People to boycott voting against bus facility
Mangaluru, May 7: Condemning the apathy in beginning the KSRTC bus service from Bijai KSRTC bus stand to Bajal Padpu via Padilu-Faisal Nagar despite the facility has been sanctioned, the people of Bajal, Kallakatta Padpu have decided to boycott the voting to be held on May 12.
People have been demanding KSRTC bus facility for this region for the last many years. Following their demand, then deputy commissioner Jagadeesh had order the bus service. In view of this, one KSRTC bus started its journey as an experimental basis on March 24. As a part of a building was attached to the road at Bajal Nantur cross, the bus facility was stopped. Though the local representatives and people appealed the building owner to make way for the bus, he did not respond to their request.
Against this, the people have urged the district administration to remove the portion of the building by acquiring the land and pave way for the bus service. Otherwise, residents of more than 300 houses would boycott the election, they said.
Local leaders Mustafa, Seetarama Naik, Sirajuddin and others led the protest.
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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
