Plea filed in Supreme Court seeking Army deployment to retrieve Kerala native from K'taka landslide
New Delhi: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the deployment of Indian Army personnel for rescue operations on National Highway 66 in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, where a landslide occurred on July 16.
The PIL, filed by Advocate Subhash Chandran KR, states that the Karnataka government has failed to act effectively in the golden hours following the landslide and does not have a plan to tackle the situation. The petitioner alleges that despite the presence of an army cantonment in nearby Belgavi and naval resources in Karwar, no efforts have been made to mobilize the army.
The petitioner points out that a truck driver, Arjun, a native of Kerala, is trapped at the disaster site since July 16, and search operations are continuing but are not yielding productive results due to the initial inaction of the Karnataka government and police authorities.
The PIL seeks the deployment of army personnel to rescue those trapped, including Arjun, and to clear the debris using scientific methods. The petitioner also seeks a direction to the respondents (Union Government, Karnataka, and Kerala Governments) to take all possible steps to locate the stranded human life and vehicles.
The Supreme Court has been requested to hear the matter urgently, given the seriousness of the situation. The case is being argued by Senior Advocate V Chidambaram and filed through AOR Biju P Raman.
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AIITA welcomes Karnataka’s ban on obscene songs in school events
Bhatkal: The Karnataka unit of the All India Ideal Teachers Association (AIITA) has welcomed the Karnataka government’s decision to strictly ban school children from dancing to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes in government, aided, and private schools across the state.
AIITA Karnataka State President M. R. Manvi congratulated the government for taking what he termed an important step to preserve the sanctity of education.
“Such decisions to safeguard the dignity of school children and uphold the values of education are the need of the hour. This rule should not be limited to government schools alone but must be strictly implemented in all private educational institutions as well,” he said.
He further urged the government to address other concerns within school programmes.
“The government should not only prohibit obscene dances in the name of school anniversaries, but also ensure that plays and dialogues that incite religious hatred are avoided. Schools should be centres of harmony, not platforms for spreading hatred,” he added.
According to a recent circular issued by the Department of School Education and Literacy, obscene dances are adversely affecting the mental health and moral values of students.
In this regard, schools have been advised to use songs that promote nationalism, positive thinking, the greatness of Kannada culture, and value-based traditions instead of inappropriate content during programmes.
The circular also emphasises that students should be dressed in decent attire.
AIITA also backed the department’s warning that disciplinary action would be taken against head teachers if such guidelines are violated. The association has further demanded that district Deputy Directors of Public Instruction strictly monitor the implementation of these rules.
