As 'Nandini' sponsors T20 WC teams, Siddaramaiah says 'will take co-op brand to the world'
Bengaluru (PTI): With Scotland cricket team announcing Karnataka-based Nandini dairy brand as their official sponsor in the upcoming T20 World Cup in the US, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said his government is determined to introduce to the world both the best quality milk products of the state.
Sharing the news on 'X', he termed it as a 'significant step' in making Nandini a global brand.
"Karnataka's proud Nandini company, known in countries like Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, USA, Dubai, UAE, is now sponsoring Scotland and Ireland in the T20 World Cup."
"We are determined to introduce to the world both the best quality milk products of the state and the hard work of the state's farmers. This will be a significant step in making Nandini a global brand," the CM said.
This time, Nandini will shine on the World Cup and so will Kannada, he quipped.
Siddaramaiah also posted the photograph of Scotland men's team captain Richie Berrington wearing a jersey t-shirt with the logo of 'Nandini' brand on the sleeve.
KMF is the second largest dairy co-operative amongst the dairy cooperatives in the country.
According to KMF, in South India, it stands first in terms of procurement as well as sales.
KMF has 16 Milk Unions covering all the districts of the State which procure milk from Primary Dairy Cooperative Societies (DCS) and distribute milk to the consumers in various towns, cities, rural markets in Karnataka.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
