Landslide at Agumbe Ghat: Vehicular movement banned
Hebri, June 28: 7th turn of Agumbe ghat road suffered landslide due to heavy downpour. The administration has banned movement of heavy vehicles.
On receiving the information, Hebri police and officers of public works department visited the spot and inspected.
There is a danger of further landslide in the region. Hebri police station officer Mahabala Shetty and team took steps for the smooth vehicular movement.
The ghat section is receiving heavy rain since two days and that has caused the landslide. Locals said that there is no proper system for the rain water to flow making it flow on the road. This is the reason landslide takes place in this region.
Sandbags has been placed on the place where landslide took place as a temporary measure. Police have placed barricades to stop vehicles plying on this road.
Assistant executive engineer of National highway and Thirthahalli tahsildar visited the spot and inspected.
Karkala MLA Sunil Kumar has instructed the public work department officials to arrange for the smooth vehicular movement.
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Following the landslide at 7th curve of Agumbe ghat, Udupi district commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis has ordered to restrict the movement of heavy vehicles on this road. Only light vehicles including Ambulance can ply through ghat section.
She has also instructed the related officials take precautionary steps and has asked the national highway authority to repair the road immediately.
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"Will expose BJP on Waqf issue," says Karntaka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar
Bengaluru, Nov 16: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Saturday said his party would expose the BJP on the Waqf issue as changes in revenue records favouring the Waqf Board were effected only during the Saffron party's regime.
While the BJP is all set to mount pressure on the Congress government by holding a mega protest and a month long march on the Waqf issue, Shivakumar claimed that during its tenure, the BJP regime started changing the revenue records of rights, tenancy and crops in favour of the Waqf Board and many properties also were transferred in the name of that board.
The BJP's opposition on the matter was "foolishness" as the government had all the related documents to pin them down, the Deputy CM told reporters. “We will expose them," he asserted and added that they came to know such aspects only later. Also, the issue did not get into public domain as everyone was busy with the recent elections.
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From November 25 to December 25, the BJP will be on protest mode against 'Waqf notices' to farmers, individuals and institutions.
After the Waqf controversy started raging in the state, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced withdrawing all the notices served to farmers, individuals and institutions.
The two factions of the BJP, led by its state chief B Y Vijayendra and the other by Vijayapura MLA, Basanagouda Patil Yatnal have decided to take on the Congress government on the Waqf issue separately.
Vijayendra has planned a mega agitation at Belagavi during the winter session of the legislature and the Yatnal faction would take out a month long march from Bidar in north Karnataka to Chamarajanagar in the south.
