No water problem in Udupi: Raghupathy Bhat

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April 10, 2012

bhat_copyUdupi, April 10: Udupi MLA Raghupathy Bhat has clarified that there was enough water to supply across the city.

Speaking to the media persons here on Monday, Mr Bhat said the City Municipal Council has chalked out elaborate developmental works, with special emphasis on basic infrastructure.

He said that 96 per cent taxes have been collected by the end of March. There is 24 hours water supply facility in the city.

Public taps have been removed and Udupi CMC is one of the few City Municipalities across the state to provide 24 hours water supply in the month of April. There is enough water in the reservoirs and the CMC can manage 24 hours water supply till May 25.

“About five cm of water is decreasing each day in the reservoirs and there will be no water shortage till May. Tanker water facility is not provided anywhere in the city because it is simply of no need,” he added.

The CMC has chalked out plans for as many as 64 construction works at the cost of Rs three crores special allocations earmarked for the purpose.

“The CMC has received special funds of Rs 30 crores under Chief Minister Small and Medium Development Project Scheme. New schemes worth Rs 25 crores are being initiated.

Tender process is over for Malpe-Padukere bridge costing Rs 7.5 crores. Tender process for the first phase of the Kalsanka-Gundibailu road widening process planned at the cost of Rs six crore is over too. However the tender is sent to the government for its approval,” he said adding that Jodukatte-Brahmagiri stretch has been widened at the cost of Rs two crores and Udupi fish market is under renovation.

Town Hall

Bhat said that a sum of Rs four crore will be invested for the renovation of Town Hall.

The work will be over by April and the inauguration will be on May 20 by Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda. The structure with 850 seating capacity will have granite flooring and teak wood doors and windows. A spacious green room will be provided along with interlocking with splendid landscaping.

Bujanga Park, which is renovated at the cost of Rs two crores comprises of 800 metres of walking track. Spacious open air theater and lawn will be added attraction. Many numbers of trees will be planted giving priority to local varieties. Plans are on to build a skating track at the cost of Rs 21 lakhs around the radio tower in the days to come.

Another major project of the CMC is the construction of fish market at Adi Udupi at the cost of Rs one crore. The fish market can accommodate as many as 60 people.

There are outlets built besides seating arrangements for the fisherwomen. There are rest rooms and scientific arrangements have been made for drainage system.

Tender has been called for drainage project to be laid at the cost of Rs 25 lakhs connecting Adi Udupi to third wet well nearby.

CMC President Kiran Kumar informed that Tenkaneediyur Gram Panchayat has failed to pay the amount charged for water supplied by CMC since November besides pending old balance. Water connections were cut off for Ambalpadi, 80-Badagabettu and Kadekar Gram Panchayat.

However these Gram Panchayats have paid some amount. Tenkaneediyur Gram Panchayath is politicising the entire issue rather than holding talks with the CMC. It is the responsibility of the Panchayat to provide water to the public coming under its jurisdiction, he added.

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February 17,2020

New Delhi, Feb 17: The Congress high command is likely to announce the party’s key troubleshooter in Karnataka, DK Shivakumar as the next state unit president with MB Patil as the working president, according to party leaders who spoke on condition of anonymity, in what could be a delicate balancing act between competing caste claims in the state..

Former CM S Siddaramaiah is likely to continue as the Congress Legislature Party leader, the leaders added.

The KPCC presidentship has been vacant ever since the incumbent Dinesh Gundu Rao resigned following the defeat in the bypolls, in which the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) won 12 of the 15 seats, ensuring a majority for itself in the state assembly.

The state leadership issue became contentious following that, with Shivakumar, a Vokkaliga, lobbying to ensure that his role as party’s main go-to man during difficult times be rewarded, the leaders cited above said. Patil, a former home minister and a Lingayat leader, was the favoured choice of Siddaramaiah, they added.

A former minister in the Siddaramiah cabinet told HT on condition of anonymity the appointment was now “just a formality”.

“How long could the current uncertainty continue? Shivakumar is a go-getter who can also help generate funds for the party. For instance, on the Bidar school sedition issue, we were late and started an agitation only after the accused got bail. With Shivakumar at the helm, we will be more aggressive and able to put the BJP government on a mat by highlighting all their omissions and commissions,” the former minister added.

The decision to appoint Shivakumar -- a seven-term MLA who served in the cabinets of former CMs S Bangarappa, SM Krishna, Siddaramiah and HD Kumaraswamy -- is likely to be a controversial one. He faces ongoing income tax and Enforcement Directorate (ED) probes, is currently on bail after being jailed by the ED in a money laundering case. He

In his 2018 poll affidavit, Shivakumar declared assets worth Rs 840 crore, making him one of the richest politicians in the state. His brother DK Suresh is a two term parliamentarian and is the sitting MP from the Bangalore Rural constituency.

Shivakumar’s latest move to build the world’s largest Christ statue in his constituency in Kanakapura has also come in for severe attack from Sangh Parivar outfits, who claim the land he donated was government-owned and illegally usurped by him.

Political analyst Manjunath said that Shivakumar, if appointed, is likely to inject a great degree of dynamism into the functioning of the party.

“He sees himself as a future Chief Minister and is very ambitious. If the appointments are confirmed, it will only vindicate the fact that the party high command has tried to balance caste interests by having a Vokkilga, a Lingayat and a Kuruba – the three leading castes in the state - heading different parts of the party. Also since the BJP is making a concerted effort to break into the Vokkaliga votebank, nominating Shivakumar would be a smart move to consolidate the community behind the party,” he said.

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March 29,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 29: There was no shortage of masks and testing kits for detecting coronavirus cases in Karnataka and the government would import them if a need arose, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Sunday said.

Apprising leaders of political parties on measures taken by his government to combat spread of coronavirus, he also told an all-party meeting that the government has decided to provide life insurance cover to police and civil workers and has taken extra precautions to maintain supply of food grains.

"There is no shortage of testing kits, medicines and masks. If there is need, we will import more... We will distribute testing kits to all the district and Taluk hospitals," he was quoted as saying in a government release.

The state has so far reported 76 COVID-19 cases including three deaths and five discharges.

At the meeting held in the Vidhana Soudha here, former chief minister and senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah said there were shortcomings in the screening of passengers coming from abroad and stressed on the need to maintain supply of essentials.

Yediyurappa said supply of foodgrains would be made through Public Distribution System and the government had taken extra precautions to avoiod any difficulties.

He told the leaders that there was no restriction on agriculture activities in the state.

"I have been regularly holding meetings since March 13 regarding the measures taken to contain the transmission of COVID-19," the chief minister said.

Health Minister B Sriramulu, Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar, IT-BT Minister C N Aswath Narayan, Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, Siddaramaiah, JD(S) MLAs H D Revanna, D K Shivakumar and former speaker K R Ramesh Kumar attended the meeting.

Yediyurappa said a task force comprising of ministers and officials has been formed to oversee the implementation of the government orders in view of the 21-day lockdown.

He highlighted the prevailing situation across the globe saying normal life has been paralysed everywhere.

The chief minister also brifed the leaders about the number of clinics all over the state, availability of medicines and protection gear for the doctors and in quarantine rooms in the state.

Flagging concerns over screening process, Siddaramaiah said around 4,500 people were yet to be tracked, which need to be taken up on a warfooting.

"The government is saying that we have not reached the third stage but in Nanjangud, a person contracted the disease though he does not have any travel history. This must be probed," he said.

The former former chief minister asked the government to make sure that the free distribution of food grains to weaker sections take place without any difficulty from April 1, as announced by the Central government.

He objected to police 'excesses' while enforcing lockdown.

Siddaramaiah also asked government to bring the police personnel under special insurance cover.

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June 1,2020

Mangaluru, June 1: The private bus services resumed services in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts today with 15 per cent hike in the fares. For 70 days these buses were stayed off the roads as lockdown was imposed in the region on March 22 in the wake of covid-19 outbreak.

Buses were sanitised in the morning. The bus operators have decided to operate only a few of the buses initially.

Of the about 2,000 service buses (inter-district buses and long-route buses within the district) of private operators in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, only 25% resumed services. Only 135 out of 320 city buses in Mangaluru resumed services.

The number of passengers on board the buses were also very less in the morning. A few buses had arranged sanitisers for passengers, drivers and conductors.

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