Hanur temple incident: Siddaramaiah meets victims at hospital
“Rs 1 lakh from KPCC to each family of victims”
Bengaluru, Dec 15: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday met the affected people in the ‘prasad’ poisoning incident at Hanur temple, who were undergoing treatment in various hospitals including KR Hospital in the city and enquired their health condition.
He directed the deputy commissioner and the district minister to admit the affected people to private hospitals if there were no facilities to treat them in government hospitals. He also spoke to DGP Neelamani N Raju over phone on the incident and conducting CID investigation into the tragedy. He said that the state government has announced Rs 5 lakh compensation to each family of the deceased and KPCC has announced Rs 1 lakh each. He also consoled the family members of the victims.
KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao, Hajj and Wakf Minister BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan, District Minister Puttaranga Shetty, MP R Druvanarayan, MLA Narendra, former MLAs Manjunath and Somashekar and others accompanied Siddaramaiah.
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Mumbai-Pune Expressway connecting link now fully operational
Mumbai (PTI): The Mumbai-bound carriageway of the Mumbai-Pune Expressway connecting link was opened to vehicular traffic on Saturday noon after a delay caused by the dismantling of inauguration infrastructure and cleaning work, a day after the Pune section became operational.
The 13.3 km-long "missing link", which bypasses a section of the Bhor Ghat stretch of the expressway and cuts travel time between Mumbai and Pune by 25 to 30 minutes, was inaugurated a day earlier by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in the presence of Deputy CMs Eknath Shinde and Sunetra Pawar.
The Pune-bound carriageway of the corridor was opened to traffic immediately; however, the Mumbai-bound section remained closed to traffic for several hours after the inauguration.
An official of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation told PTI on Saturday that the opening of the Mumbai-bound carriageway was delayed mainly due to the dismantling of the inauguration infrastructure and cleaning work.
The removal of the stage and other decorations was completed in the morning. The work to load and transport the material slightly delayed the opening of the carriageway.
Vehicular movement on the carriageway began after all the remaining material was cleared and road cleaning was completed, the official added.
The expressway control room said that despite significant vehicular movement, the access-controlled highway has not witnessed any major traffic snarls since Friday evening, after the Pune-bound carriageway of the missing link was opened to traffic.
The Missing Link project connects Khopoli (in Raigad) on the Mumbai side to Kusgaon near Lonavala in Pune district and is expected to make the expressway fully access-controlled, easing congestion in the ghat section.
Developed by the MSRDC and dubbed an "engineering marvel", the project includes two tunnels, two viaducts and a cable-stayed bridge over Tiger Valley. It bypasses the steep, accident-prone ghat section, where frequent traffic snarls are reported during weekends and on public holidays.
