Roads damaged before time: Minister Krishna Byre Gowda asks contractors to repair
Dakshina Kannada district progress review meeting
Mangaluru, August 21: Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Krishna Byre Gowda directed the officials concerned to get the damaged roads repaired from the contractors as the roads were damaged before time.
Presiding over a progress review meeting at the zilla panchayat hall here on Tuesday, the Minister said that the contractors have the time of five years to maintain the roads. So, before people point towards the damaged roads due to rains, the officials concerned should get those roads repaired from the contractors. Out of 8,336 km length road, 705 km of road would come under the contractors maintenance period. So, the contractors should be sent the circulars immediately and the copy of which should also be sent to the respective MLAs, he said.
Except the roads damaged due to rains, remaining roads should be repaired after the rainy season, for which funds should be accumulated from all sources, he added.
Increase target of ‘Jaladhara’ scheme
The target of the ‘Jaladhara’ scheme introduced to counter the drought situation should be increased in the district. In each village, at least 50 kindi anekattu should be constructed. So far, out of 460 such barrages, 298 were completed which is a good progress. But the target should be increased to strengthen the MGNREGS, he said.
Out of total 29 new gram panchayats in the district, six gram panchayats have new buildings, nine buildings were in progress and 14 others were not taken up due to some reasons. Out of 230 gram panchayats, 138 gram panchayats have revised the tax slabs, ZP CEO Dr MR Ravi said.
District Minister UT Khader, ZP president Meenakshi Shantigodu, vice president Kasturi Panja, standing committee presidents Janardhan Gowda, UP Ibrahim and Anitha Shetty, MLA Rajesh Nayak Ulleppadi and others were present.
Minister takes officials to task
When the officials tried to avoid the questions in the meeting, the Minister became furious and took them to task. Though all the officials were given agenda and meeting notice one week earlier, some of the officials have not prepared anything. At least, listen to his words now and work, he said.
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Assam CM flays Cong for 'not verifying' documents before making charges against his family
Sivasagar/Guwahati (PTI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday slammed the Congress for “not verifying” the documents based on which it brought allegations against him and his family.
Congress leader Pawan Khera had on Sunday alleged that Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, has multiple passports and foreign property, which were not declared in the chief minister’s election affidavit.
Sarma also hit out at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, claiming that he was “speaking like a madman” due to old age, after the latter put the onus on central agencies to probe the charges.
The CM asserted that Khera had “run away” to Hyderabad, but the Assam Police will “hunt him down even from ‘pataal’ (netherworld)”.
“‘Assam Police ko nahi jante hain.. Pataal se bhi ukhar ke le ayega’ (They don’t know the Assam Police... they will hunt him down even from the netherworld),” asserted Sarma.
An Assam Police team had earlier in the day visited the Delhi residence of Khera for questioning him in connection with the case.
“If they didn’t know the truth, why did they put it out in public? They should have asked the foreign minister first,” Sarma told reporters on the sidelines of an election campaign, when asked for his reaction to Kharge’s assertion that the Union government should probe the allegations now.
Kharge, at a presser in Guwahati on Tuesday, said all agencies are under the central government, which should probe the charges.
"They have already filed an FIR against Khera. Let them probe the matter. We will face the case as it progresses. We have sought probes by the ED or CBI into the allegations," he said.
Sarma added: “Kharge is ageing and is speaking like a ‘pagal’ (madman). You insult the people first and then say will ask the foreign minister (for verification)? Is he your ‘damad’ (son-in-law),” the chief minister said.
“I think Rahul Gandhi had given these documents to Khera, and if that is so, the case will then include Gandhi,” he added.
