Clear storm water drainage encroachment: DYFI
Mangaluru, June 10: Members of the Kuluru- Panjimogaru DYFI staged a dharna here on Sunday, urging the authorities to clear the encroachment of storm water drainages near Bangra Kulur on the outskirts of the city by industrialists.
The agitators said that because of the encroachment of the storm water drainages, most of the Mangaluru city was flooded in the rain two weeks before. The government officials have not taken any action against the industrialists, businessmen and others while encroaching the drainages. When they face public anger after such incidents, the officials wake up. Had the authorities taken steps at the time of encroachment, this damage would not have happened during rainy season, said corporator Dayanand Shetty.
The officials should not yield to any pressure. The encroachment of the storm water drainages should be cleared as per the law and let the rain water to flow easily, for which a comprehensive plan is needed. Action should be taken against those who encroached the storm water drainages, he demanded.
DYFI district president BK Imtiyaz, leaders Santosh Bajal, Anil D’Souza, Charan Shetty, Ibrahim Khaleel, Mustafa Angaragudi, Samuel Tyson, Ashok Shriyan, Soumya Panjimogaru and others participated in the dharna.
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BJP, JD(S) leaders helped win Channapatna bypoll: D K Shivakumar
Ramangara (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Sunday hinted at cracks and squabbling within the BJP and the JD(S), as he gave credit to the leaders of these parties for the defeat of JD(S) candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy in the Channapatna assembly bypoll.
Congress candidate C P Yogeeshwara won in Channapatna bypoll with a margin of 25,413 votes against his nearest rival and NDA candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy, as results were announced on Saturday.
The Congress party swept all the three assembly constituencies in Karnataka, namely Channapatna, Sandur and Shiggaon, which went for bypolls.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy is the son of Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy and grandson of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. In September last year, JD(S) joined the NDA led by BJP.
“Many people from across the parties have helped us in this election (Channapatna). Congress had only 16,000 votes in the previous assembly election. It increased in the Lok Sabha election,” Shivakumar told reporters here.
According to him, many people from the JD(S) and the BJP supported the Congress. “If the BJP and the JD(S) leaders had not supported us directly or indirectly, we wouldn’t have got so many votes. I congratulate them,” Shivakumar, who is also the Congress state president, said.
He quipped that the JD(S), which had 19 seats in the Karnataka Assembly, has now reduced to 18.
Hailing the electorate, the Deputy CM said this was people’s verdict in favour of C P Yogeeshwara to develop Channapatna constituency.
There was no immediate reaction from the BJP or the JD(S) on it.
