Udupi: Another organisation announces to boycott election if sand issue is not resolved
Jaya Karnataka had made similar announcement on Tuesday
Udupi: Udupi district sand committee has warned that it would boycott polls if sand problems are not resolved during the meeting that will be held on March 14 in the DC office .
Speaking at a press conference here, chief convener of the Udupi Jilla Maralu Horata Samithi Satyaraj Birti said, "We are being ignored as the government, district administration, and people's representatives are not responding to our problems."
"If no action is taken to resolve the sand issue in tomorrow's meeting, we will boycott all the elections, including the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, until we get justice. Not only us, but also our family members are not going to vote," he said.
District lorry, tempo owners association President Praveen Suvarna, Horata Samithi Convenor Ansar Ahmad Katapady, association President Chandra Poojary and others were present.
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Death toll in Mundathikode fireworks explosion rises to 16
Thrissur (Kerala) (PTI): One more person who had been hospitalised following the Mundathikode fireworks explosion died at Thrissur Medical College on Sunday, police said.
With this, the death toll in the incident has risen to 16.
According to Thrissur Medical College police, the deceased has been identified as Unnikrishnan from Edappal, who was among the 38 persons present at the fireworks manufacturing unit in Mundathikode where the explosions occurred on April 21.
Police said Unnikrishnan had suffered over 80 per cent burns and had remained in critical condition.
The condition of the two other injured persons remains critical, police said.
Of the 38 persons present at the site, 16 have died, while four remain missing.
The fireworks were being manufactured for Thiruvambady Devaswom as part of the Thrissur Pooram festivities.
The licensee of the unit had also suffered burn injuries and had died earlier.
