City Corporation limits. The bus bays will come up in front of University College, Nanthoor Junction, Light House, in front of C V Nayak hall, Valencia, Mangaladevi.

Bejai market

To a query on delay in the completion of Bejai market, Corporator Premananda Shetty said that a sum of Rs 50 lakh has been released for the market. The work on ground floor would be completed by December and the vendors will be asked to occupy by January or February by providing all the infrastructure facilities.

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March 18,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 18: Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Wednesday met the Director-General of Police in Bengaluru and demanded police protection for Madhya Pradesh Congress MLAs and the removal of BJP workers from the hotel in Bengaluru, where the legislators are currently lodged.

"The (Madhya Pradesh) legislators have come here and have requested police protection, that is all. Let the police give them protection, our candidate (Digvijaya Singh) has come, let him meet the legislators. Why are BJP workers protecting them? We know that they are under threat and hence we need to vacate them (BJP workers)," Shivakumar told reporters here after the meeting.

"We will give protection to our men and that is why we are telling them they cannot stop us. They should be in a free and fair position. I have communicated to DGP that BJP needs to vacate," he added.

Earlier today, Congress' Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh and former chief minister Digvijaya Singh was placed under preventive arrest after he sat on a dharna near Ramada Hotel here, allegedly for not being allowed by police to meet the 21 Congress rebel MLAs lodged in a hotel.

"I am a Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh, voting is scheduled for March 26. My MLAs have been kept here, they want to speak to me, their phones have been snatched, the police is not letting me speak to them saying there is a security threat to MLAs," Singh told reporters.

Singh who sat on the dharna with a face mask on said: "We were expecting them to come back, but when we saw they're being held back, messages came from their families...I personally spoke to five MLAs, they said they're captive, phones snatched away, there is Police in front of every room. They're being followed 24/7," Singh said.

The development comes amid the political crisis in Madhya Pradesh after the exit of Jyotiraditya Scindia from the Congress party.

Scindia's departure was followed by 22 Congress MLAs resigning from the party as well as from the state legislative Assembly.

The resignation of these MLAs has left the Kamal Nath government below the majority mark.

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May 18,2020

Bengaluru, May 18: With the detection of 99 fresh cases of COVID-19, highest single-day spike, including 24 from Bengaluru Urban district, the total number of persons contracted for the disease in the state has surged to 1,246.

Apart from 24 fresh cases in Bengaluru Urban district, Mandya recorded 17 cases followed by Uttara Kannada (09), Raichur (06), Yadagiri (06), Gadaga (05), Kalaburagi (10), Hassan (04), Koppal (03), Vijayapura (05), Mysuru (01), Belagavi (02), Ballari (01), Udupi (01), Kodagu (01) and Koppal (03).

So far 37 persons had succumbed to the virus in the state.

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March 7,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 7: Karnataka on Friday announced that there are no positive cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 in the state till date.

"To date, 717 persons have been identified for observation, of them, 236 persons have completed 28 days of observation and 469 persons are continuing under home quarantine. 8 persons are admitted to selected isolation hospitals, " the state government said in a release today.

"Around 343 samples of symptomatic persons are sent for testing and 296 samples are reported as negative. No positive cases of Coronavirus in the state to date," it said.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa earlier in the week assured people in state about the preparedness to tackle coronavirus.

He said, "We have issued instructions to all hospitals. We have made all the arrangements. People in Karnataka should not worry."

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan earlier today held a review meeting with states over preparedness for coronavirus. State governments have been asked to keep the testing and quarantine facilities, isolation wards and labs in active readiness.

The country's total number of positive cases of coronavirus touched 31 today. COVID-19 has so far killed more than 3200 people globally.

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