Distribute quality bicycles to students
Education dept issues circular to DDPIs and BEOs
Bantwala, Jan 18: The education department has issued a circular to all districts and taluks to verify the quality of bicycles to be distributed to the students and thus, taken care about distributing quality bicycles to the students.
The department, in its circular, asked the concerned DDPIs to contact the suppliers and verify the data filled in the online random verification forms for the bicycles already distributed to the students. Earlier, the department has asked the concerned DDPIs to withhold the distribution of bicycles. But distribute the bicycles to the students studying in 8th standard in government and aided schools in 2018-19 academic year. Before that, the department should check whether the bicycles are on good quality or not and submit the action taken report to the department, the circular said.
Following complaints about the substandard quality bicycles distributed to some schools, the department has asked the concerned authorities to distribute the bicycles to the students only after verifying their quality, due to which, the distribution of bicycles was withheld in Bantwala taluk.
As per the government order, the department officials have visited the Kalladka and Mudipu schools and verified the quality of bicycles recently and submitted a report to the higher officer.
As soon as the government issue an order to distribute the bicycles to the students, he would ask the schools to distribute them, BEO Shivaprakash told Varthabharati.
What’s there in order?
The department has asked the authorities to distribute the bicycles pending for distribute immediately. While distributing them, the concerned divisional and district level inspection teams should check whether the bicycles are in good quality and fit for usage and submit a report to the department.
Before distributing the cycles, a three-member committee comprising SDMC president, head master and local government employee should be constituted and verify the cycles. Before distribution, the inspection teams should check quality, frame, fork, handle, reflector, handle bar, tool kits and others, the circular said.
Impact of Varthabharati report
Though the present academic year is almost completing, the bicycles were not distributed to the government schools. More than 4,000 bicycles to be distributed in Bantwala taluk were kept in Kalladka and Mudipu government schools. Varthabharati published a special report on January 7 about not distributing the cycles and drew the attention of the government and the education department.
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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.
