Udupi CMC polls | People should not forget BJP’s corruption, Cong’s development works: Madhwaraj

coastaldigest.com web desk
August 30, 2018

Udupi, Aug 30: Congress leader and former minister Pramod Madhwaraj has urged the people not to forget the development works carried out by the Congress in the city in last five years unlike the previous BJP administration.

Speaking to media persons here, Madhwaraj also accused the BJP was misleading people on the achievements of the Congress in Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC) in the last five years.

“Unlike the BJP which had ruled the CMC from 2009-13, the Congress rule in the CMC from 2013-18 had not attracted charges of corruption. When the BJP left power, there were 8,500 tap connections in the city, it had now gone up to 18,500 connections. In the last five years, water scarcity during summer had been addressed to a large extent, whereas during the BJP rule, water was provided through water tankers, he said.

The BJP’s charge that the Trade Licence Fee had been increased recklessly was wrong. The fee had been fixed at Rs 100 in 1965. Hence it was revised on the basis of square foot of shops and business establishments. This meant that small shops paid less, while the big shops paid more. Even after this increase, the fee collected was a mere Rs. 60 lakh annually.

The BJP had brought grants of Rs. 125 crore from the State government during its rule in the CMC from 2009-13, but in the last five years, the Congress government had provided grants of Rs. 503 crore. It was due to these grants that works on drinking water supply and the underground drainage system had been taken up, he said.

To a query, he said that extraction of sand in Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) and non-CRZ areas in the district required permission from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The elected representatives of the BJP should pressurise the MoEF to give permission for it, he said.

Comments

Rahul
 - 
Thursday, 30 Aug 2018

Many congress people had a over confidence and headweight that nobody can win over cong. That gone.

Mohan
 - 
Thursday, 30 Aug 2018

Previous govt cong MLAs were waste. Thats why cong face defeat in many places in Karnataka and end up in coalition govt

Kumar
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Thursday, 30 Aug 2018

People wont forget corruptions done by BJP also wont forget cong inactiveness and unease rule

Danish
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Thursday, 30 Aug 2018

BJP local body is better compared to cong admins.

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February 18,2020

Kasaragod, Feb 18: Police have seized counterfeit notes of Rs 45 lakh from a resident here on Tuesday.

The accused Muhammed, a native of Perla, has been taken into custody for carrying the prohibited currency and the police is investigating the crime.

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July 14,2020

Bengaluru, July 14: The Karnataka government has allowed some relaxations during the week-long lockdown in Bengaluru urban and rural districts. The lockdown will commence from 8p.m. today (July 14) and end at 5a.m. on July 22.  The government has released the guidelines for lockdown.

Restrictions

*No new flights or trains will be permitted; only flights and trains already scheduled will continue to operate. Flight and train tickets shall serve as passes for movement by taxis/cab aggregators/auto rickshaws.

* Metro rail services prohibited

* Taxis and services of cab aggregators will be prohibited except for emergency and as permitted in guidelines.

* Schools, colleges, educational/training/coaching institutions etc. will remain closed. Online/distance learning shall continue to be permitted. Examination already scheduled shall be permitted

* Hotels, restaurants, and hospitality services, prohibited except those meant for health/police/government officials/healthcare workers. Hotels and restaurants shall be permitted to operate kitchens for takeaway/home delivery of food items only.

* All cinema halls, shopping malls, gymnasiums, sports complexes, stadia, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars and auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places.

* All social/political/sports/entertainment/academic/cultural religious functions/other gatherings and large congregations.

* All religious places/places of worship shall be closed for public. Religious congregations are strictly prohibited. Commercial and private establishment shall be closed down

Relaxations (outside containment zone)

* Shops including ration shops (PDS), dealing with food, groceries, fruits and vegetables, etc. to open only from 5 am to 12 noon. Home delivery of essential items shall be encouraged.

* All facilities in the supply chain of essential goods, whether involved in manufacturing, wholesale or retail of such goods through local stores, large brick and mortar stores or e-commerce companies.

* All food processing and related industries.

* Banks, insurance offices and ATM.

* Print and electronic media.

* Telecommunication, internet services, broadcasting and cable services, IT and IT-enabled services with minimum staff for essential purposes. As far as possible, work from home should be encouraged.

* Delivery of essential items such as food, medicines, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment through e-commerce.

* Power generation, transmission and distribution units and services.

* Capital and debt market services and notified by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)

* Cold storage and warehousing services.

* Private security services.

* Delivery of goods by E-Commerce companies. Industries/industrial establishments as listed below will be allowed to operate (outside containment zones):

i. Production units which require continuous process, and their supply chain.

ii. Food processing industries, manufacturing of essential goods, including drugs, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, their raw material and intermediates.

iii. Manufacturing of packing materials.

iv. Manufacturing and other industrial establishment with access control in Special Economic Zones (SEZs) or outside municipal limits and Export Oriented Units (EoUs), Industrial townships. Construction activities will be allowed in continuation of works in construction projects, where workers are available on site.

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July 11,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 11: Deputy Commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh has set up an expert committee to look into the cause of deaths of covid patients in Dakshina Kannada.

The development comes after eight more fatalities including that of a CISF personnel attached to MRPL, were reported in the district on Friday.

The district has recorded 23 deaths since July 1 and 38 death cases have been reported in the district since April 19.

Of the 38 deaths, five were from outside the district. All the eight patients, who lost their battle to the virus in the district on Friday, were suffering from co-morbidities.

According to the govt bulletin on Covid-19 cases, comorbid conditions, like kidney failure, brain tumour, TB, pneumonia, liver damage, high BP, diabetes and others, were the main reasons behind the Covid-19 deaths reported in the district.

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