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Sunil Kumar accused of infusing fear among people for political gain

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August 4, 2012

sunilaUdupi, August 4: Karkala MLA H Gopal Bhandary has accused former MLA V Sunil Kumar of infusing fear in the minds of innocent people by giving false information that the Kudremukh National Park (KNP) would be declared as a tiger reserve.

Addressing a press conference here on Friday, Bhandary said that former MLA was playing with the sentiments of innocent tribal people, by launching agitation against the non-existing Tiger Conservation project.

Mr Bhandary said that after their utter failure previous dramas like Datta Peeta, Mr Kumar and his associates had been provoking the people against Tiger Project, for political gains. In fact, neither the Tiger Conservation project exists in Kudremukh Wild Life Division nor the state government issued a notification for the one, he added.

Bhandary said that when he had asked Minister for Forests C.P. Yogeshwar in the Legislative Assembly on July 30 whether the State Government was planning to declare KNP as a tiger reserve, the latter made it clear that the State had five tiger reserves and there was no question of any new one coming up in the State. The State Government had not issued any notification on tiger reserve in KNP. Even the Deputy Commissioner of Udupi district had urged people not to panic or get frightened on this issue.

Minister had agreed that after a meeting of forest officials with the then Chief Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, state government had sought the Tiger Conservation project for Kudremukh. Though the central government gave its consent to state's proposal, Chief Minister on Nov 30, 2011, ordered the officials not to include the Kudremukh region in the Tiger project. In the assembly Yogishwar had also made it clear that the state government had not declared Kudremukh Wild Life Region as Tiger Reserve Area.

In spite of their own party's CM and Minister's statement Mr Kumar had been misguiding the public by saying that the Central Government had been implementing the project directly.

Mr Bhandary pitied former MLA's ignorance on the federal structure of the nation, where the forest comes under the state list.

Speaking on the occasion Udupi-Chikmagalur MP K Jayaprakash Hegde sought legal action against those who spread the rumours on Tiger Project and said that they had already submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner for the same.

Protest


Meanwhile, a newly formed organisation headed by Andaru Deviprasad Shetty staged a protest in Karkala against the Tiger Project under the leadership of Sunil Kumar, who alleged that the Project would affect the life of the people in 11 villages.

Addressing the protesters Mr Kumar also said that the State Government had made it clear to the Centre that it would not allow KNP to be declared as a tiger reserve. But the Union Government wanted to have a tiger reserve in KNP. Nearly 1,500 tribal families in KNP and 4,000 families living on its borders would be affected by the project. Many tribal people had been affected after the Kudremukh National Park came into existence in 1987.

Though the State Government opposed inclusion of 10 sites in the Western Ghats for heritage tag from UNESCO, the Centre had an opposite view. Now it was arm-twisting the State Government over the tiger reserve issue. The Centre should rescind its proposal on the tiger reserve. “We will fight against the project till it is given up,” Mr. Kumar said.


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March 29,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 29: The test report of the man from Uppoor in Udupi district, who committed suicide fearing he had contracted coronavirus infection, has returned negative for the virus.

Health department officials in Udupi said the post- mortem test report had shown that he did not have the virus infection and asked the people in the area not to panic.

Gopalakrishna Madivala (56), had hanged himself on Wednesday suspecting he had the disease, leaving a death note to family members asking them to stay safe.

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May 26,2020

Bengaluru, May 26: Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa has been urged to cancel the proposed SSLC examinations in Karnataka and allow “mass-pass” for every student in the wake of covid-19 crisis. A group of intellectuals and educationists have put forth this demand.

In the letter released by educationist VP Niranjan Aradhya, said that they were listing the scientific reasons to the CM for cancellation of exams which are slated to be held from June 25 to July 4th.

In the letter, the intellectuals have elucidated a number of reasons for cancelling the upcoming exams. “There are close to 8.5 lakh students and 2.5 lakh staff involved. If we include parents who would drop their kids at the exam centre, around 30 lakh people will be involved in the process, making it a risky affair. Though the government has said that it will separate the students with fever or other ailments, will students admit to having fever? What if they consume paracetamol and come to write exams?” asks the letter. 

Added to this, the question papers have to be sent from the district and taluk centres and there may be chances of transmission.

“Even if we conduct exams, then what about the students who have failed? Every year, around 2.5 lakh students fail in the exam. Will the government conduct the supplementary exams again? The whole process of conducting exams comes at a huge cost of Rs 20 cr to Rs 25 crore. Hence, we are suggesting that the government cancels the exams and pass the entire group of student en masse,” said the letter.

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June 30,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 30: The judicial, non-judicial and administrative functions of the Karnataka High Court has been suspended for Tuesday, for sanitisation of the entire court complex due to "unavoidable circumstances".

The High Court in a notice informed about the decision on Monday.

"It is hereby notified to the litigant public/learned advocates/party-in-person/officers and staff of the High Court of Karnataka, Principal Bench, Bengaluru that, the judicial/non-judicial/administrative functions of the High Court is hereby suspended for one day -- on June 30, 2020, for sanitisation of entire High Court complex, due to unavoidable circumstances," the notice read.

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