Concept of water privatisation flayed

June 25, 2011

Mangalore, June 24: Criticising the move of the Mangalore City Corporation to introduce 24X7 water supply scheme in the City Corporation limits, social activist and documentary film maker Natesh Ullal said the privatisation of water supply would lead to several problems as the entire idea has several loopholes in it.

He was speaking at a discussion on the Privatisation of Drinking Water Supply organised by DYFI to commemorate the death anniversary of social activist Srinivas Bajal. Analysing the issue from various perspectives, Natesh said the implementation of 24X7 water supply scheme by the private companies would create a disaster in the future.

“The company which is given the responsibility of supplying the water might one day urge the government to bring out a policy to stop the general public from using water from wells and borewells. These companies which are basically profit driven try their level best to dominate the life of people. With profit motive in mind, there are all possibilities of these companies forcing the people not to use the water sources like wells,” he noted.

Insisting the administrative bodies to avoid the implementation of the proposed scheme, he said the private companies are given the liberty to hike the water bill once in three years which would cost high to the general public. It is only the small portion of population who will be able to pay the heavy water bill issued by the companies, but the poor will be put into trouble, he informed.

The possibilities of the private companies entrusted with the responsibility of 24X7 water supply exporting the water to abroad can't be ignored. The companies might show loss amount incurred to the shareholders and may jump into export business, he said.

He also questioned the delegation from MCC who paid visit to Hubli recently, in order to study the pros cons of 24X7 water supply scheme, if they had visited all the wards in Hubli. “Visiting 4-5 wards where the scheme has been effectively implemented is not sufficient, but one must also study the negative impact of the scheme on the wards where the scheme is not implemented,” said Natesh.

DYFI former President Krishnappa Konchadi criticised the move and said that the capitalistic mentality was working behind the scheme.

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Combating covid: Karnataka CM holds video conference with DCs, SPs

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June 2,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 2: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday interacted with District Collectors (DCs) and Superintendents of Police (SPs) regarding COVID- 19 situation in the State.

In the meeting held through a video conference, he said that DCs, SPs and the District Panchayat Chief Executive Officer (CEO) be divided into taluks and ordered them to take appropriate measures to control COVID-19.

He was speaking today in a video conversation with District Collector, District Panchayat Chief Executives and Superintendents of Police in Kalaburgi, Vijayapura, Udupi, Yadagiri, Raichuru and Belagavi districts regarding measures to control the spread of COVID-19.

The Chief Minister instructed officials to monitor the investments in taluka centres. He also ordered to create a task force in the village panchayats, who will be monitoring things closely.

The Chief Minister also directed for the creation of ward-level watchdog committee in every village and city and an FIR should be registered in case of a home quarantine violation.

Home Minister Basavaraja Bommai, Revenue Minister R Ashok, Chief Secretary TM Vijayabhaskar, Development Commissioner Vandita Sharma, Police Chief Director Praveen Sood, Health Department general secretary Javed Akhtar and secretary Pankaj Kumar Pandey were also present in the meeting.

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Report on wakf irregularities in Karnataka to be tabled in next session

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June 17,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 17: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has directed Minorities Department officials to take steps for tabling the Karnataka Lokayukta report on alleged irregularities in wakf properties in Karnataka, during the next session of the State legislature.

Following the Anwar Manipaddi report on alleged irregularities in wakf properties, the Lokayukta conducted the probe. The Siddaramaiah government rejected both the Anwar Manipaddi report and the Lokayukta report.

The Chief Minister issued the directions to officials during a review of the department works on Tuesday, said an official press release. The Lokayukta reportedly named several Congress leaders and senior officers in the scam.

The Lokayukta conducted the probe and submitted the report containing 15 volumes to the State government during the Siddaramaiah government’s tenure.

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Here's the first phase flight plan for return of Indian nationals stranded abroad

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May 5,2020

Newsroom, May 5: Following the union government's nod, preparations are afoot to bring back Indian nationals stranded abroad from May 7 onwards.

According to sources, in the first phase from May 7- 14, the government would allow more than 60 “non-scheduled, commercial” flights to operate from about 12 countries to India to bring back 15,000 citizens. At least half of those flights will be from the Gulf region, including UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman, while the rest would bring passengers from the U.S., the U.K., Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Bangladesh.

The flights would be spread over 10 States identified as having the largest numbers to return, with Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Delhi (NCR) receiving the maximum number of flights.

A meeting held at the Ministry of Civil Aviation looked specifically at flights, mainly operated by Air India, while it awaits a final plan from countries where Indians need to be airlifted from. The first flights planned at present are from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Riyadh and Doha, flying directly to Kozhikode and Kochi.

While the full estimate of Indians needing to return home could cross ten lakhs (a million), with more than two lakhs having registered to return from the UAE alone, officials said their return would be “prioritised and staggered”.

Flight plan for return of Indian nationals stranded abroad: