Drinking water scarcity in Bantwala Kelagina Pete: SDPI stages dharna in front of TMC
Bantwala, Dec 15: SDPI Bantwala town municipal council ward committee members staged a dharna in front of the TMC here on Saturday, urging the authorities to solve drinking water problem in ward number 8 of Kelaginapete of the town.
TMC member Muneesh Ali, who led the dharna, said that in every summer season, ward no. 8 has been facing water scarcity due to old pipeline. So, the authorities should replace the pipeline.
Moreover, the new pipeline work taken up under the Multi-village Water Scheme was of substandard and unscientific. This newly laid pipeline was damaged in many places due to which, more than 180 houses in low-lying areas in Kelaginapete were not getting water, he said.
Though the issue was raised in the TMC general body meeting and brought to the notice of chief officer Rekha J Shetty and others, no action was taken. No officer has visited the spot to understand the gravity of water problem, he alleged.
The new pipeline should be replaced as its quality was not good. Otherwise, they would lay siege the town municipal council in coming days, he warned.
SDPI district secretary Shahul SH, Field president Yusuf Aladka, SDPI branch president Abdul Latheef, Secretary Yasser Arafat, Leaders Ubaidulla, Basheer, Ismail, Shabeer, Hameed, Ismail Arabi of AAP, Prabhakar of CPM, Savaz, KH Abubakar of JDS and others were present.
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Girls, women have no protection under Congress govt in Karnataka, claims BJP
Bengaluru (PTI): The BJP on Saturday slammed the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government over the law and order situation in Karnataka and alleged that young girls and women had no protection.
Sharing a newsreport where a minor Dalit girl was allegedly impregnated by a youth in Hubballi, the BJP took to social media platform to condemn the incident.
In a post on 'X', the BJP alleged that the minor girl was "raped by a fanatic" and that there is no "protection for Hindu young women and girls in Hubballi." "Hindu young women are today victims of the mistake of giving power to terrorists, rapists, fanatic Jhihadists called brothers @INCKarnataka like the Kerala files," the party alleged in the post.
Meanwhile, a youth has been arrested for allegedly impregnating minor girl in Hubballi, police said.
Citing the recent murder case of Congress Councillor Niranjan Hiremath's 23-year-old daughter Neha, who was stabbed to death inside her college campus in Hubballi, the BJP attacked the state government over the investigation in the case.
The case is being probed by the State's Criminal Investigation Department.
"While Neha's murder case in Hubballi is still pending, another inhumane incident has made Kannadigas to lower their heads. If they @siddaramaiah and @Dr Parameshwara (Home Minister) do not crush the bigots immediately, the Hindus will destroy the government," the BJP said in the post.
