90% of NH 75 widening work between B.C. Road and Periyashanti likely to be over by May: Capt. Chowta
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada Member of Parliament Capt. Brijesh Chowta expressed optimism that 90 percent of the ongoing widening work on National Highway 75, between B.C. Road and Periyashanti, will likely be completed by the end of May.
After inspecting the four-lane project, Capt. Chowta emphasised that his primary goal is to ensure a motorable stretch of road is ready by the end of May. He noted that work is progressing slowly in areas where controlled blasting is underway, as reported by The Hindu.
Additionally, flyovers at Kalladka, Mani, and five other locations along the stretch are expected to be opened to traffic by May end.
The MP also instructed project workers to spray water along the stretch to mitigate dust issues during construction. He further stated that development work for the Narayana Guru Circle at B.C. Road will commence in February.
Meanwhile, residents raised concerns about the impact of the ongoing work. Padmanabha Bhat Kedila from Satyakallu village informed the MP that his farm, which contains 300 arecanut plantations, was submerged in 5 feet water for several days due to the blockage of a drain during road construction, the report added.
NHAI officials assured that the blocked drain would be cleared soon.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
