The task of vacating or demolishing unauthorized religious shrines in
accordance to the Supreme Court ruling, still largely remains incomplete with just 157
out of the 1579 identified buildings vacated so far. The task which was initiated with
much enthusiasm initially, has almost been suspended at present.
The cremation of the body of a young woman in utmost haste at the
government crematorium near Devigudi in Somanthadka of Belthangady recently, has
given room for much suspicion. It is being said that the woman from Gandibagilu had
died mysteriously and her family had brought the body all the way to Somanthadka in an
ambulance even when there was a crematorium close by Gandibagilu at Gandhinagar.
The Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Children?s Rights
has directed the Kavoor Police to file a ?B? Report in the case wherein a 16 year old boy
has been accused of a bike theft.
A number of cases of shopkeepers encroaching footpaths to display
their products, are reported from the town of Uppinangady in the recent past. This
practice of the shopkeepers has however inconvenienced the pedestrians who have to
walk on the roads by risking their lives.
?The secret visit of the Udupi district in-charge minister VS Acharya to the
UPCL plant and his holding talks with only the UPCL officials, without making any
effort to interact with the locals on their problems, and finally his words of praise for
UPCL has once again proved that VS Acharya is an UPCL agent,? opined Karnataka
Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene.
Even as fishermen have been complaining that the release of hazardous
effluents of various industries into the sea, has hit hard fishing activities at Mukka near
Suratkal, it has been reliably learnt that even the industries to be set up under the MSEZ
are planning to release their effluents into the sea at Mukka, through a pipeline.
The state government is likely to face contempt of court case for violating the
HC ruling to clear the Rs 5 crore wage arrears of 217 employees of the Brahmavar Sugar
Factory.
As darkness sets in, one can see flash lights in this thick forest of Beluvai.
Not just that, even some sounds can be heard from the forests. No. Naxals have not
entered these forests, nor is some divine light seen here ; neither is it a haunted place. In
reality this is the handiwork of the sandalwood smugglers.
A woman from Ugraniguttu in Shiradi village has complained to the Forest
Minister against a few forest guards accusing them of destroying her rubber plants.
Women of Santoor area where the UPCL fly ash pond is located,
complained to the Udupi DC Hemalatha against the UPCL contractor who was harassing
them. The DC had accompanied the Udupi District in-charge Minister VS Acharya
during his visit to the UPCL area on March 29, Tuesday.