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Apex Court's ban on tobacco sale affecting areca growers badly'

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February 24, 2011

Mangalore, February 24: The Supreme Court's ban order on sale of tobacco products in plastic sachets March 1 onwards, has severely hit the areca growers in the region said Konkodi Padmanabha Bhat, President of the Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative (CAMPCO)

He was addressing the media persons at Campco office here on Thursday.

The Supreme Court's decision came on December 7, 2010 after taking note of government's submission that 90 per cent of oral cancer cases in the country are due to chewing of tobacco.

Konkodi said the ban has adverse impact on lakhs of people, who are dependent on areca nut crops. It has completely affected the trade of arecanut in the regions like Davanagere and Shimoga. At the same time, the price of white and red arecanut has come down to Rs 20 per kg, he said.

He urged the central government to intervene and convince the Supreme Court regarding the problems faced by the areca growers.

He said the delegation led by the heads of cooperative societies including Campco and Mampco will meet Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily in this regard at the earliest.

Bhat demanded support price of Rs 114 and Rs 148 for white and red arecanut based on the report prepared by Arecanut Research and Development Foundation (ARDF). Central government should sanction Rs 500 crores for each state to meet this demand, he said.

He also demanded one year injunction on the ban, so that the gutka industries can look for an alternate system.

Bhat also urged the central government to appoint an expert lawyer on behalf of areca growers to convince the court about adverse impact caused due to ban.

AS Bhat, Executive Director of Campco, Narasimha Nayak, Vice President of All India Arecanut Growers Association, Srinivas Nayak and others were present.

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April 4,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 4: The state government have taken all measures to ensure availability of essential supplies including foodgrains, in the state, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa informed here on Saturday.

He was speaking to newsmen, after holding a meeting of the MLAs, MPs and others, where he had briefed over the measures taken by the state government to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease.

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March 23,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 23: In the wake of the shutdown in several districts of the state to control the COVID-19 spread, Karnataka government on Monday said food would be provided free of cost through Indira Canteen for the poor who depend on daily wages for their livelihood.

The state-sponsored subsidised 'Indira Canteens' as of now serves breakfast at Rs 5 and lunch and dinner at a cost of Rs 10.

"In the interest of the poor, it has been decided to serve free food for poor. Through Indira Canteen, free food will be served for the entire day for the poor," Yediyurappa told reporters.

The Karnataka government has already announced shutdown of all commercial activities, barring essential services, in nine districts where COVID-19 cases have been reported till March 31.

They are: Bengaluru city, Bengaluru Rural, Mangaluru, Mysuru, Kalaburagi, Dharwad, Chikkaballapura, Kodagu and Belagavi.

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April 21,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 21: The group who had attacked police and healthcare workers at the minority-dominated Padarayanapura in the city on Sunday night had raised slogans ''kill police'' when the team went to quarantine some people, the police alleged in an FIR.

Around 100 to 120 people rushed out onto the road targeting the police and health workers who wanted to pick up primary and secondary contacts of coronavirus patients.

Cases have been registered against the miscreants based on the complaint of police officers.

In one of the FIRs, police sub-inspector Raman Gowda complained that when he went to quarantine 43 people with the healthcare officers, around 120 people rushed out and attacked them.

"The group of people holding sticks and stones rushed from Arafat Nagar," Mr Gowda said.

When he was trying to stop them from destroying a CCTV camera, the mob attacked him shouting slogans ''Kill the police. Don't spare them," he alleged in the FIR.

"They wanted to kill us with stones and sticks and some of our staff sustained injuries," the officer said.

According to police, 59 people have been arrested including A woman who had allegedly masterminded the attack.

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