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In spite of tight security, Kannada activists protest against PM Modi

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February 4, 2018

Bengaluru, Feb 4: Activists fighting for Mahadayi water held two parallel protests at Freedom Park to bring the issue to the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.

Jana Samanyara Paksha led by writer Champa and pro-Kannada organisations led by Vatal Nagaraj demanded the intervention of the Prime Minister to seek an early solution to the Mahadayi dispute.

"We have abided by the court ruling and withdrawn the bandh call. But we won't sit quietly till the PM intervenes. He can't ignore such a burning issue when he is visiting the state," Vatal Nagaraj said, warning that PM's silence on the issue will force them to intensify their protest.

Champa said it was surprising that the Prime Minister, who speaks on minor issues in his Mann Ki Bath address, chooses to ignore an issue that has put lakhs of people in dire straits.

"We hope that he will have something to say about the issue at his rally today. No political party is coming forward to rescue the people who are suffering without water. The issue needs to be resolved soon," he said.

Highway jammed

Hundreds of vehicles headed for BJP's Parivartana Rally, jammed the Bengaluru-Mysuru highway near Ramanagaram.

Police are struggling to decongest the chock-o-block traffic bound for Palace Grounds in Bengaluru, and smoothen the flow.

Vehicles, mostly cars, have piled up bumper-to-bumper for kilometers and traffic is inching at a snail's pace.

Food arrangements

Food arrangements had been made for the rally attendees from south Karnataka like Mysuru, Madikeri, Mangaluru and several other places, at the Janapada Loka museum junction. They were served tomato bath and kesari bath by the organisers.

Police force

A 13,000-strong police force has been deployed to ensure security and maintain law and order during PM’s visit.

While law and order is being supervised by Additional Commissioner of Police B.K. Singh, traffic management is being taken care by Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) R. Hithendra, city Police Commissioner T. Suneel Kumar said.

The police have installed CCTV cameras at the venue and are conducting verification drills at hotels and lodges, and monitoring movements at bus stands, the international airport, and railway stations. This was part of the standard operating procedure from Saturday, the Police Commissioner added.

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February 23,2020

Madikeri, Feb 23: Back-to-back floods and landslides in the last two years, has led to a fall in the number of tourists coming to the coffee-growing region of Kodagu, forcing the district administration to intervene and take confidence-building measures, telling tourists that Kodagu was safe to visit.

According to the statistics of the Karnataka State Tourism Department, Kodagu recorded a moderately good number of tourists in 2018 and 2019, the years that the district witnessed devastating floods and landslides.

The Department’s statistics reveal that 17 lakh tourists visited Kodagu in 2018 and 18 lakh in 2019. This means the flood-ravaged years did attract tourists contrary to what the stakeholders had claimed.

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March 2,2020

Udupi, Mar 2: The Kundapur police carried out raids at various clubs in Kundapur Sub-division limits and arrested around 50 persons involved in illegal gambling and seized Rs 2.5 lakhs from their possession, the police said on Monday.

According to the police, on Sunday night, based on credible information, the Kudapur Sub-division police led by ASP Hariram Shanker and team raided various clubs in Goliyangadi, Siddapur, Koteswar and Basrur where the accused were found gambling illegally.

All the clubs had taken court permission for recreation but were illegally indulging in gambling. They had also violated the court conditions and were involved in illegal gambling.

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