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Parmesh S Jain

Beach Tourism and Temple Tourism will see huge development in the coming days.A representation has been made to the Centre for changes in CRZ regulations for development of tourism in the coastal region.

We have received an appropriate response,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

He was speaking after inaugurating the Dr.VS Acharya Bus Station built by Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation.

Priority for comprehensive development of Udupi district

Comprehensive development of Udupi district is a priority objective for the State government. Work has started on construction of 250 bed hospital.

A medical college and hospital under the PPP model would also come up in the coming day. Approval has been given for drinking water and underground drainage projects. Fishing and tourism too would get a boost, Bommai said.

The Chief Minister lauded the honesty of late VS Acharya in public life. He was an ideal for others to show that one can function honestly in public life, Bommai said.

Transport minister Sriramulu,minister’s S Angara, Kota Srinivasa Poojari and others were present.

Parmesh S jain

Strict screening and surveillance on travellers from 8 countries witnessing spike in cases

164th TAC Summary:

1.Special surveillance of International passengers.

• The international arrivals from these countries-China,Hong Kong,South Korea, Vietnam,Japan,Thailand,Germany,Italy,Australia, UK shall be subjected to following measures of surveillance.

• At the Airport -Thermal screening and checking of 2 dose/full vaccination certificate.

• At the residence-Daily tele-monitoring for Covid-19 symptoms and testing.

• Genomic surveillance of those who test positive.

2. Advisory on face masking in public areas.

• It is recommended to wear face mask in public areas particularly in closed spaces,crowds and during close conversations.

3. Ongoing clinical surveillance at Victoria hospital.

• Clinical surveillance for new symptoms and emergence of new variant is in progress.

4. Surveillance in animals for Covid-19.

• It is recommended to initiate this in collaboration with Institute of Animal Health and Veterinary biological,Hebbal,Bengaluru.

5. Ongoing sewage surveillance.

• ICMR in collaboration with BBMP is conducting sewage surveillance for Covid-19 and this shall be correlated with Covid-19 testing results in the corresponding areas.

Please ensure that all your vaccination doses are completed at the earliest,urged Health Minister K Sudhakar after an meeting with the COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee amid a rise in of cases of the XE variant of COVID-19 in some foreign countries.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting Minister Sudhakar stated that there was an increase XE variant COVID-19 cases in 8 different countries including China,Hong Kong,South Korea,UK and Germany.

Additionally,he also stated that there was an increase of XE cases in Delhi and Haryana.

After the meeting Sudhakar said that the TAC has suggested thermal screening,strict surveillance, mandatory quarantine for a period of 7-10 days for passengers arriving from these eight countries.

Govt will soon release guidelines regarding this. Additionally, he urged people to wear masks, stating that IIT Kanpur has predicted another COIVD-19 wave around June and July.

He stressed on the fact that many haven’t completed their second dose.

4.77 crore (98%) of people under the 60+ category have taken the second dose of COVID-19 vaccine and only 49% of people have taken their precautionary dose.

There already is a declined immunity in this age group.I urge everyone to please complete all doses,” Minister Sudhakar said.

“Some have blamed the government for the COVID-19 wave and shortage of vaccine in the past.

Now,there is an adequate supply and we have made several requests to people to take the vaccine.People should take the vaccine and cooperate with the government,he added.

He said that among the 15-17 age group, 25,11,407 people out of 30,00,000 had taken the vaccine amounting to 79% and only 65% had taken the second dose.

Among the 12-14 age group,only 13,96,000 children have received the vaccine out of 20,00,000 amounting to 69%.

He urged parents to have their children vaccinated.As there are no vaccines for young kids,Sudhakar said that 5000 children will be tested across the state as per the recommendation of the TAC.

Price cap must be followed

We have received complaints of some hospitals overcharging for vaccines.The government will not tolerate this.

A high-level meeting has been held and committee has been formed in this regard. The capped prices for CT scans,MRI etc.

Must be considered as the new prices for future and not just for COVID-19.All officers have been given instructions in this regard.

Labs should not charge higher cost than the cap fixed by the government.If this rule is violated, the government has the right to revoke the license of the lab or hospital,he said.

Parmesh S Jain

Four people including a woman injured in a freak accident due to lift cable snapped and they fell from 1st floor within the lift Car in an apartment on avenue road on Monday.

The injured identified as Sridevi 45,sustained multiple fractures,Gopinath,49,Pradeep,30 and Naresh 36,sustained multiple fractures admitted to hosmat hospital .

All injuries are due to sudden and forceful impact of the body, Dr.Ajith Benedict rayan,Medical director,said.

The incident occurred at the Voice of Silver,54,CT Street,Avenue Road on Monday evening.

Sridevi is admitted in ICU as she has multiple fractures while Naresh and Gopinath will undergo emergency surgeries.

All the patients are stable and responding to treatment,Dr.Royan,said reporters

Parmesh S jain

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday called upon the need for ‘Back to Thirthahalli’ campaign by those from Thirthahalli settled in Bengaluru.

You should pay back to your native land, your alma mater, your parents,he said participating in the ‘Sneha Sammilana’ programme of the community.

The Chief Minister termed Thirthahalli as the land of God as it is blessed with natural beauty and the people are hard working and intelligent.

Recalling the contribution of Shivamogga district to the State, Bommai said,it has given former Chief Ministers like Kadidal Manjappa,S Bangarappa,JH Patel and BS Yediyurappa. Jnanpith awardee Kuvempu is from this land.

Revival of VISL

Shivamogga has seen total transformation after BS Yediyrappa became the Chief Minister. Shivamogga is perhaps the most systematic city after Bengaluru in the State, he said.

Referring to Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Limited Bommai said, “we are thinking about revival of VISL through private participation.”

Parmesh S JAIN

In a case of hit and run, a 51-year-old pedestrian was killed and his son escaped with minor injuries when a speeding goods truck knocked them down in Chikkajala on Saturday evening.

The deceased has been identified as Muniraju,a farmer from Bellahalli village .

Senior officers with other staff visited the spot and after taking stock of the situation a officer said that the incident occurred around 8 pm and Muniraju along with his son Bharath were going to medical shop by walk and they were crossing the road at Kogilu Cross.

A speeding goods truck hit Muniraju and Bharath jumped to safety and escaped with minor injuries.

Passers-by chased the vehicle to nab the driver but he managed to escape with the vehicle.

Muniraju was rushed to a private hospital where he wa declared brought dead as he had severe head injuries .

The Chikkajala traffic police conducted spot inspection and found the vehicle number based on the CCTV footage,Efforts are on to nab the driver.

We are not ruling out the possibility of drunk and drive thats the reason the driver escaped , a police officer, said.

Parmesh S Jain

People visiting Masjid-e-mamoor in Koramangala on Sunday evening were pleasantly surprised as they saw police officials in Uniform greeted them at the gate and distributing fruits and dates to break fast.

After a long gap of two years the Madiwala sub division police headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police,Sudhir Hegde,started organizing iftar parties at the 19 mosques since last one week.

It is a small gesture from the police department to promote communal harmony and to create awareness among the community members that the police department is with them,a senior police officer,said.

As per the plan the jurisdictional police team including Inspector,Sub Inspector and staff members took part in iftar party and the dinner arranged after namaz.

To take the program to another level,commitee members of the adjacent Ganesha and Sai Baba temples and hindu community members were also invited to join the iftar party.

This area is known for Communal harmony and did not have a single communal tension.

Members of different community are living in peace and harmony and participating in each other festival Rehan Nawab, member of the masjid committee,said reporters.

We are happy the gesture of police officials and a prayer has been organised after namaz for their well being,he said.

Such type of program is meaningful in this situation and we should counter the efforts of some fringe elements to disturb communal harmony,Suhan,a resident of Audugodi,said .

The madiwala sub division police are planing to organize iftar parties in all the 19 mosques coming under the jurisdiction.

We have covered nine mosques so far and 10 more mosques are remaining and will be covered in coming days, the officer in charge of the program,added.

The muslim community members on Sunday attended Rama Navami program organised at a century old srirama temple in Adugodi and distributed panaka, Buttermilk and kosamari to the devotees .

Parmesh S JAIN

An anchor bank in the public sector would be linked to provide bank loans for Women’s Self Help Groups.

About 3.9 lakh women would be benefited from the Rs.500 cr programme to provide financial assistance for these self help groups,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Speaking at a programme after participating in the Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanotsavam in Harapanahalli,Bommai said,women should be stakeholders in economic development.

A novel programme to increase the income of women and in turn raising the Gross Domestic Product of the State has been formulated, Bommai said.

Taking government to the people

Our government is functioning with the spirit of delivering governance at the doors of the people, putting an end to the system of people going around for various services.

Revenue documents are being delivered to the doors of the citizens,thus heralding a new revolution in the Revenue department,Bommai said.

All the budget programmes would be implemented in a time bound manner and work orders for the programmes would be issued before the end of April.Implementation of the programmes would start by next month,he said.

Parmesh S JAIN

It would be good times ahead for Karnataka, Chief Minister Basvaraj Bommai said as he unveiled the 161 feet tall Panchamukhi Anjaneya Swamy Statue installed by Bidanagere Basaveshwara Mutt at Bidanagere in Kunigal Taluk.

Many holy works are being taken up on the auspicious occasion of Rama Navami in the region.

The region would see huge developments in the coming days,Bommai said.

Panchamukhi Anjaneya is a special form of Hanuman which has mention in Ramayana.Hanuman took this form for the welfare of the world.

It is the divine wish of Hanuman to have his 161 feet tall statue installed in Karnataka.The sculptors have done a wonderful job,” Bommai said.

Nanjavadhoota Swamiji,Harihara Veerashaiva Panchamasali Peeth Seer Sri Vachanananda Swamiji and others were present.

Parmesh S JAIN

The controversial chandru murder case will be probed by the Criminal investigation department , Home minister Agara Jnanendra said here on Sunday.

The case which led to fight between the ruling and the opposition party after the home minister statement that the Chandru was murdered for failing to speak in Urdu language, while police quoting the video recorded statement of the prime witness stated that the murder was due to road rage .

Home minister,later retracted the statement .
While the opposition congress demanded action against the home minister statement,ruling Party MLC, N Ravikumar accused city police Commissioner of lying about the case.

Director General and Inspector General of Police, Praveen Sood along with city police Commissioner,Kamal Pant,met Chief minister and updated him about the case along with the video recorded statement of Simon Raj, who witnessed the attack.

The case taken a twist after Simon Raj told the media that Chandru was stabbed because he was not speaking Urdu.

Though Home minister reiterate his earlier statement,the opposition party demanded his resignation and even filed a complaint against him in Malleshwaram police station.

The ruling party came in support of home minister and said that the home minister was correct in his statement and shifted the blame on city police commissioner accusing of lying.

considering all the aspects Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the statements on this is not important but the truth behind the incident is important hence The CID is going to probe the case in all angles, he added.

Parmesh S Jain

Kochi :The DYFI District Conference will be held from April 21 to 23 in Angamaly.DYFI District Secretary A A Anshad opens his mind to the Country and Politics News about the district conference to be held after the major crises, including the Corona.

How to look at the K Rail controversy

K Rail should not be seen as a controversy.The truth is that the second Pinarayi government is implementing the plan formulated during the Oommen Chandy government.

The implementation of corridor projects outside India, including the Metro and Speed ​​Train,is a political ploy by its leaders going to that country to mock India and Kerala while trying to stop the implementation of this project here.People who criticize now will take this project to heart tomorrow.

The most controversial issue right now is land acquisition.This is a matter of great concern to a section of the people of Kerala and how to overcome it.

When land is acquired for a project, 10 per cent of the land price is currently paid.That is the Law.

This is causing great loss to the common man. But the Pinarayi government brought in another law to make up for this loss.

The base price of the existing land has been increased tenfold.This is some what comforting.

Regarding surveys carried out inside the house without informing the homeowners

The aerial survey is now underway.The houses, buildings,businesses,churches,mosques and temples passing through this aerial survey need to be marked with the survey stone to know if they are included in the survey and the extent of the damage.

This will be followed by a social impact study.It is only after this study that the loss will be ascertained and people will be relocated only after paying the full loss declared by the government.

On the contrary,all propaganda is wrong.The project will move forward only after fully resolving the concerns of the people.

Kochi has now become a hub of intoxication. How do you see this ?

That is very true.A section of young people today are addicted to drugs.And many young people join in, knowingly or unknowingly.

DYFI has a clear position on this.If any party worker is involved in drug dealing or its activities, that person will be out of the movement. Anti-drug awareness,classes,seminars and counseling are being conducted not only in colleges and schools but also in other areas and DYFI has decided to go even further.That is the goal of drug-free youth.

What can DYFI do to bring the tribal community into the mainstream?

During the Corona period,DYFI was able to help the adivasi community by delivering food and clothing to the Kuttampuzha and tribes areas near Kothamangalam,my place of residence,as well as by bringing TV and other materials to every home for the tribes children to study.

Some members of the CPI (M) and DYFI are showing undesirable tendencies.Will this not affect the party and the movement?

Sure,The movement will not tolerate such tendencies. Neither the DYFI nor the CPI (M) has a policy to protect criminals.When Rajmohan Unnithan and a woman were caught in a bad situation here, the Congress leadership protected them.

As well as the solar case,There is no doubt that if any member makes such tendencies they will be out of the movement.

At present the Congress is in a state of disarray in India and Kerala.Youth Congress: Inactive.In the meantime,will SDPI become an alternative to DYFI?

It is a misconception.Such an extremist movement cannot set foot on this soil.DYFI is a secular values ​​movement.

You see,the BJP has raised the issue of hijab in Karnataka on a large scale.That was in view of the UP elections.

The Congress countered this extremist Hindu approach of the BJP with its soft Hindutva.At the same time, DYFI has always had a position.

The movement is committed to upholding secular values ​​and upholding the will of the people.

Is there an assessment that the second Pinarayi government is a failure?

What was the situation that led to the return of the first Pinarayi government to power?It is with the operational achievements of the government.

What you are saying now is related to the K rail issue.As I said earlier,any project can be implemented only by resolving the concerns and difficulties of the public.

It is not up to the government to evaluate now, not in the last days of the regime, you will allow the government to function first.

*What is the motto raised by DYFI at this conference?

Drug-free youth.Uphold secular values ​​and development of the country.Kerala ranks high on the world map he said in his statement.