Mock inauguration following MP Nalin Kumar's statement
Resentment against incompletion of Thokkottu flyover
Thokkottu, Dec 30: Condemning the delay in completion of Thokkottu flyover works by December 30 as announced by MP Nalin Kumar Kateel and inaction of National Highway Authority, the DYFI activists conducted a mock inauguration of the flyover by taking the persons wearing the masks of PM Narendra Modi, Nitin Gadkari and Nalin Kumar Kateel, here on Sunday.
Addressing the gathering, DYFI district secretary Santhosh Bajal said that the Modi government which came to power promising Achhe Din has completely failed even providing a good road. Pumpwell and Thokkottu roads in Mangaluru were fine examples for Modi government's achievement. In order to educate the people about false promises and lies of MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, they have conducted the mock inauguration. At least now, the MP should stop giving false promises and prove himself through works, he said.
CPIM zonal secretary Krishnappa Salian, Congress spokesman Farooq Ullala, Gadinadu Rakshana Vedike president Siddiq Talapady spoke on the occasion.
Kotekar Beedi Union president Padmavathi M Shetty, labour leader Jayanth Nayak, Mahabala Deppalimar, DYFI leaders Razaq Montepadavu, Sunil Thevula, Ashraf KC Road, Haneef Harekala, Ashraf Harekala and others were present.
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Karnataka procured 16 lakh expired RT-PCR kits during Covid wave: D’Cunha commission
Bengaluru: Justice John Michael D’Cunha’s committee has uncovered significant irregularities in the procurement of medical supplies during the Covid-19 pandemic, revealing that more than 16 lakh RT-PCR test kits purchased by Karnataka in 2022 under the BJP-led government were either expired or close to their expiry dates.
After irregularities in PPE kit purchases, ventilators have also come under the scanner, with the report highlighting discrepancies amounting to Rs 173.26 crore in purchases made by the Medical Education Department.
The commission has also found that the Karnataka State Medical Supplies Corporation Ltd. (KSMSCL) that cancelled a supply order for one lakh Rapid Antigen (RAT) kits placed with a Singapore-based company in March 2020 — for delay in supplying — has not recovered the Rs 6.99 crore paid to the company towards the order, as reported by The Hindu on Thursday.
According to the 279-page report on procurements made by the KSMSCL that is compiled in part IV of the report, a payment of Rs 148.84 crore was made by KSMSCL to various suppliers and firms towards procurement of RT-PCR kits from 2020 to 2022.
The Commission’s report, as cited by the publication, stated that there were records indicating procurement of RT-PCR kits, RNA extraction kits and Viral transport media (VTM) of a total value of Rs 106.25 crore during the pandemic in Karnataka. However, according to the report, this procurement was made without administrative approval.
“Since the KSMSCL has failed to discharge its obligation and responsibility, the loss caused to the State exchequer to this extent is required to be replenished by the erring officers and/or officials of the KSMSCL as well as the officers and/or officials of the consignee designated laboratories who received the consignment,” the report said, pegging the losses due to expired kits supplied by companies at Rs 3.11 crore.
In response to the report’s findings, state Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao criticised the saffron party for profiting from the pandemic. He promised accountability for the irregularities involving PPE kits and ventilators, stating that those responsible would face punishment.
