Dharmasthala management authority to be formed: Tourism Minister Anand Singh
Mangaluru (PTI): The Karnataka government will establish a Dharmasthala management authority with the aim of protecting the sanctity of the Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala, state Tourism Minister Anand Singh has said.
Speaking after inaugurating the renovated bathing ghat on the banks of Nethravati river at Dharmasthala on Saturday, he said Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner M R Ravikumar and Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja have been asked to submit a proposal to the government in this regard.
Singh said the sacred pilgrimage centre will be free of liquor shops and non-vegetarian eateries. Any activity that defiles Dharmasthala will not be allowed in the temple surroundings, he said.
The bathing ghat at Dharmasthala was renovated at a cost of Rs 4.8 crore jointly by the tourism and public works departments. The ghat will be further developed at a cost of Rs 5 crore, the minister said.
Dharmasthala dharmadhikari (hereditary administrator) and Rajya Sabha member D Veerendra Heggade and MLC Prathap Simha Nayak were among those present.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
