'Dist. admin failed to check power projects that used water till March'

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April 24, 2012

vijayakurmarMangalore, April 24: Had a restriction been put on certain power projects who were utilizing water from Kumaradhara and Netravathi rivers for power generation all the way till March, people of Mangalore would not have been reeling under water crisis today, said Vijay Kumar Shetty, Former MLA.

Addressing media persons at a press meet at the district Congress office in the city on Tuesday, Mr. Shetty said that power projects such as Disha Power Project, Kadaba, AMR and Hratwik Power Pvt Ltd, Barooka Power Pvt Ltd, Nidle, Nagarjuna Hydro Energy Pvt Ltd, Gundya, International Power Corporation Ltd, Marnahalli, Sagar Power Pvt Ltd, and Western Hydro Energy Pvt Ltd, Sakleshpur, had been utilizing water from rivers till March while the agreement is only till January.

“It is a failure on the part of the district administration, the Mangalore City Corporation and the state government for not restricting the power generation by January. They should have directed these companies to allow water to be accumulated at Thumbe dam. As per the agreement it is clear that the first priority has always been for drinking water. But they continued their power generation activity to make profits”, Mr. Shetty said, alleging that State Energy Minister Shobha Karandlaje and Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani had been pressurizing these companies to do so.

On the proposed move to privatize water in the city, Shashidhar Hegde, Corporator and Former Mayor, said that the Congress party was against it. “The issue came up for discussion in the Council and we opposed it. Our first priority is the vented dam at Thumbe”, he said.

Congress leaders also expressed dissatisfaction at the time being taken to complete the Thumbe vented dam project and the amount being spent on it. “The dam should have been completed by 2011. Now, they are saying it would be ready by 2013. The estimated cost has also been increased to 75 crores”, he lamented.


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February 7,2020

New Delhi, Feb 7: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Central government on a plea challenging the Constitutional validity of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and effective implementation of the Assam Accord.

A bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde also sought Centre's response on the plea filed by Assam Social Justice Forum.

The petition sought appropriate directions for taking effective steps for the implementation of Assam Accord, 1985 in letter and spirit and for conservation and preservation of the of a distinct culture, heritage and traditions of the indigenous people of Assam.

The Assam Accord, 1985, had fixed March 24, 1971, as the cut-off date for deportation of all illegal immigrants irrespective of their religion.

The Bench also sought Centre's response on another fresh batch of pleas challenging CAA and tagged them along with other petitions pending in the matter.

One of the petitions, filed by the Association of Advocates from Maharashtra among others, sought to declare the Citizenship Amendment Act as discriminatory, arbitrary, and illegal and consequently set aside the impugned act as ultra-vires the Constitution of India.

On the other hand, over a hundred petitions have been filed in the apex court, for and against the amended citizenship law, which is facing opposition and protests across the country.

CAA grants citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who fled religious persecution in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan and took refuge in India on or before December 31, 2014.

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News Network
April 3,2020

Bengaluru, April 3: The ASHA worker, who was attacked by locals in Sadiq layout area in Bengaluru while conducting a coronavirus survey, on Friday expressed satisfaction with police action in the matter.

"I am happy that five people have been arrested for attacking me while I was conducting a survey in view of COVID-19 in Sadiq layout area in Bengaluru on April 1. We serve the people and work for the betterment of the society," Krishnaveni, the ASHA worker, told news agency here.

ASHA workers, who were deployed to spread awareness about coronavirus and identify suspected cases, were allegedly attacked by a group of locals in the area on Wednesday.

"We had been conducting surveys for the past 14 days ever since a positive coronavirus case was identified in the area. A person came and asked why we were gathering information. We informed him that a positive case was identified in the area," Krishnaveni said.

"They made an announcement from the mosque not to give any information to us. Afterwards, several people came out of their houses and started attacking us," she added.

Police initiated an investigation and have made arrests in the matter.

This comes as the country is under a 21-day lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, which has claimed the lives of at least 56 people and infected over 2,000 people.

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March 25,2020

Udupi, Mar 25: A 34-year-old man who returned from Dubai tested positive for novel coronavirus in Udupi district. This is the first case in the district. 

He returned from Dubai on March 18 and got admitted to a government hospital in Udupi on March 23 for fever. The swab samples were sent to Shivamogga laboratory for testing.

The report which arrived on Wednesday confirmed that he was positive for COVID-19, said DHO Dr Sudhir Chandra Sooda.

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