Mangaluru: Muslim Central Committee's protest against CAA, NRC on January 15
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Muslim Central Committee is set to organise awareness program and protest against CAA and NRC on January 15. The event is scheduled to be held at Shaha Garden near Central Juma Masjid in Adyar-Kannur in Mangaluru.
Speaking at a press conference in a private hotel on Wednesday, Muslim Central Committee, President Al Haj Mohammed Masood informed that the protest was relocated to Adyar as the City Police Commissioner, Dr. PS Harsha refused to grant permission for them to hold it in Town hall and Nehru Maidaan. He added that the protest will be held in peaceful manner and religious leaders from all sects and communities will take part in the protest along with social activists.
Muslim Central Committee is enjoying support and cooperation from at least 28 organisations from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in the protest against CAA and NRC.
Committee’s Vice President Haji B M Mumtaz added that the organisation is expecting a turnout of over one lakh people from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi and that arrangements were being made accordingly. He also added that parking arrangements for the vehicles that will come for the protest will also be in place on a five acre land near the Central Juma Masjid in Adyar.
Haji Ibrahim Kodijal, Vice President of the Muslim Central Committee, Haji C Mohammed, Haji Ahmad Basha Thangal, Haji Imtiaz Karkala, Haji Musa Moidin, General Secretary Haji Muhammad Hanif, Executive Committee Members Haji SM Rasheed, Haji Kasim HK, SKSSF’s General Secretary, Haji Sadaqatullah Faizi, Rafiuddin Kudroli, SSF General Secretary Yakub Saadi, Samasta Madrasa Management District President, Haji I Moideenabba, Haji Abdul Rahman, President of Hidaya Foundation, Haji Mansoor Ahmed Azad, Yusuf Qadar, Mangalore Welfare Association President, Jamaat Islam Hind Mangaluru’s Shareef KM, Haji Shahul Hameed, Member of State Committee of PFI Ashraf, President of the Muslim Justice Forum, Ameer Tumbe, Hope Foundation President Saif Sultan, Highland Islamic Center President Haji Nazim, Al-Haramain Mangalore President Moidin Monu, All India Beary Council President Haji B.M. Muhammed Hanif, Al-Haq Foundation President BS Imtiaz, Today Foundation Mangalore President Umar Farooq, SKSM Vice President SM Basha, Haji C.M. Mustafa, Health India President Razik, Tablig Jamaat Mangalore President Haji Al Maqbool, Coastal Minority Fishermen's Association Vice President Haji Ahmad Bawa Bajal, Madrasa Management Mangalore President Haji Riyazuddin, President of Civil Welfare Committee Haji Mustafa Kempi and others were present.
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Power tariffs under BESCOM to rise from May 1
Bengaluru (PTI): Power bills for consumers under the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) will go up from May 1, following an order issued by the Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission (KERC) on Friday.
The hike comes after KERC allowed the BESCOM to recover a revenue deficit of Rs 2,068 crore incurred in 2024-25, from the consumers.
As a result, for every unit of electricity consumed in 2024-25, the customers will be charged an additional 56 paise, it said.
"BESCOM shall calculate, for each of the active consumers of FY2024-25 the amount to be recovered based on their actual energy consumption during FY2024-25. Such amount shall be recovered during FY 2026-27 in equal monthly instalments, to be called as 'FY25 True up Charges', commencing from the first meter reading date falling on or after 1 May 2026 and concluding with the reading date ending on 30 April 2027," the order said.
"It is further ordered that BESCOM shall maintain a separate head of account, allocated for the purpose, to record the adjustment of the said amount to ensure full recovery of the deficit," it added.
Similarly Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has also recorded a revenue deficit of Rs 121.71 crore and can collect an additional 15 paisa per unit for consumption in 2024-25, official sources said.
