Will file contempt plea against Karnataka on Mahadayi: Goa CM
Panaji: Goa will file a contempt petition in the Supreme Court within two days against Karnataka for "diverting" Mahadayi river water despite the issue being sub judice, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Monday.
The two states are embroiled in a dispute over sharing of the river's water and Goa accuses Karnataka of carrying out construction to divert water without authorisation.
Addressing a press conference, Sawant said Karnataka had diverted water despite Goa and others party to the dispute filing special leave petitions in the apex court.
"In the next two days, we will file a contempt petition against Karnataka in the Supreme Court with proof, including video evidence, to prove it has diverted water," the Goa CM said.
The Inter State Water Dispute Tribunal had given its award on distribution of Mahadayi river water between Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra, but it was challenged by the three states in SC.
Sawant claimed he was in touch with the Centre on the issue and his government would protect interests of Goa in the dispute.
Sawant also claimed the Congress, when in power in Goa, had dropped two paragraphs, pertaining to water diversion from Malaprabha basin, from its complaint to the Centre against Karnataka in 2006.
The then Congress government in Goa also agreed with Maharashtra in 2006 to take up the dam on Virdi nullah (a tributary of Mahadayi) as a joint venture, Sawant said. PTI RPS BNM
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
