Padubidri: Bus owners protest against ‘unscientific toll collection’ in Hejamady
Padubidri: Office-bearers of bus owners’ associations staged a protest in Padubidri on Wednesday, objecting to what they termed as an unscientific manner of toll collection at Hejamady and calling it daylight robbery by the officials.
The members of the Canara and the Karavali bus owners’ associations, who gathered in Padubidri for a two-day protest, alleged that they are being charged rates of heavy vehicles for mini buses. They have also warned that, if the system was not stopped immediately, they would park their buses against the toll gates, blocking the road.
Rajavarma Ballal, one of the protesters, explained that the owner of a bus that traversed through Hejamady, Sasthana and Shiroor was made to pay Rs 700 a day in the name of toll.
A second protester, Dilraj Alva, said that they were being fleeced in spite of their vehicles having fastags.
The protesters have also warned that they would intensify the fight if the concerned authorities failed to fulfill their demands.
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T'gana BC panel seeks reports over infant's death, family alleges caste abuse
Hyderabad (PTI): The Telangana Commission for Backward Classes on Monday sought reports from state government officials on the death of an infant following alleged assault and caste abuse against her family members in Nagarkurnool district while visiting a temple fair.
In separate letters, Commission Chairman G Niranjan urged Endowments Department Commissioner S Harish and Nagarkurnool district Collector Badavath Santhosh to furnish the reports within three days.
Niranjan drew the officials' attention to media reports on the death of the two-month-old baby at Kummera village in the district and alleged caste discrimination and denial of entry to the temple fair to the baby's family belonging to a BC community.
BJP OBC Morcha's state unit president G Anand Goud alleged inadequate response by the police in the incident and demanded a transparent investigation into the incident.
Alleging that the deceased baby's father was attacked in the incident, he also demanded action against the attackers.
Goud told reporters that BJP's state unit president N Ramachander Rao would visit the village on February 24 and meet the baby's family members.
Meanwhile, a BRS delegation met DGP B Shivadhar Reddy and demanded a comprehensive inquiry into the incident.
The BRS leaders sought action against a person who allegedly attacked the infant's parents.
BC associations have held protests over the past few days regarding the alleged caste discrimination against the deceased infant's family members.
Police said on Sunday that four persons were arrested in connection with the cases registered after the family alleged that the baby died following an "assault" by a group of villagers. The family also alleged that they were abused in the name of caste in the incident on February 18.
However, a villager, part of the group, lodged a counter-complaint with the police the same day, alleging that he was attacked with stones during a scuffle with the family, sustaining a head injury, following which a case was registered.
The infant died on February 21 and her mother, who belongs to an SC community, also lodged a complaint alleging her daughter died due to the physical assault on the family by some villagers, police said.
