DK Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao hands title deeds to owners during ‘Janata Darshana’ event in Bantwal
Bantwal: District In-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao received applications related to various government benefits from citizens in the taluk and also handed title deeds to the site owners during the district-level ‘Janata Darshana’ organized in BC Road here on Wednesday.
Inaugurating the event, the minister said that such events would also be held at taluk-level across the district for senior officials of all government departments to respond to the needs of the people and make the government facilities accessible to citizens. “The state government continues to fulfill the promises made to the people and has provided financial benefits to crores of people in a very short period. The guarantee schemes of Karnataka are models for the entire nation,” Rao said.
“Title deeds have been handed today to more than 177 people in Bantwal taluk to ensure security of land for the owners. The process will continue and more number of people will be provided title deeds for their sites,” he said.
Bantwal MLA Rajesh Nayak, who presided over the programme on Wednesday, directed the government officers to respect the needs of the locals, especially the citizens belonging to financially backward classes, and work at fulfilling the valid requests.
The district in-charge minister received more than 100 petitions, including 74 from residents of Bantwal taluk, in relation to various issues. The people are learned to have asked for a closure of the BC Road toll gate on the National Highway 75. They also urged the minister to ensure the conversion of the Udupi-Kasaragod power transmission line into underground of via sea route for safety of the people. A demand was also made to provide more doctors at the government hospitals, widening of the Vitla-Saradka stretch, construction of an electric sub-station at Kudupadavu and construction of a new bridge across River Nethravathi at Panemangalore.
Dinesh Gundu Rao, who earlier inspected the work on the Polali bridge on the outskirts of Mangaluru, told reporters in Bantwal, “PWD officers have been directed to complete the work prior to May and open it for all traffic before the onset of monsoon. The state government is also examining a proposal for the construction of a new bridge at Polali.”
Referring to sand extraction near the pillars of the bridge, the minister opined, “Stopping illegal mining of sand is difficult as many people will be involved in it. Officials have been directed to install CCTV cameras in the area to keep a watch near the pillars and curb illegal extraction of sand within 500-metre radius of the pillars.”
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Goa nightclub fire: Co-owner Ajay Gupta's police remand extended by four days
Panaji (PTI): A Goa court on Thursday extended by four days the police remand of Ajay Gupta, co-owner of Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, where a devastating fire on December 6 killed 25 persons.
Gupta was arrested from New Delhi on December 10. A court in Mapusa had remanded him in police custody for seven days at the time.
Gupta was presented before the lower court, which sent him to four-day police custody as his initial remand was expiring, his advocate Rohan Desai told reporters.
"Gupta had complained about back pain. The court ordered his medical examination, after which he was allowed use of a mattress in custody. He was examined by a specialised doctor at Goa Medical College and Hospital near here," the lawyer said.
Twenty-five persons, including 20 staff members and five tourists, were killed in the major blaze at the nightclub at Arpora in North Goa around midnight of December 6.
Gupta had, during the day, filed an bail application.
So far, eight persons have been arrested in connection with the case, including Gupta, and two other owners - Gaurav Luthra and his brother Saurabh - who were deported from Thailand.
Five other staffers of the nightclub arrested in the case are Rajiv Modak (Corporate General Manager), Priyanshu Thakur (Gate Manager), Rajveer Singhania (Bar Manager), Vivek Singh (General Manager) and Bharat Karan Singh Kohli (employee).
A Look Out Circular (LOC) has been issued against Surinder Kumar Khosla, another owner of the nightclub who is a British citizen, police said.
