Cleanliness in city, Minister UT Khader seeks cooperation of people
Urva Market, commercial complex inaugurated
Mangaluru, Jan 27: Urban Development Minister UT Khader appealed people of the city to cooperate to maintain the cleanliness of the city.
Inaugurating the Urva market and commercial complex, constructed by the Mangaluru Urban Development Authority and the Mangaluru City Corporation here on Sunday, he said that the city corporation has got the appreciation as the best city corporation in the state. To continue the same position, everyone should cooperate to maintain the cleanliness. People in the city have been paying the water cess honestly. But those who have multi-storied buildings have dues of huge tax. In order to solve this problem, the city corporation would take steps to disconnect the water supply to such multi-storied buildings automatically in coming days, the Minister said.
The commercial complex constructed at a cost of Rs 11.72 crore on 84891.45 sq ft, has 122 stalls. If them, 31 stalls were reserved for fish selling, 8 for chicken and 15 for office purposes, he said.
MLA Vedavyas Kamath presided over the programme in which Karnataka government parliamentary secretary Ivan D'Souza, mayor Bhaskar K, deputy commissioner Sasikanth Senthil, city corporation Commissioner Muhammad Nazeer, MUDA Commissioner Srikanth Rao, AEE Mohan Kumar, corporator Radha Krishna, sculptor Nelson GA Payas, contractor Abdul Asif and others were present.
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BJP turning EC into tool for vote chori: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the BJP is turning the Election Commission into a "tool" for "vote chori".
Sharing a clip of his speech during a discussion on election reforms in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Gandhi said on X, "India's public is asking these 3 very important and direct questions: 1. Why was the CJI removed from the EC selection panel? 2. Why was almost complete legal immunity given to the EC before the 2024 elections? 3. Why the hurry to destroy CCTV footage within 45 days?"
"The answer is one - BJP is turning the Election Commission into a tool for vote theft," the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha said.
In a no-holds-barred attack, Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that the BJP and the Election Commission were "colluding to destroy" India's democracy and "rob people of their voice".
Participating in the discussion on election reforms, Gandhi claimed the BJP is "directing and using" the Election Commission to damage India's democracy.
Making suggestions, Gandhi called for providing machine readable voter list to all parties one month before elections, taking back the law that allows destruction of CCTV footage after 45 days, giving access to EVMs, and changing the law that allows election commissioners "to get away with whatever they want to do".
