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Mangaluru: BJP holds protest over sand scarcity, hits out at state govt

coastaldigest.com web desk
November 3, 2018

Mangaluru, Nov 3: The Mangaluru city unit of Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday organised a mass protest in front of the office of deputy commissioner here to exert pressure on the district administration and state government to address the sand scarcity.

Addressing the protesters, D Vedavyas Kamath, Mangaluru City South MLA, said there is widespread problem in various sectors due to non-availability of sand. The state government and district administration is dilly-dallying on the issue of giving permission for sand mining. This is not the correct step and is causing problems to middle and lower-middle income group people, he said.

Sand rate is beyond their reach and with that their dream of constructing their own dwelling, the MLA said, adding the government must understand their plight and act. He warned that his party would intensify the protest if the the authorities concerned filed to find a permanent solution to the issue.

Noting that a high powered meeting that CM H D Kumaraswamy chaired in Bengaluru recently had assured to provide a solution to the issue in 15-days, the MLA said more than a month has passed post the fortnight deadline with no solution in sight.

As far as sand extraction in CRZ areas was concerned, the State government wrote to the Union government on October 25 and has already sought clarifications on certain aspects. The State was waiting for directions from the Union government. Hence, the State government wanted some time in the matter.

The protest in Mangaluru comes two days after the Maralu Horata Samiti of Udupi district ended its eight-day-long dharna in front of the Udupi Deputy Commissioner’s Office following talks between the protestors and Rajendra Kataria, Secretary, Department of Commerce and Industries (Mines and MSME), November 1.

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syed
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Saturday, 3 Nov 2018

Why no protest again pumpwell flyover???? double standards of this coward BJP.....shame on you and deviding people in the name of relegion and caste 

Sandeep Ullal
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Saturday, 3 Nov 2018

Check builders and and contractors list. Most of them are BJP people. Check illegal land aquired people details also. BJP workers and leaders doing all illegal activities and blaming govt

Joseph Stalin
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Saturday, 3 Nov 2018

BJP making false allegation, unwanted troubles. They are aiming polls

Viggu Vignesh
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Saturday, 3 Nov 2018

Why he elected as MLA.. for protesting..? Why that local MLA cant solve the issue

Mohan
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Saturday, 3 Nov 2018

Most of the sand mafias are BJP workers.

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May 6,2020

Mangaluru, May 6: The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry has urged the government to consider erstwhile undivided Dakshina Kannada (now DK & Udupi) as one unit for the purpose of movement of people. KCCI president Isaac Vas has written a letter to Karnataka chief secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar in this regard. 

Mr Vas said: Even though the erstwhile Dakshina Kannada district was bifurcated in 1997 for administration purposes, the two districts are actually an urban agglomeration with most of the population residing in suburbs/towns. Office Staff, technical crew and labour of many industries reside in either district and commute daily for work within an efficient transport system.

The present restriction on Inter-district movement in view of the Lockdown is hindering the kick starting of industries and commerce. Workers are deprived of their livelihood and Industry and business owners are finding it challenging to move forward. To add to this, the migrant labour is moving back to their native places further aggravating the situation. Many Industries and Commercial establishments have requested us to take up this matter with the government, he said.

“Hence, we kindly request you to consider these two districts as one geographical area for the movement of people and private vehicles,” he said adding that this would facilitate movement of people for employment and business in either districts of Dakshina Kannada & Udupi.

He pointed out that Bangalore Rural, Bangalore Urban, Ramanagara, Chikkaballapur and Kolar are considered as a single unit as per your order No. RD158/TNR 2020 dt 03/05/2020 (Clause 2(a)).

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July 29,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 29: Ahead of popular Hindu festival Raksha Bandhan, Karnataka postal circle has introduced an online portal 'Rakhi Post' to deliver rakhis across the country amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

This year Raksha Bandhan will be celebrated on Monday, August 3.

This service can be used to send rakhis to people across the country without violating the coronavirus norms.

Speaking to news agency, Senior Superintendent of Post offices, Shriharsha N said, "I am happy to announce that Karnataka postal circle has introduced an online portal 'rakhi post' to deliver rakhis to people during coronavirus phase."

"People willing to avail this service can visit this portal and pay a nominal amount of Rs 100 to send a rakhi," Shriharsha said.

The official has suggested to avail the service before July 31 for the timely delivery of rakhis.

The portal is also offering a special service to send rakhis to the soldier deployed on the borders. "We have also introduced a unique feature to deliver rakhis to Indian soldiers on the borders," he added.

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May 28,2020

Bengaluru, May 28: A complaint has been filed against BJP Karnataka state president and Lok Sabha member Nalin Kumar Kateel by the Congress Legislators charging him with issuing false information on Coronavirus to mislead the people.

The complaint was filed by MLCs Ivan D’Souza and Prakash Rathod at Vidhana Soudha police station on Thursday.

In the complaint they had alleged that “Kateel has been spreading false information that the position of World Health Organization’s (WHO) Chairman was given to India in appreciation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s achievement in Coronavirus management. 

In reality, the position was given to India on the basis of rotation. India’s stature gets affected because of such childish statements at the international level.”

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