Archives for April 2022

Parmesh S Jain

The police have started seizing mics from religious places for defying the High Court (HC) order on noise pollution.

As part of the awareness drive, several mics have been seized from religious places for defying the court order and the police have booked cases under appropriate sections.

The drive will continue to monitor the prescribed decibel levels,and action will be taken against violators,Kamal Pant,City Police Commissioner, said .

In the wake of the campaign against Azaan by hindu activist, Mr. Pant, has instructed jurisdictional police to take legal action against violators and ensure law and order .

According to police sources,notices have also been issued to all the parties concerned from the pollution control board.

However,when contacted,Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) officials refused to acknowledge the notices or comment on the issue.

According to the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules,2000,restrictions on the use of loud speakers/public address system include not using one “except after obtaining written permission from the authority,and not using a loud speaker/public address system at night between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.

except in closed premises for communication within – auditoriam,conference rooms,community halls and banquet halls.

The State Government may subject to such terms and conditions as are necessary to reduce noise pollution,permit use of loud speakers or public address systems during night hours (between 10 p.m.to midnight on or during any cultural or religious festive occasion of a limited duration not exceeding fifteen days in all during a calendar year,the rules add.

It may be recalled that six months ago, the south division police had launched a special drive and seized mics, booked cases and issued notices to mosques, temples and other places of worship for using loud speakers in the early hours, causing disturbance .

Security heightened

Meanwhile, security has been heightened in and around religious places, including mosques and temples in and around the city, in the wake of pro-Hindu activists launching a campaign against azaan -the call for prayers.

Police personnel have been deployed at all the religious places to ensure that the HC order on noise pollution should not be violated .

The HC order, given six months ago to all places of worship, puns and industries to keep a check on the sound level and warned to take action.

The police, at their jurisdictional level, organised peace meetings with religious leaders of both communities to inform them about the HC order.

However, Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik has warned the government to remove mics from all the mosques, failing which, he claimed that the protest would be intensified .

The members of pro-Hindu outfits are planning to sing bhajans in temples in the early hours to counter the morning azaan.

Parmesh S JAIN

The Banashankari police on Monday arrested a gang of eight unemployed graduates from Andhra Pradesh and recovered 30 bikes worth Rs 68 lakh from them.

The accused have been identified as Vijay Bandi, 25, Hemanth, 27, Gunashekhar Reddy, 30, Bhanumurhy, 25, Purushotham Naidu, 30, Karthik Kumar, 27 and Kiran Kumar, 22 are engineering,

The accused are MBA and diploma graduates from a reputed colleges in Andhra Pradesh started stealing bikes to make quick money.

Senior officer told reporters,Based on a complaint filed by Rakesh,a resident of Thyagarajnagar on March 26, the Banashankari police analyzed the CCTV footages and track down the accused to their home town .

During investigation the accused confessed the crime and it has revealed that the accused have watched youtube and other social media on how to steal bikes without using ignition key and would come to city.

The accused would move around the city to identify bikes parked in front of the houses and steal them by breaking the hand lock and start the bike without keys.

The accused would ride the stolen bikes to their home town and sell it to the people on throwaway prices without documents .

The Banashankari police recovered the bikes stolen from in and around the city and remanded them to judicial custody and further investigations are on.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP South,Harish Pandey,ACP,TM Shivakumar,PI,Puttaswamy and his whole team for the exemplary and commendable job done by them in busting the inter-state bike lifting gang and recovered the stolen bikes from them a special reward will be given to whole team he added.

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All measures would be taken to ensure that no community or outfit takes law into its hands.We will take action to maintain peace and order.

All are equal for the State government.We will work without any differentiation or bias,Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Reacting to former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s statement that he would launch a protest against the State government from April 16,Bommai said,everyone has the right to protest.

But I will not respond to baseless statements. BJP is a national party.People of Karnataka have blessed us.

We are confident of giving good governance for the people.Many issues that he has raised are about orders issued in 2001,2002 during the past regimes.I have not issued any new orders,” Bommai said.

Azaan: We will take everyone into confidence

Replying to a question about the Azaan issue, Bommai said, there is a High Court order regarding Azaan.

There is also an order asking as to why it has not been implemented.It even specifies the sound decibel level.There is an order to install Decibel meters.

It is a job which needs to be implemented by taking everyone into confidence, not by force.

Cabinet expansion

As for cabinet expansion, the Chief Minister said that so far no discussion has been held.There is a possibility of the issue coming up if I get an appointment to meet Amit Shah and JP Nadda,” Bommai said.

KT Ramarao’s tweet is ridiculous

In response to a question on Andhra Pradesh IT, BT minister KT Ramarao’s tweet Bommai said, “it is ridiculous. People from all over the world are coming down to Bengaluru. The city is home to highest number of startups and unicorns.”

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The subsidy being paid for the SC/ST communities under the Land Ownership Scheme would be raised to Rs20 lakh from the present Rs15 lakh.A decision to this effect has been taken, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

The Chief Minister in his address at a function to present the Babu Jagjivan Ram award said, the subsidy being paid for construction of homes for the SC,ST communities would be raised to Rs2 lakh from the present Rs1.75 lakh.

Self Employment Scheme

It has been decided to formulate Babu Jagjivan Ram Self Employment Scheme for SC ST communities in every taluk.The scheme would be formulated and introduced within a week, Bommai said.

Free power upto 75 units

The State government has decided to provide free power upto 75 units for SC ST communities in rural areas.A government order to this effect would be issued within a week.

A special scheme to provide training for SC ST students in boarding schools to appear in various competitive exams would be launched this year, Bommai said.

Babu Jagjivan Ram was an epitome of honesty, integrity and commitment.The credit for making India self-sufficient in food grain production through the Green Revolution goes to him, Bommai said.

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Jagjivan Ram was a rare kind of leader and personality, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Speaking after paying floral tributes to Babu Jagjivan Ram on the occasion of his 115th birth anniversary, Bommai said,born in a poor family in Bihar had to endure insult and humiliation.

Overcoming all the odds he went on to become the Deputy Prime Minister of the country. He is a great leader who discharged his responsibilities with efficiency and diligence.

He was the voice and pride of the Dalits and weaker sections.He strived to deliver justice to the oppressed classes.

The Green Revolution he ushered in as the Union Agriculture minister enabled India to attain self sufficiency in feeding its hungry.

India became self-sufficient in food grain production with the inspiration and leadership of Jagjivan Ram.

He has contributed immensely for the country as the Defence Minister as well.His ideals and principles are our inspiration.

We will pay our real respects to the great leader by providing greater opportunities for the SC ST communities,Bommai said.

Bengaluru: Leader of the Opposition, former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday questioned who has been troubled by loudspeakers that are installed in Temples, Mosques, Churches, and other places of worship.

He further added that as the election is nearing the issue of loudspeakers in mosques is being raised, adding that it was condemnable.

“Temples, Mosques, Churches and similarly all other places have loudspeakers, who has been troubled by this? Since there is an election next year, purposefully such issues are being raised. I condemn this. These are all attempts to ruin societal peace and harmony”, he said.

Siddaramaiah, who was addressing the media representatives at his residence said, “Such instances will hinder the development of the state. No investors will come to the state, neither will jobs be created nor the issue of unemployment be sorted. The state’s GDP will not increase at this rate”, he said.

“All of these developments have been occurring with the permission of the government. The Chief Minister is not just being silent, he is enabling and encouraging this. Will RSS and Bajrang Dal do all of this without the government’s knowledge? The government must take action against those who are trying to ruin societal harmony.”

“I want to tell the Chief Minister that, they must stop ruining the communal harmony within the society, otherwise all of this will come back to you in the coming days”, Siddaramaiah said.