MP Karandlaje urges govt to stop issuing Maharashtra-Udupi travel passes
Udupi: BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje on Friday asserted that she has urged the Chief Secretary to the Government of Karnataka to stop issuing online passes to people from Maharashtra to travel to Udupi.
“Despite the Corona surge in Udupi district, we have received online pass applications from Maharashtra people seeking to travel. Also, 281 people have come to the district using the passes. The people of the district are panicking on account of this,” the Parliamentarian said, addressing a press conference at the BJP district office in Udupi.
“Most of the Corona-infected people in Udupi district have come from Maharashtra. Although they are under quarantine, we are not sure how many people are infected by coming in contact with them. There is a need to prevent the spread of the infection to the residents with other health problems,” said Karandlaje.
She pointed out that the number of people who came to Udupi from Maharashtra had reduced greatly over the last week.
“There is, however, a need to follow the orders of the Supreme Court. As per the MHI guidelines, we cannot prevent people from coming to the district. There is also a shortage of beds and quarantine centers in the district. I, therefore, request the people in Maharashtra not to come to Udupi district,” said the MP.
She said that the people who attended the Tablighi convention have spread the virus in the slums of Bengaluru as well as Padarayanapura and Sadiq Layout purposefully. “The people who attended the Tablighi convention have implemented a plan to spread the virus. The Central and state governments should undertake a thorough investigation into the matter” she demanded.
Speaking on development work, the MP said that a proposal has been submitted for the construction of 119 km of road in Udupi and 203 km in Chikkamagaluru district under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.
The district has distributed 94% of the ration given by the government in the backdrop of the lockdown.
BJP District President Suresh Nayak, legislator Lalaji R Mendon, Zilla Panchayat President Dinakar Babu, Karavali Development Board President Mattaru Rathnakar Hegde and local leaders Uday Kumar Shetty, Mahesh Thakur, and Kuthyaru Naveen Shetty were present at the press conference.
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Adityanath meets Singapore Deputy PM; assures investors of biz-focussed policies in UP
Singapore/Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh is ready with land bank, business-focused policies and safety and security, Chief Minister Adityanath told investors in Singapore on Tuesday on a day he met the country's top leaders, including Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong.
On the second day of his official visit to Singapore, Adityanath met the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong, and Coordinating Minister for National Security and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam, official sources said here.
Held in the presence of a high-level delegation, the discussions focused on leveraging Singapore's expertise in urban planning, internal security architecture and digital governance to help Uttar Pradesh achieve the target of becoming a one-trillion-dollar economy.
During talks with Gan Kim Yong, the chief minister emphasised on UP's pro-business environment and highlighted the state's vast land bank and improved connectivity expected from after the Noida International Airport becomes operational.
The meeting also explored the possibility of Singaporean companies establishing industrial townships in the Delhi-NCR, with particular focus on semiconductor manufacturing and green hydrogen modules.
During his interaction with K Shanmugam, Adityanath discussed modernisation of the state's law and order framework, with emphasis on Singapore's technology-integrated policing model and disaster management protocols.
Speaking to investors, Adityanath listed infrastructure, logistics, MROs among other projects in the pipeline in the state, and said he held more than 100 meetings with the business community during his visit to Singapore.
The UP CM also noted that Singapore investors were committed to a large number of projects in India and UP, including the Ganga Expressway.
Business leaders Adityanath met included CEO and chairpersons of Temasek, Government Investment Corp (GIC), Singapore Airport Terminal Services, and Blackstone.
