Rainwater outside Karkala Municipality office: Locals irked with negligence of officers, members
Karkala: Visiting the Karkala Town Municipality has become a difficult task for the locals following the recent rain, as the road outside the Municipality office is inundated.
People who hope to park their vehicles outside the office too would need to look for boats, as commented by the locals, since the rainwater logging the footpath has created a mini stream near the office.
“We have already brought the matter to the notice of the Town Municipal Council officers as well as the local representatives, but they have taken no action to get the area cleared of the rainwater,” they complained.
“A huge pit of rainwater is now formed on the road, which always has a rush of traffic. The members and officers of the Town Municipal Council park their vehicles in the same area, but seem unperturbed by the rainwater there. Also, if a main road in town is so poorly handled, how good could we expect the maintenance of the smaller roads to be?” asked former Municipality member Prakash Rao.
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Trump says he ‘hasn’t even thought about’ continuing Iran ceasefire
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he has not yet considered whether he would continue the ceasefire involving Iran, while also claiming the United States holds the advantage in negotiations.
Speaking to reporters, Trump said he was prepared to make a deal with “whoever is running the show” in Iran.
“They are fighting with each other, there’s tremendous infighting. They’re probably fighting for leadership in many cases. I think they’re fighting not to be leader because we knocked out two levels of leaders,” he said.
Trump added, “When they want they can call me. We have all the cards, we’ve won everything.”
Referring to ongoing negotiations, he said, “They gave us a paper that should’ve been better. And, interestingly, immediately when I cancelled it [envoy trip to Pakistan], within 10 minutes we got a new paper that was much better.”
“We talked about they will not have a nuclear weapon, very simple … They offered a lot, but not enough,” he added.
When asked whether he would continue the ceasefire, Trump replied, “I haven’t even thought about it.”
The remarks come as uncertainty remains over the future of the temporary truce and broader negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
