Protesters sit in mud puddles to protest against Hejamady toll plaza
Padubidri, Feb 7: The agitation of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, against Hejamadi toll plaza entered 32nd day on Thursday. The agitators on Thursday, sat into the puddles of mud to express their dissent against the toll plaza and the company managing the toll ‘Navayug’.
“Though the representatives of central and state governments and elected representatives and officials of the company have visited the place where the agitators have staged dharna, they have not committed anything to resolve the issue. But the Lok Sabha MP has no time to meet the agitators”, Vedike Vice President Asif told reporters.
Vedike’s District President Ansar Ahmed said that the Toll Company should give relaxation to Padubidri residents and Lok Sabha Member Shobha Karandlaje should make sure that this is implemented to help the residents.
Vedike Taluka President Syed Nizamuddin, Budan Saheb, Naveen N Shetty, Hassan Bava and others were present.
About the issue:
Residents have been protesting against the toll and its managing company for not excepting the residents of nearby localities from paying tolls. The protesters claim that it has burdened people who frequently travel to adjoining cities like Mangaluru, while some travel on daily basis, causing severe financial inconvenience. However for more than one year now, the protesters’ demands of excepting the local residents from toll have gone unheard.
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IRGC mourns Khamenei, vows revenge: Reports
Tehran: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reportedly issued a statement responding to the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying “we have lost a great leader and we mourn him,” Al Jazeera reported citing Fars News Agency.
According to the report by the Iranian news agency the statement described Khamenei’s “martyrdom at hands of the most vicious terrorists and executioners of humanity is a sign of the legitimacy of this great leader and the acceptance of his sincere services.”
The statement added that “the Iranian nation’s hand of revenge…will not let them go” and affirmed that the IRGC will remain “firm in confronting domestic and foreign conspiracies.”
