Politicians rising ‘separate’ voice for selfishness: Prof Champa
Bengaluru, Aug 02: Senior writer Prof Chandrashekar Patil, popularly known as Champa, said that instead of writers and scholars, the politicians have been rising hue and cry about separate state to gain personal mileage.
Speaking at a symposium on ‘North Karnataka: Problems and remedies’ organized by the Federation of Karnataka Industries and Commercial Kannada Associations here on Thursday, he said that those who have prepared to divide the state, were unaware of the pain and sacrifice of the people who built it. Sriramulu and Umesh Katti were speaking about dividing the state just to become the chief ministers, he said.
“Dreaming is not wrong. Let them dream of becoming the chief minister of united Karnataka. The people who speak about dividing the state should not play with the feelings of people. They should strengthen the state instead of weakening it. Politicians should understand this concept”, he said.
“Karnataka means united Karnataka and not different Karnataka. Karnataka was not born out of the blessings of a person or someone. A number of activists had sacrificed their life for uniting the state. It has a long history. Unfortunately, the state is facing threat after 62 years of its formation. The state is facing this situation as the politicians have failed to follow their primary duties and responsibilities”, he opined.
It was unfortunate that some people were seeing solution to the north Karnataka problem in dividing the united Karnataka. Those who have strength could survive in the federal system. As the Andhra Pradesh was divided, it has lost its strength. The elected representatives should show their statesmanship to solve the present crisis, he demanded.
Writers G.R Channabasappa and Vasanth Shetty, North Karnataka Citizens Association former president Basavaraj Dandura were present.
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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
