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Good News for Karnataka

Union minister for National Highways and Road Transport Nitin Gadkari has approved the Rs1200cr project to upgrade the existing 2-lane Shiradi Ghat road into 4-lane highway.

The National Highways Authority of India would take up the project and complete it in 2 years, Gadkari said.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has assured full cooperation and speedy approvals for implementing the project.

Shiradi ghat road needs immediate upgradation. The road usually is in pitiable condition during the monsoon season and unmotorable.So the union government has cleared the proposal to upgrade it into a 4-lane highway.

With the upgradation the entire stretch of highway between Bengaluru and Mangaluru would become a 4-lane road. The 4-laning of national highway 75 will accelerate the economic growth of the region.

The union minister has instructed the NHAI to study the proposal to build a 6-lane tunnel through the Shiradi ghat.

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The proposed Employment Policy of the state would be beneficial to the youth and employment aspirants of the state, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Speaking at a function to launch online distribution of scholarships for students from families of construction workers being implemented by Karnataka State Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, Bommai said the state government’s Employment Policy would improve the life of the youth.

The working class at the lower strata would benefit from the incentives. The scholarship scheme would enable children from construction workers’ families to get a good education, get employment in various sectors and contribute to the economic development of the state, Bommai said.

It is the working class which is driving the economy of the country. God resides in the sweat of farmers and the working class, Bommai said quoting poet Ravindranath Tagore. 

It is important to create awareness about work ethics in the society. If the people of a country are prosperous the country would be prosperous.

State’s economy would grow if the working class is empowered economically. Helping the children of construction workers to get a good education is a noble work, Bommai said.

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A 32-year old security guard and his son electrocuted while they were cleaning water sump in a residential apartment premises in Sultan Palya near RT Nagar on Wednesday . 

The deceased have been identified as Rajiv and his son Sainath(10) who was helping his father in housekeeping work and the family was working in the apartment complex .

A senior police officer said that the incident occurred around 7.30 am at Ramakrishna apartment.Rajiv who got down inside the sump to clean came in contact with live wire connected to motor.Due to the sudden jolt he collapsed.

Sainath noticing this tried to help him and got electrocuted and fell inside.Rajiv’s wife Annamma who was busy in daily chores heard the sound and came out to see what happened.

She found both unconcious and raised alarm to alert the residents.The supervisor of the apartment who deployed Rajiv to the work rushed to their help and pulled them out of the tank and took them to a near-by hospital where they were declared brought dead. 

The RT Nagar police rushed to the spot and conducted spot mahazar and the postmortem .
Based on a complaint by Annamma, a case of death due to negligence has been registered against the owner and supervisor of the apartment.The management has not provided any safety measures led to the mishap she added.

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Home Minister Araga Jnanendra has warned that  strict action against police staff who associate themselves with anti-social activities .

He was speaking to media after laying foundation stone for new buildings  to be constructed for Chamrajpet and Chickpet traffic police stations,on Thursday.

The proposed building was estimated at the cost of Rs 2.4 crore .

Replying to a question about involvement of policemen in some criminal cases,Jnanendra said,Our government has zero tolerance towards such attitude.

Because of a few black sheeps, the entire force which has a strength of more than one lakh will get a bad name.Those who join hands with anti-social elements and involves in criminal activities will be dealt with an iron hand,he warned.

He said that he has sought a report into the incident in which police staff tried to extort drug peddlers near the CM’s residence and will initiate action against the errant staff based on the report.

Suspension is not enough for those who are supposed to protect the law,involve in criminal activities.Such people don’t deserve to continue work in the police force,the minister said adding that the department is contemplating to bring the law of stricter punishment . 

The Home Ministry is awaiting report in this regard based on which action will be taken.

Reacting to the few congress party worker fight over trivial row last night, Araga Jnanendra said that the police have not received any complaint in this regard.The police will probe the matter if there is a complaint,he said .

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The case of the two constables who were arrested on January 13 for selling drugs has been handed over to the Central Crime Branch (CCB) for a detailed probe.

Bengaluru Police Commissioner Kamal Pant took strong exception to the way the inspector of RT. Nagar and his junior handled the case.

He suspended them before initiating an inquiry against the duo while directing the CCB to conduct a detailed investigation into the case.

There are a lot of loopholes in the investigation by Inspector Ashwath Gowda to dilute the case. Though the seized amount of the drug was commercial quantity,the investigating officer booked the two constables under ‘consumer’ to help them get out on bail.

Moreover, the accused investigating officer Veerabhadra Swamy and Ashwath Gowda did not seek custody of the accused for questioning though it was an important case and needed in-depth investigation to ascertain their criminal background,”a senior police officer said .

The accused, Head Constable Shivakumar and Constable Santosh,were absent from duty for a long time.But,their seniors did not notice their absence,which amounts to a serious lapse.

This is one of the reasons why the DCP (VVIP security), in charge of security at the CM’s personal residence at RT. Nagar, has been issued a show cause notice, sources said .

Even the Southeast division DCP has also been issued a show cause notice for failing to check the background of the (arrested) policemen before deploying them in the security team of the CM.

The CCB is probing the criminal links of the accused constables and negligence on the part of their seniors.

Two policemen were arrested on January 13 for allegedly selling drugs while on security duty near the residence of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on 80 feet road at R.T. Nagar. Police had said Head Constable Shivakumar and Constable Santosh, attached to Koramangala police station, were caught red-handed by a Hoysala patrol team with two peddlers.

Police had said that the two constables had 400 grams of marijuana in their possession at the time of their arrest.

Sources says the contraband was seized from Koramangala after taking the peddlers to their Koramangala house and recovered 10kgs of Ganja from their possession but the inspector, Ashwath Gowda and sub inspector, Veerbhadra Swamy diluted the FIR which helped the accused constable get bail in just 5 days.

As the detailed information is not mentioned in the FIR says senior counsel to media that it is a clear picture that the inspector has helped the accused to get bail as he has not mentioned the content they seized and details of the accused also not mentioned in the FIR and they booked them as consumer of drugs and diluted the case he added.

It is also alleged that before deploying the constable and head constable to CM’s security team police inspector,Ravi Kumar of Koramangala police station opposed their deployment and sent a detailed report to DCP Southeast,Srinath Mahadev Joshi stating the constable and head constable are involved in Criminal activities and anti social activities but the DCP dint take the note seriously and posted them to CM’s security team as high level source in the department said.