Heavy rainfall halts: rescue operation continues
Mangaluru: City got little relief from intermittent heavy rainfall witnessed for the past two days as Wednesday brought a clear sky with bright sunshine.
The weather department gave a severe rainfall forecast for Wednesday. There was cloudy climate with around 9 o'clock in the morning. But the climate is warm and humid at 10 am.
Meanwhile, the teams of NDRF, Fire Department, and the Mangalore City Corporation are busy in rescue operations and clearing waterlogging from low-lying areas including Pumpwell, Jappinamogaru, Padil, Kudroli, Alike, Suratkal, Thokkottu, and Ullal.
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Lokayukta summons Yediyurappa over land grabbing allegations
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has been summoned by the Lokayukta in connection with a denotification scam. Minister Krishna Byre Gowda accused Union Minister and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, along with Yediyurappa, of illegally acquiring government land in Bengaluru’s Gangenahalli area. Byre Gowda presented documents during a joint press conference with Revenue Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, outlining the allegations.
The controversy surrounds the denotification of 1 acre and 11 guntas of land, originally acquired by the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) in 1976. By 1978, the acquisition process was completed. In 2007, a benami applicant, Rajasekharaiah, allegedly with Kumaraswamy's support, sought to have this land denotified. Despite officials clarifying that the land had already been acquired, Kumaraswamy reportedly continued pushing for legal action on the request.
Byre Gowda also claimed that after Yediyurappa became Chief Minister, he ignored departmental objections and approved the denotification. The land, valued at hundreds of crores and meant for housing projects, was allegedly transferred to Kumaraswamy’s housemaid through fraudulent means.
In response to these revelations, the Lokayukta has intensified its investigation into the matter.
