No water scarcity issues in Mangaluru this year, MCC officials assures after visiting Thumbay dam
Mangaluru: Amidst the pressure of controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the city limits, Mangaluru City Corporation Mayor and other senior officials visited the Thumbay Dam and took stock of the water as the summer season has hit the Coastal Karnataka.
Mayor Divakar Pandeshwar, Corporation Commissioner Shanadi Ajith Kumar Hegde, MCC Deputy Commissioner Dr. Santosh Kumar, Naresh Shenoy and other officials visited the dam on Thursday morning.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati after the visit, Commissioner Shanady Ajith Kumar Hegde asserted that the dam currently had storage of water at six meter level and that it will be sufficient for city’s usage for next fifty days. He added that currently water rationing was stopped and that it will not be done this summer.
He also added that despite several commercial activities not in operation due to lockdown due to the spread of coronavirus the demand for the supply of water has not been affected and that it has remain same.
Mayor Dinakar Pandeshwar also added that there will be no water scarcity in the city like the previous year wherein the administration had to resort to water rationing to supply water to the residents in the city. He added that if the monsoon arrives in time or before June, the city is unlikely to face water scarcity as there was sufficient water for city’s use in the dam currently.
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Right to vote under threat, must be made fundamental right: Cong's Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged on Thursday that the right to vote is under threat and the time has come when it should be made a fundamental right for citizens.
Speaking with reporters, Ramesh lashed out at Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, saying the Election Commission (EC) has never been as compromised as it has been under him.
"The rot started under his predecessor. This man is a player and not a neutral observer," the Congress leader said, slamming Kumar.
Kumar is completely compromised and has become a player in elections, he alleged.
"Home Minister Amit Shah had talked about three Ds -- detect, delete and deport. So we want to know how many non-Indian citizens have been detected, how many have been deleted and how many have been deported," Ramesh said, adding that the right to vote is now under threat.
On opposition parties submitting a fresh notice in the Rajya Sabha, seeking to move a motion for the CEC's removal, the Congress leader said they will continue to make efforts for Kumar's removal as he is "compromised".
Ramesh also batted for the right to vote to be recognised as a fundamental right.
"I believe that the time has come that the right to vote should be made a fundamental right. It is a statutory right, it is not a fundamental right. Fundamental rights are justiciable," he said.
The former Union minister said this was discussed in the Constituent Assembly, but it was eventually decided that it should be made part of the Constitution.
B R Ambedkar and Jagjivan Ram had warned that in the future, governments might try to disenfranchise voters, he added.
"Once and for all, include the right to vote as a fundamental right for Indian citizens," Ramesh asserted.
