Greater Bengaluru Authority Report to be discussed in Cabinet after consulting Opposition: DKShi
Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday said that the final report on the Greater Bengaluru Authority will be placed before the Cabinet only after holding discussions with leaders of the opposition.
Speaking to the media at Vidhana Soudha after a high-level meeting with officials regarding the proposal, Shivakumar said, “The committee has submitted its final recommendations on how the city’s municipal limits should be reorganised under the proposed Greater Bengaluru Authority. I’ve directed the committee chairperson to hold talks with opposition leaders and take them into confidence.”
“Once consultations are done, I will place the report before the Cabinet for further discussion. For now, the reorganisation will be implemented within the existing BBMP limits, but in the future, we plan to expand it further,” he added. The Deputy CM also expressed urgency in conducting elections under the new structure.
When asked about Home Minister G Parameshwara’s involvement in discussions related to the Yettinahole water project, Shivakumar said, “There were some issues regarding the project. There was a proposal to exclude his (Parameshwara’s) taluk from the project. Since water needs to be stored in this area, we are taking all precautions to ensure no village is submerged.”
He added that local residents had given suggestions about a few lakes, and that all stakeholders would be taken into confidence before presenting the matter before the Cabinet.
The Deputy CM also confirmed that he is scheduled to visit Delhi on Tuesday. “The visit is aimed at discussing clearances related to forest land in Tumakuru and Hassan regions involved in the Yettinahole project. I will also be meeting the Union Minister for Jal Shakti regarding necessary permissions,” he said.
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Bangladesh court sentences Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in corruption cases
Dhaka (PTI): A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to 10 years in jail in two separate corruption cases related to alleged irregularities in allocations of land in a government housing project.
Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-4 Judge Rabiul Alam handed down the verdicts, sentencing Hasina to a total of 10 years’ imprisonment — five years in each case, state-run BSS news agency reported.
The court sentenced 78-year-old Hasina, her nephew Radwan Mujib Siddiq, and her nieces, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq, and others in the cases over alleged irregularities in the allocation of plots under the Rajuk New Town Project in Purbachol.
The judgment was pronounced at around 12.30 pm.
Tulip Siddiq was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment — two years in each case — while Radwan Mujib Siddiq and Azmina Siddiq were each sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in both cases.
Rajuk member Mohammad Khurshid Alam, the only accused to surrender before the court, was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in each case, totalling two years.
The court also fined all convicted persons Tk1 lakh each and ordered them to serve an additional six months in prison in default of payment.
Hasina has been living in India since she fled Bangladesh on August 5 last year in the face of the massive protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.
The cases were filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged abuse of power in the allocation of two 10-katha plots.
According to the prosecution, the accused manipulated the allocation process and violated existing rules and regulations of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk).
