5512 people take shelter in relief camps; 9 deaths, 9 missing: District Administration
Kodagu disaster
Madikeri, August 23: The district administration has said that due to heavy rains, landslides and flood situation, total nine persons were killed and nine others were missing and 5512 people were taking shelter in various relief camps in the district.
In an official statement, the deputy commissioner said that Garuda Force, Mountaineering NCC teams, NDRF, Civil Defence, Indian Army, Indian Navy, Police teams and fire brigade teams have rescued the people trapped in the landsliding, floods and rains and shifted them to the relief camps opened in different parts of the district.
So far, 54 relief camps were opened in the district. Of them, 14 camps were closed as the affected people have been to their relatives’ homes. Currently, 20 camps in Madikeri taluk, 15 in Somawarpete taluk, and five in Virajpete taluk are functioning. Two more relief camps were functioning at Arantodu Tekkil Hall and Kallugundi in Dakshina Kannada district and total 5512 people were given shelter in them, the DC said.
As on Thursday afternoon, total nine persons were died and nine others missing in the rain-related incidents in the district. The District Minister has reviewed the relief measures and directed the authorities to take up relief works properly. Following this, total four godowns including one each in Kushalnagar and Ponnampete and three in Madikeri were opened to store the materials donated by the people. The materials would be distributed later, DC Srividya said.
Thousands of people have lost their houses and sites. Now, the government has decided to sanction the houses under the Housing Schemes to the victims. Such houses would be sanctioned directly to the victims. But before that, temporary rehabilitation centres would be set up, she said.
No misuse of materials
People and organizations have been responding positively to help the people of Kodagu. Now, food items and other materials were reaching the district. Those materials were being stored in the district administration bhavan, APMC, government school, Kushalnagar APMC and other places. Such stored relief materials would be sent to the relief camps through gram panchayats. But it was mentioned in the social media that the relief materials were being misused. It is just a rumour. It is far from truth. A case was registered against this in the police station. Police officers were directed to take action against those who spread such falls messages, the DC said.
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Women's quota bill would have ensured defeat of democracy, Constitution: Aaditya Thackeray
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday said that the passage of the women's quota bill would have ensured a "total defeat of democracy", alleging that the legislation, linked with a delimitation exercise, was a political tool designed to reduce the voice of states.
Thackeray, in a post on X, claimed that the Bill would have amended the Constitution for the political means of the ruling regime to increase seats, reduce the voice of many states and enable the gerrymandering of constituencies to ensure unfair victories.
"The very amendment that would have ensured the total defeat of democracy and the Constitution in India stands rejected by the unity of the Opposition MPs," he wrote.
The legislation should have been called "Delimitation to ensure unfair victory Bill", the former minister said, adding that there was a genuine need to enable 33 per cent reservation for women in the current number of seats.
"Now, it is up to the government to ensure that it is implemented in the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha for the 2029 elections and all elections across India, if that is the real intent of the government," he wrote.
A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats was defeated on Friday in the Lower House.
While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Out of 528 members who voted, the Bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.
According to the Constitution Amendment Bill, Lok Sabha seats were to be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
