Areca support price: Proposal to be sent to govt, says Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner
Mangaluru (PTI): Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district M P Mullai Muhilan has said he will send a proposal to the state government regarding the support price for the arecanut crop.
Presiding over the discussion with farmer leaders about the problems of the ryots of the district at the Collector's office on Tuesday, he said farmers had sought fixing of support price for arecanut.
He said he would send a proposal in this regard to the state government.
Similarly, arecanut growers in Udupi, Chikkamgaluru and Shivamogga districts have also appealed to their respective district administrations to send official appeals to the government.
Another issue that came up during the meeting was regarding the issue of simplified gun licences for protecting crops from wild animals. Confusion regarding the transfer of gun licences to kin after the death of an individual will be rectified.
A separate park for monkeys and peacocks will be reviewed to avoid damage to crops due to attacks by them. There were no schemes to provide compensation in case of damage to coconuts due to animal infestation. However, if trees are damaged, compensation would be given, he said.
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RJD surprise element in J’khand polls, party candidates leading in 5 of 6 assembly seats
Ranchi(PTI): The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has emerged as a surprise element in the Jharkhand assembly elections with its candidates leading in five of the six seats where the party is contesting, according to trends available on the Election Commission's website on Saturday.
RJD candidates in five assembly seats were leading over sitting BJP legislators.
In 2019, RJD had secured only the Chatra seat where its nominee Satyanand Bhokta won.
In Deoghar, RJD’s Suresh Paswan was leading by 19,581 votes over his nearest rival and BJP's sitting MLA Narayan Das after the third round of counting.
RJD’s Sanjay Prasad Yadav was ahead by 19,867 votes in Godda over BJP MLA Amit Kumar Mandal after the sixth round of counting.
In Koderma, RJD nominee Subhash Prasad Yadav, who was out on bail, was leading by a margin of 3,471 votes over BJP’s sitting legislator Neera Yadav.
Subhas Prasad Yadav, considered to be one of the close aides of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court in a money laundering case.
Party’s Naresh Prasad Singh was leading by 5,159 votes after the fourth round of counting over BJP’s Bishrampur MLA Ramchandra Chandravanshi.
RJD's Sanjay Kumar Singh Yadav was also leading from Hussainabad by 8,213 votes after the fourth round of counting over BJP MLA Kamlesh Kumar Singh.
Party’s candidate Rashmi Prakash, however, was trailing from Chatra by 3,776 votes.
Bhokta did not contest the elections this time, and his daughter-in-law Prakash was given a ticket.
