Passengers in trouble in Shiradi Ghat
More than 300 buses, lorries, cars stranded
Mangaluru, August 14: Passengers landed in trouble as more than 300 vehicles have been stranded following rockslide and falling of trees due to heavy rain at Doddatoppe near Marenahalli on Shiradi Ghat.
While the clearing operations are under process since Monday night, more than 300 vehicles have queued up by today morning.
The vehicles stranded when rockslide occurred at three places due to which many trees have been uprooted near Gundya Gadi temple on Shiradi Ghat.
The passengers who have been stranded there are in great trouble as they are unable to find the network. They are walking around 5-6 km to reach Gundya and Nelyadi to fulfill their basic needs.
The district administration and the concerned departments need to take necessary measures on the urgent basis to help the hundreds of in-trouble passengers.
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Assam to lift all cases against Koch Rajbongshis in Foreigners' Tribunals: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati, Apr 4 (PTI): The Assam cabinet has decided to lift all cases pending against people from the Koch Rajbongshi community in the Foreigners' Tribunals, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.
They will also no longer carry the tag of 'D' or doubtful voters, he said.
''There are 28,000 cases pending in different Foreigners' Tribunals in the state against people of the community. The cabinet has taken a historic decision of lifting the cases with immediate effect,'' Sarma said at a press conference here after the cabinet meeting.
The government believes that the Koch Rajbongshis are an indigenous community of the state and they are an inextricable part of ''our social and cultural fabric'', he asserted.
The people of this community are poor and have suffered a lot over the years, he said.
''They will no longer carry the tag of foreigners or ‘D’ voters,'' the CM said.
Foreigners Tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies, particularly in Assam, established to determine if a person residing in India is a "foreigner" as defined by the Foreigners Act of 1946, based on the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order of 1964.
These tribunals are designed to address matters related to citizenship and the presence of “foreigners” in India, specifically focusing on cases where someone is suspected of being an illegal immigrant.
There are 100 Foreigners’ Tribunals across Assam.
The Koch Rajbongshis have a sizeable presence in Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya, and parts of Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan, and they demand Scheduled Tribe status.
