Parmesh S Jain

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said today was an important day for the development of Bengaluru as well as infusing a biggest strength for the Department of Fire Services.

Speaking after dedicating 90 meter Aerial Ladder Platform vehicle on behalf of Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services and flagging of ‘Green Deepavali’, a public awareness campaign on the stairs of Vidhana Soudha here on Thursday, he said the 90 meter aerial ladder platform is a most essential and important facility and this modern ladder will work as a real friend in need.

The whole world is growing in a big scale and it is a most essential service especially in all important metropolitans without which building permission is not given.

Fire Safety and its rules are equally important. It was essential for the Department of Fire & Emergency Services to have all facilities to reach hi-rise buildings during an emergency.

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The CM said till now,the Bengaluru Fire Department had only a 50 meter ladder and the state capital is growing fast both horizontally and vertically.

After Mumbai City,Bengaluru has become the second city in the whole country to have a 90 meter Aerial Ladder Platform system.

Efforts were made to procure this in the last two and a half years and while he was the Home Minister the grants had been released.

But it got delayed due to some reasons such as Covid-19 and production problems.The new ladder will be put into use in BBMP limits, he added.

The Government is capable of solving problems
Bommai said Bengaluru City is growing fast and several definitions are made without understanding issues.

The recent rains had created floods only in two constituencies and not in all 26 Assembly segments.

But it was projected as if the whole Bengaluru City had submerged.In fact,Bengaluru is an important city both in national and international level and the government is capable of solving any problems of the city.It is important to present facts correctly.

There are over 100 personnel working in SDRF to deal with flood situations.The State Capital has both NDRF and SDRF teams and they are capable of rescuing anyone from any part of the city.

The government had already released Rs.20 crore to buy the new equipment and another Rs.20 crore was released recently.

The government’s intention is to strengthen SDRF. Instructions are given to form another two companies of SDRF for which ex-servicemen will be appointed.

Already,over 100 retired defense personnel were appointed and more personnel will be recruited directly for the proposed two companies.

Along with modernisation and increasing numbers,even training and empowerment are also given given importance.

The SDRF had helped during the recent floods in different districts,he added.

He said permission has been given to strengthen the Department of Fire Services by sanctioning various schemes and one of them was the procurement of 90 meter aerial ladder platform.

This department rescues people in any fire mishap that occurs in any corner of the city all the 24 hours.

The CM said 5,000 new vehicles are added to the fleet of vehicles daily whereas the roads have remained the same.

Despite this,the police department has been managing traffic by using several technologies including synchronizing for free flow of traffic.

As many as 7500 cameras are installed under the Nirbhaya scheme and it will be used to address the problems of traffic density and for women safety.They work on artificial intelligence and revolves 360 degree.

Steps are taken to fill up potholes across the city. New potholes have emerged due to incessant rain.Even they too are being filled up on the war-footing.

It was possible to do quality works in case rain reduces.Whatever repair works done would not last long during continuous rain.But all the potholes will be filled up,Bommai said.

The CM wished the people on the occasion of Deepavali festival and asked them to celebrate by using green crackers.

The citizens must use the crackers of less than 125 decibels.Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, Ministers,Kota Srinivasa Pujari,S.T.Somashekar, Shivaram Hebbar, MP P.C.Mohan,MLA Niranjan Kumar,Additional Chief Secretary (Home Department) Rajneesh Goel and DGP (Fire Services) A.K.Pandey were present.

Parmesh S Jain

The capacity and capability to save lives of people in fire mishaps and to check fire accidents have increased,opined Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

Speaking after dedicating 90 meter Aerial Ladder Platform vehicle on behalf of Karnataka Fire and Emergency Services and flagging of ‘Green Deepavali’,a public awareness campaign on the stairs of Vidhana Soudha here on Thursday, he said in the whole country,except Mumbai,only Bengaluru has 90 meter aerial ladder platform to rescue people who are struck in hi-rise buildings during the fire mishaps.

I will compliment Home Minister Araga Jnanendra,Home Department and senior officials of Department of Fire Services for bringing this ladder to Bengaluru”.

Earlier, the CM went in the newly dedicated aerial ladder platform along with others.Asked about his experience,Bommai said,I was surprised to see the design of Vidhana Soudha dome.

In those days, they had taken this stone to the top of the building. I was elated to see the Ashoka Pillar from a close angle. The solace is that with the new ladder it is possible to save lives of people in fire mishaps”.

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As many as 64 CCTV cameras installed at the 25 strategic locations across Yashwanthpur which is linked to a control room at police station to monitor Law and order situation.

Home Minister Araga Jnanendra,along with,MLA, Munirathna, Commissioner of police CH Pratap Reddy,Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,on Thursday inaugurated the control room which was set up under MLA Local area development fund.

The CCTV cameras were also fitted with mics to help the control room staff to give instructions and make important announcements if necessary,Vinayak Patil,DCP, North division,said .

This is a pilot project to ensure law and order and to monitor the area round the clock from a control room.This project will be extended to other areas in future ,he added.

The police sitting in the control room not only monitor law and order situation but also take strategic decisions in case of any eventualities and deploy security arrangements accordingly,Mr. Jnanendra, said.This is going to help the police in crime prevention and maintaining law and order.

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The Anti-Narcotics wing of the Central Crime Branch on Thursday busted an inter state drug racket and arrested three railway staff from Northeast Frontier Agartala working in coaching depot and recovered Hashish oil and Marijuana worth Rs.80 lakh from them.

The accused identified as Bapat Khare , Pinto Das and Rajesh Das are working as AC attendants and bed roll staff in north east railway

Senior officer told reporters,Based on a tip off a team of officials raided outside Byappanahalli railway station compound and caught the trio red handed .

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and it was revealed the accused working as AC attendants and bed roll staff in Northeast railway on contract basis and also running the drug racket to earn extra money.

During the raid The police team recovered 1.10 Kg of Hashish oil and 4 kilograms of Marijuana and four mobile phones from them.

The accused confessed that they would source the drugs from their contact in native place of Assam and get it to city by concealing in lockers of the bogies .

The accused would then sell the drugs to their contacts and local peddlers for a price of Rs.5 lakh per kilogram of Hashish oil and Rs.50,000 for marijuana.

The police have arrested the trio under NDPS and efforts are on to track down the peddlers who are on the run.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner CH Pratap Reddy has appreciated Joint CP Crime Raman Gupta DCP Crime-1 Dr SD Sharanappa and his whole team for the exemplary and meticulous investigation done by them in nabbing the contract employees of Railway employee who used to get drugs concealed in the boogie of Railway and a special reward will be given to the team for the exemplary and excellent work done by them in nabbing the trio he added.

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In a major embrassment,the Chandra Layout police have arrested head constable working in their own station for stealing Rs.10 lakh from a realtor during his arrest recently.

The accused has been identified as,Mahendra Gowda.

Senior officer told reporters,The accused Mahendra Gowda has been booked under theft and remanded to judicial custody before he was suspended from duty by the jurisdictional DCP Laxman B Nimbargi.

Mahendra Gowda has caught Lingesh,a relator of Channapattana along with his associates with the unaccounted cash of Rs.50 lakh .

Lingesh and his asosciates had come to exchange demonetized currency when they were intercepted by Mahendra Gowda and his colleagues .

While Lingesh and others were taken to the station Mahendra Gowda while carrying a cash bag and stolen Rs.10 lakh and sent it off to his house,before reaching the station.

Meanwhile after Lingesh and others were booked under various sections of KP act and released on station bail .

Lingesh came to know that cash of Rs.10 lakh is missing and filed a complaint with the senior police officer suspecting the role of Mahendra Gowda behind the missing cash.

Based on the complaint the police questioned Mahendra Gowda who eventually confessed to the crime.Based on his confession the police recovered the cash and arrested him.

This is the third incident where police personnel were involved in corrupt practices in the last one week .

Few days ago five policemen including two PSIs and three constables were suspended pending departmental inquiry for robbing a businessman in a case related to cricket betting racket .

The Lokayukta police trapped a head constable attached to Chikkajala police station red handed while accepting bribe from a businessman promised to drop the charges leveled against him in a property dispute case.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday gave its approval to installation of location tracking devices and emergency panic buttons for all public and private transport vehicles, aimed at safety of passengers.

This project is being implemented in partnership with the central government. The union government will give 60 per cent funds and the state 40 per cent.

Noting that the cabinet has given administrative approval of Rs 20.36 crore for this project, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy said a total of 6.8 lakh vehicles, both government and private, will be covered under this, and they will be monitored from a central location once installation is completed.

Speaking to reporters after the cabinet meeting, he said, “On national highways and state highways, vehicles move very fast causing accidents. GPRS devices based on the vehicle location tracking system (VLTS) will be able to track speed and determine whether or not vehicles stop at prescribed locations and follow the scheduled route on time.” This can even prevent unnecessary delays and stop unauthorised vehicles from moving, he said. It will also help in identifying those misusing permits and evading tax.

There are a total 71,248 buses and 85,941 commercial goods vehicles operating in the state. There are 4.51 lakh private vehicles like- cabs, maxi cabs and taxis, 16,432 school buses, 24,701 KSRTC (state transport) buses, and 1,900 tourist vehicles, he added.

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The Chandra Layout police have registered a case against a city based doctor for sexually harassing a 19-year-old patient who had visited his clinic for consultation on Saturday.

The victim,a student had a stomach ache had visited Indian clinic situated at Arundathi nagar along with her grandmother for consultation.

The accused Dr.Ubedulla on the pretext of administrating IV treatment he sexually harassed her and threatened her with dire consequences not to discuss this with anyone.

The incident came to light when the victim, returned home and her condition aggravated following which her parents asked her to visit the doctor again.
The victim refused to go to the doctor and after repeated request she narrated her ordeal .

Enraged by this the family members barged into the clinic and ransacked the premises. However the doctor managed to escape.

The police have registered a case and are trying to track down the accused said senior officer.

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Seven policemen including an Inspector,two Sub Inspectors,a head constable and three constables working in two different stations have been booked abetting a betting racket and accepting bribe in separate incidents .

While five policemen attached to Sadashivnagar police station have been suspended.

Meanwhile the Lokayukta sleuths in a separate incident trapped a Head constable of Chikkajala red handed while accepting bribe.

According to a senior police official,in the first incident,all the five suspended policemen including 3 constabulary and 2 PSIs are linked to a cricket betting racket.

Their involvement came to light during the raid carried out on the betting racket.

Preliminary investigations revealed their links and hence the accused police personnel were suspended and detailed departmental inquiry is ordered,a senior police officer said .

In second incident,the Lokayukta sleuths arrested Head constable,Ravi S while he was accepting a bribe from the accused of a civil dispute case.

During investigation it was found that the Ravi had taken Rs.3.7 lakh bribe from,Devaraju, promising to drop the charges against him.

Ravi told Devaraju that he had to pay Rs.50,000 to Inspector and Rs.30,000 to two writers of the station as part of the deal.

However he state demanding an additional ₹ 5 lakh from Devaraju following which he approached the station and filed a complaint .

Based on the complaint a team of police trapped Ravi while the Inspector managed to escape .

The accused Head constable has been booked under Prevention of Corruption Act and taken into custody for further investigations.

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The KR Puram police on Thursday arrested two habitual offenders and recovered stolen valuables worth Rs.6,2 lakh from them.

The accused Rafiq Khan,27,from Govindapura and his associate Vinay Venkataramanappa,20, from Kolar were involved in four criminal cases including a robbery, two house breaks and a bike theft cases reported in and around whitefield division.

The accused were arrested when they were moving suspiciously In Ayappa Nagar to recce the locked house in a stolen bike.

The police patrolling team intercepted them and a detailed questioning led them to confess to the crime.

Based on their confession the police recovered the stolen valuables from a gold shop where the accused had pawned to get money for his vices.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,CH Pratap Reddy has appreciated Addl CP East,A subramanyeshwara Rao,DCP Whitefield,Girish S,ACP,Shanthamallapa,PI,Nandish HL,PSI,Praveen BN,and crime staff as,Venkataraju,Arif Pasha, Venkatesh,Adinarayan,Firoz Ahmed,Hanumantha Nayak,Jating Rai,Shashikumar Kambale,Shivangowda,Devappa and others has been appreciated for the commendable job done by them in nabbing the notorious HBT offender he added.

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has ordered issuance of notice to all concerned authorities in a public interest litigation against illegal electric fences causing death of elephants and other wild animals in the State.

The PIL filed by advocate Ankush Yennemajal was heard by a division bench headed by Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale on Monday.

Citing news reports of elephant deaths due to electrocution, the PIL claimed: “The Forest Department of Karnataka and the Karnataka Power Corporation Limited do not seem to be bothered by the fact that illegal connections are now being given in several places of Karnataka, especially in rural areas.”

It alleged that of the about 6,000 elephants in the state forests, 70 died in 2021 out of which 15 were due to unnatural causes including electrocution. The PIL seeks direction to the authorities to prevent such deaths of wild animals.