DK SP orders stringent measures against buses running overcapacity, hanging on footboard
Mangaluru: In a strict action, Dakshina Kannada district Superintendent of Police Rishyant C.B during an SC/ST grievance redressal meeting, on Tuesday at his office, ordered police officers to register a case and scrap the licenses of those buses(both private and government) plying with passengers hanging on the footboard and vehicles used for transporting school children running overcapacity. "A report of such cases from each police station should be submitted to me before 25th of December,” he added, instructing the Police Officers.
The top cop ordered the stringent measures following complaints raised by several Dalit representatives during the redressal program.
One of the representatives, Ishwari highlighted the issue of people traveling dangerously hanging on the footboard of a government bus in Belthangady
Dalit leader Ishwari brought up the issue and said that there is a situation in Belthangadi area where people are dangerously hanging on the footboard in the government bus. Ishwari demanded for an additional arrangement of buses; she also stressed that the issue be addressed by the police department by taking up the matter to the concerned department .
Responding to Ishwari’s queries, SP said acknowledging that he has also seen the viral video and called for strict action by authorities.
Simultaneously, Shekar, a resident of Belthangady, demanded additional government buses on the Naravi-Belthangy route.
SP Rishyant said in response, “We have already appealed to the KSRTC Puttur depot.”
He further instructed that when a complaint arises about autos carrying more than 10 children, all schools should be instructed by the DDPI to pay attention to such vehicles. He also directed the traffic police to remain vigilant at main junctions, circles and to file a case and impose fines on such vehicles.
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Leadership issue: Cong high command will call us at 'appropriate time,' will wait, says Shivakumar
Bengaluru, Dec 20 (PTI): With the leadership issue involving him and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah coming to the fore again, deputy CM DK Shivakumar on Saturday said the Congress high command has told the two leaders as to when they will be called to Delhi to to discuss the matter.
He said that both of them will go to Delhi and meet the high command, when summoned.
"I will inform you, I won't do anything without informing you. I will not go hiding from you," Shivakumar told reporters here in response to a question on him and Siddaramaiah's likely visit to the national capital to meet the party high command after the just concluded legislature session.
Asked if there was any invitation from the high command, asking him and CM to come to Delhi, he said, "they have told something to both of us, they have told both of us over phone as to when they will call us. We will go, both of us will go."
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"They (high command) have said they will call both of us at the appropriate time, we will wait for the call," the Karnataka Congress chief added.
Shivakumar's statement came a day after Siddaramaiah asserted in the Assembly that he would continue in office. He had also said that the Congress high command was "in my favour" and asserted that no decision was made on him staying at the helm for only two-and-a-half years, as per a rumoured 2023 agreement on power-sharing with his deputy.
Shivakumar, had said that he and CM Siddaramaiah have come to an agreement with the involvement of the Congress high command, and both of them will abide by it.
The power tussle within the ruling party has intensified amid speculations about a change in chief minister in the state, after the Congress government reached the halfway mark of its five-year term on November 20.
The speculation was fueled by the "power-sharing" pact between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar in 2023.
Meanwhile some 'Naga Sadhus' visited the Deputy CM's residence and blessed him.
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Stating that he is going to Delhi on Tuesday to meet various central ministers, Shivakumar, who is also the Minister for water resources said, "the central government's water resources department has called us regarding interlinking of rivers."
"I will go there and discuss matters related to the state's river projects like Mahadayi, Krishna water award, Mekedatu, and Upper Badhra."
He said he will also meet the central water resources minister, forest minister, urban development minister.
"There are a lot of issues. We wanted to meet them along with MPs from the state, but still I will go and meet. Then after that, if needed, we will meet the Prime Minister also with the issues," Shivkumar added.
Hitting out at the Modi government at the Center for replacing the existing rural employment law MGNREGA, and removing Mahatma Gandhi's name from it, Shivakumar accused it of insulting the father of the nation.
He also challenged the government to remove Gandhiji's image from currency notes.
"The country wants Gandhi. People of the country will respond to it," he said.
"They want to change Gandhi's name...let them change this picture of Gandhi also," he said, showing a currency note.
"With Gandhi's name we had started an employment guarantee scheme under the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and (late) Manmohan Singh (former PM), the MGNREGA.....they want to kill the scheme, so they have changed its name. A big movement will start against it from Karnataka itself," he said.
