Govt to issue guidelines for eco-friendly buildings: U.T Khader
Bearys Green Avenue apartment inaugurated
Kundapur, June 17: Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader said that the government would give a serious thought to issue guidelines to construct eco-friendly buildings for not only Housing department but also for all departments in the state.
Inaugurating the eco-friendly Bearys Green Avenue apartment, which received by IGBC Platinum recognition, constructed by the Bearys Group at Koteshwara on Sunday, the Minister said that “he would shortly convene a meeting with the private companies. This is the need of the hour. If we save water and power, it will be the biggest asset we handed over to the next generation. This would also ensure good environment for all”, he said.
Nowadays, rural areas were also having more number of buildings and the sewage water being released from them was polluting the entire environment. So such buildings should not be given permission without Sewage Treatment Plants (STP). Respective gram panchayats should work honestly in such issues, he said.
Promising that he would introduce new programmes even in rural housing schemes, the Minister said that commercial complexes and education institutions run by the Bearys Group have contributed a lot for the society. Interestingly, the Group has become a society-oriented with its new initiative of eco-friendly building. The Bearys Green Avenue would become another Crown to Koteshwara, he said.
Kundapura MLA Haladi Srinivas Shetty said that the Bearys Group would not compromise in its quality construction and its environment-friendly initiatives like eco-friendly building, planting saplings and others were really commendable, he said.
Minister responds to Syed Beary
Presiding over the programme, Bearys Group chairman Syed Muhammad Beary said that Housing and Urban Development departments should have eco-friendly buildings. But they might cost more. More than money, water and power could be saved from such buildings, he said appealing Minister Khader take decision on this.
Responding to the appeal, Khader said that he would take this issue seriously. He would convene a meeting to elicit suggestions to adopt this method in all departments and invited Beary to the meeting.
Khader presents IGBC certificate to Beary
Minister UT Khader handed over the IGBC Platinum recognition certificate to Beary Group chairman Syed Muhammad Beary on the occasion. Chandrashekar Hariharan of IGBC was present.
Kota Janata Fisheries president Anand Kundar, Kundapur Prabhakar Tiles Works managing partner Prakash T Sones, Koteshwara gram panchayat president Janaki Billava, land owner Sulaiman were present at the programme.
Those who cooperated in the construction of the building were felicitated with citations. Group director Siddique Beary proposed vote of thanks, while Veena Rajesh compere the programme.
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Ex-PM Devegowda warns opposition of electoral losses if they continue to allege 'vote chori'
New Delhi (PTI): Former Prime Minister H D Devegowda on Monday said the Opposition parties would "suffer" if they continue to raise allegations of "vote chori" and create suspicion in the minds of voters by blaming Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government.
Participating in a discussion on election reforms in the Rajya Sabha, he criticised the Opposition for making a mockery about the Prime Minister "in the streets and on the public platform".
"This (India) is a very big country. A large country. Congress may be in three states. Remember my friends please, by using the words 'vote chori' you are going to suffer in the coming days. You are not going to win the battle," Devegowda said, referring to the Opposition members.
He asked what the Opposition is going to earn by "blaming Narendra Modi's leadership and creating a suspicion in the mind of the voters" through the claims of "vote chori".
"What has happened to their minds? Let them rectify," Devegowda said.
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The former prime minister said that during his over seven decades of public life, he has never raised such issues of vote theft despite facing defeat in elections.
He also cited a letter written by the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru regarding inclusion of "18,000 votes" (voters) in Kerala.
"Why I am telling this (because) during the Nehru period also, there were certain lapses in the electoral system," said Devegowda, who was the prime minister between June 1, 1996 and April 21, 1997.
He said that the Congress party faced defeat in the recent Bihar elections despite raising the issues of mistakes in the electoral rolls.
"What happened after that even after so much review (of voters list). Think (for) yourself! You got six MLAs," the senior Janata Dal (Secular) leader said.
Devegowda questioned the Opposition as to why they want to make allegations against the prime minister on the issue of the voters list?
"Election Commission is there. Supreme Court is there. The Election Commission has given direction to all the state units to rectify all these things," he said.
Devegowda said people of the country have full confidence in Narendra Modi's government and it will come back to power after the next Lok Sabha elections as well.
K R Suresh Reddy, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party's Rajya Sabha member from Telangana, said that electoral reforms are the backbone for a healthy democracy.
He said a large and diverse nation like Indi needs clean electoral rolls.
Asserting that strict re-verification should not become a mechanism for exclusion, Reddy said no eligible voter should lose their right to vote simply because accessing paperwork is difficult.
He said while the concern definitely is on the voters' exclusion, "we should also be equally concerned about the percentage of voting."
"What is happening in voting today? Once the election ends, the drama begins. The biggest challenge that the Indian democracy has been facing in spite of two major Constitutional amendments has been the anti-defection. Anti-defection is the name of the game today, especially in smaller states, especially where the legislatures are small in number," Reddy said.
The senior BRS leader suggested creation of a parliamentary committee "which would constantly look into the defection" and "ways and means to cutting that".
AIADMK's M Thambidurai raised the issues related to election campaigning.
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"Election campaigns are one of the important election processes. In that, political parties must be given the proper chance to campaign," he said and cited problems faced by his party in Tamil Nadu in this regard.
Thambidurai said political parties were facing hardships in Tamil Nadu to conduct public meetings and to express their views to the public.
YSRCP's Yerram Venkata Subba Reddy stressed on bringing electoral reforms at both the state and national levels.
He also suggested replacing Electronic Voting Machines with paper ballots in all future elections.
"EVM may be efficient but can't be trusted. Paper ballot may not be efficient but can be trusted. You need trust in democracy," Reddy added.
