Centre committed to provide LPG to all BPL families: Union Minister Ramesh Jigajinagi
Free domestic gas distribution, beneficiaries convention at Bantwala
Mangaluru, Jan 25: The Union government is committed to ensure that LPG connections are provided to all BPL families in the country, Minister of state for Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Jigajinagi said Friday.
He was speaking after handing over LPG connections to over 40 beneficiaries under the 'Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana' (PMUY) at a convention of beneficiaries held at the BC road here.
He congratulated everyone who put in their effort to make the scheme a grand success across the country by releasing more than six crore connections in the last four and a half years,"thereby making kitchens free from smoke and pollution."
Speaking at the function, chairman of the Parliamentary committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas, Prahlad Joshi, MP,said Congress-led governments could provide LPG connections only to five crore families since domestic gas was introduced in the country, while the NDA government had released six crore gas connections to BPL families within a short span of time.
Nalin Kumar Kateel MP, who also spoke, said that with the time-bound implementation of PMUY in Dakshina Kannada district, it would become the first kerosene-free district in the state.
MLAs from the district and BPCL regional manager S Thangavel were also present at the function.
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Minister Parameshwara says remarks on properties linked to drug peddlers 'misunderstood'
Tumakuru (PTI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Saturday said his recent remarks on the demolition of properties linked to those involved in narcotics trade were "misunderstood and misinterpreted".
His clarification follows remarks made two days ago on the government's uncompromising crackdown on the drug menace, including action against properties linked to foreign nationals allegedly involved in drug trafficking.
"It is unfortunate. It is taken in the wrong sense. I didn't mean that tomorrow itself I am going to send bulldozers and demolish the houses. That was not my intention. It was wrongly taken," he told reporters here.
Responding to Congress MLC K Abdul Jabbar's question in the legislative council on the growing drug menace in Bengaluru, Davangere and coastal districts, the minister on Thursday detailed the extensive enforcement measures initiated since the Congress government assumed office.
Pointing to the involvement of some foreign nationals, the minister had said, "Many foreign students from African countries have come to Karnataka. They are into the drug business. We catch them and register cases against them, but they want the case to be registered because once the case is registered, we cannot deport them."
"We have gone to the extent of demolishing the rented building where they stay," he had said.
