Govt. should acquire this land and compensate land owners: Siddaramaiah about Pachanady issue
Former CM was speaking to residents of Pachanady on dump yard issue
Mangaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday visited Pachenady village in the city which has been under the garbage after the local dump yard slumped it into the village, causing distress and property loss to various families.
Siddaramaih who is on his visit to Dakshina Kannada to meet the flood victims at flood affected places of the District visited Pachenady after arriving in the city at 11 am on Saturday. The former CM headed towards Pachenady from the Mangaluru International Airport amidst tight security.
Upon reaching the village the senior Congress leader met and interacted with the locals and affected families at Pachenady and assured them of demanding immediate solution of the issue from the state government.
Siddaramaiah while speaking to the affected residents said that he will call on the state government to either clear the village of all the garbage or acquire the land completely and provide adequate compensation to all the owners of the land.
“We will demand the government should either clear the mess or it should acquire the land and pay compensation to all the land owners. Houses should be built for all those who have lost their houses here or they should be given a separate monthly compensation of Rs. 10,000 for as house rent” Siddaramaiah said.
“If the government clears the village of all the mess, it should also build a retaining wall, make sure the water in the locality is not contaminated and should ensure every safety measure is checked. But for the government it is better to acquire the land and convert it into dump yard after paying compensation to the people” Siddaramaiah said.
Ullal MLA and former minister U T Khader, former minister B Ramanath Rai, MLC Ivan D’souza, Dakshina Kannada Youth Congress President Mithun Rai and others were also present along with Siddaramaiah during his visit.
Officials of Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) including Commissioner Mohammed Nazeer briefed the former CM about the conditions.
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HC dismisses Abu Salem’s plea seeking immediate release after completing '25 years' in jail
Mumbai (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Wednesday dismissed gangster Abu Salem’s plea for immediate release, claiming he had served 25 years in jail in India mandated under the terms of his extradition from Portugal.
In his plea, Salem had contended that if remission for good behaviour is included, then his 25-year jail term is complete and hence he ought to be freed.
A bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Kamal Khata said it cannot hold that the 25-year jail term is complete, as it would be premature to say anything at this stage on the point of remission.
The court relied on a Supreme Court judgment wherein it was held that remission of a prisoner would need to be calculated a month before the applicant’s release.
“Therefore, the present petition (filed by Salem) is dismissed,” the court said.
A copy of the detailed order is yet to be made available.
Salem’s plea, filed through advocate Farhana Shah, had said that when he was extradited from Portugal in 2005, India had assured that he would not be handed over the death penalty in any case and that he would not be imprisoned for more than 25 years.
The government had opposed his plea, noting that Salem has spent only 19 years in jail and that a decision on his premature release was pending.
Salem was convicted in the 1993 Mumbai serial bomb blasts case and sentenced to life imprisonment.
