Congress to stage mega protest in Belagavi on Sept 24 over relief to flood victims
Bengaluru, Sep 23: The Congress in Karnataka will stage a demonstration at Belagavi on September 23 against the 'indifferent' attitude of the BJP government in the state, as well as the centre, towards providing relief for the flood victims, a senior Congress leader said.
"We are going to stage a mega protest in Belagavi on Tuesday. The Centre has betrayed Karnataka," state Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao said here.
He warned that Congress would hold state-wide demonstrations if the Centre did not release funds for the flood victims.
As many as 22 districts in Karnataka were hit by floods last month following torrential rains.
Almost all the rivers of North Karnataka and coastal regions were in spate, inundating large swathes of land.
More than 80 people lost their lives and about 1.5 lakh houses were destroyed lakhs of hectares of crops were also damaged.
Rao took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he had sympathised with the flood victims at Houston, but did not find time to console those affected in Karnataka and not released any funds for them.
He also flayed the BJP MPs from the state for their 'silence' and inability to bring funds from the Centre.
"Belagavi, Bagalkot, Dharwad, Chikkamagaluru, Dakshina Kannada, Kodagu have BJP MPs... Where are they? what are they doing? Rao asked.
He criticised union ministers Prahlad Joshi, Suresh Angadi and Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, all of whom hail from the flood affected areas in the state, for their 'failure' to impress upon the Centre to release funds to Karnataka.
"The BJP is following the anti-people policies and is doing injustice to the people.
Never has any Central government betrayed Karnataka as the Modi government has done," he said.
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CCTVs in police stations: SC asks amicus to convene meeting on utilisation of funds
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that a meeting be convened on May 6 to deliberate on the aspect of utilisation of funds by the states on installation of CCTVs in police stations across the country.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta asked senior advocate Siddhartha Dave, who is assisting it as an amicus curiae in a suo motu matter concerning lack of functional CCTVs in police stations, to hold a meeting on May 6 with the Centre, all states and Union Territories.
"We are of the view that a meeting be convened by the amicus, as done earlier, in which the home secretary of the central government or his nominee not below the rank of joint or additional secretary and the home secretary of states/Union Territories will participate," the bench said.
The issue cropped up after the amicus flagged the aspect of utilisation of funds by the states.
Dave told the bench that in UTs, the Centre gives 100 percent funds while in hilly states, the central government gives 90 percent funding.
He said in remaining states, the Centre gives 60 percent while the rest 40 percent funding is by the respective state.
"Why don't we get responses of the states only on utilisation of funds?" the bench said.
The top court suggested that the amicus can convene a meeting with the Centre, states and UTs on the issue.
It posted the matter for hearing on May 13 and said that a report be submitted before it.
On April 7, the Centre told the top court that all issues concerning installation of CCTVs in police stations would be sorted out within two weeks.
Attorney General R Venkataramani had told the bench that he was taking stock of the issue and a lot of things were happening.
On February 26, the apex court directed the Centre and others to participate in a meeting to deliberate upon the feasibility, modalities and implementation framework of the issues, including creation of a centralised dashboard and standardisation of CCTV infrastructure in police stations.
The top court had earlier directed registration of a suo motu case over the lack of functional CCTVs in police stations after taking cognisance of a media report.
The apex court had in 2018 ordered the installation of CCTV cameras across police stations to check human rights abuses.
In December 2020, the top court directed the Centre to install CCTV cameras and recording equipment at the offices of investigating agencies, including the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
It said that states and UTs should ensure that CCTV cameras were installed at every police station, at all entry and exit points, main gate, lock-ups, corridors, lobby and reception, as well as in areas outside the lock-up rooms so that no part was left uncovered.
The top court said that CCTV systems must be equipped with night vision and have audio as well as video footage.
The court made it mandatory for the Centre, states and the UTs to purchase such systems which allow storage of data for at least one year.
