Belthangady: 48 tonnes of sand found illegally stocked up in Bandaru village; Case registered
Belthangady: A case involving illegal sand collection has been registered by Dharmasthala Police, following an investigation prompted by complaints from Bandaru Gram Panchayat members and officials from the Department of Mines and Geology in Mangaluru.
The complaints alleged the presence of an illegal sand stockpile in Bandaru village. Acting on these allegations, officials from the Department of Mines and Geology, Mangaluru branch, conducted an inspection of the site. Their inspection revealed the presence of approximately 48 tonnes of sand in the alleged location.
Subsequently, they filed a formal complaint with Dharmasthala Police against Sandesh Gowda, accusing him of illegally hoarding the sand. The case has been registered, and Dharmasthala Police are currently conducting further investigations.
Local residents have also claimed that illegal sand stockpiling and misuse of the site have been ongoing issues in Bandaru village for the past two years. Both Dharmasthala police and officials from the Revenue Department are investigating these allegations.
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PM Modi, RSS strengthening wall in path of SCs, STs, OBCs: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS were strengthening the wall standing in the path of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs, even as he acknowledged that the UPA took steps to weaken that wall but not to the extent it should have.
Addressing the 'Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyaan', Gandhi also referred to the function held on Constitution Day in Parliament and said that it is his guarantee, that "Modi has not read" the Constitution.
"If PM Modi would have read this book then what he does daily, he would not do it," Gandhi said, displaying a copy of the Constitution of India.
Gandhi said the country's whole system is pitted against Dalits, Adivasis and backward class people.
He said a wall obstructs the path of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs and Modi and the RSS are strengthening that wall by "adding cement to it".
"Slowly the wall (obstructing the path of SCs, STs, OBCs) is getting strengthened. Earlier, the UPA government gave MGNREGA, the land acquisition act, the right to food...those were ways to weaken that wall. Today, when I look back, I can say the UPA government did not weaken the wall to the extent it should have, it did not do it as strongly as it should have," Gandhi said.
"However, we used to make efforts to weaken that wall but they (the BJP) are strengthening that wall by adding concrete," the former Congress president said.
Gandhi said a caste survey being carried out in Telangana is a historic step and the Congress will do the same wherever it comes to power.
