Fouzan Akram elected Udupi District Leo President
Udupi: Fouzan Akram has been elected as the new president of Leo District 317C, a junior division of Lions Club comprising Udupi, Davanagere, Shivamogga and Chitradurga revenue districts.
Fouzan Akram took the oath under the administration of Loins' International Director Vijay Kumar Raju, in the presence of district governor VG Shetty, Lions' former international president Barry J Palmer and other dignitaries at Smt Ammanni Ramanna Shetty auditorium in the city on July 25.
Ashwath Acharya and Sudeshna Prabhu, and Supriya Prabhu were sworn in as secretary, treasurer, and vice president respectively.
Speaking at the occasion, Fouzan Akram said that awareness programs on ill effects of drug use on college students, awareness about the role of youth in building strong nation, awareness programs on the effects of social networking on young generation, and other awareness programmes, including the importance of donation, education and environmental protection would be held.
Former District Governor Jayakar Shetty Indrali and Coordinator Muhammad Moula were elected as the Leo District Guides.
Fouzan Akram, who actively served as the president of Leo Club of Udupi-Indrali 317C in 2015-16, had secured the Best President award.
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GBA razes down 400 houses in Yelahanka, minority families including Muslims worst affected
Bengaluru: In an incident reported from the state capital, more than 3,000 people living in Fakir Colony of the Kogilu Layout near Yelahanka were rendered homeless by the officials of the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) on Saturday.
The officials, who said the 400 houses were constructed on encroached land, held the operation using nine tractors and nine earthmovers, razing down the houses.
They have ousted around 90 per cent of the families who had been living in the area for more than 30 years and belong to minority communities, including Muslims from the colony.
The bereaved residents have insisted that the government had provided them land in the locality to build houses and reside. “We have all official documents as well as Aadhaar cards and voter IDs as proofs. Our source of livelihood is only manual labour,” they added.
“Many of the families had mortgaged the houses to get loans from banks, but the GBA officials have razed our houses without giving any prior notice,” they said and added, “Some of the women here are pregnant, but the officers showed no concern for such people too.”
Referring to the title deeds, the residents said that the local representatives had assured them that they would be handed the documents. “So far, however, we were not told to vacate the houses. Since the houses were unexpectedly razed, our children’s documents and other valuables in the houses have been destroyed,” the residents added angrily.
They also expressed fury about representatives failing to come to their help in times of need. “They come here only to campaign and get our votes. When questioned about the propriety of destroying the houses, the police officers assaulted us,” some of them said.
Sara Saif Saufique, one of the residents in the Fakir Colony, said, “My family has been living here for three decades, but has unexpectedly lost the house since the officers did not give us notice. They came at around 4:30 am on Saturday, when we were sleeping, and started destroying the houses.”
She said with fury, further, “The officials also forcibly evicted us from the houses, without even permitting us to gather our winterwear or blankets.”
