Shiradi Ghat is open for heavy vehicles from November 12
Mangaluru, November 7: Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil said that as the repair works of Shiradi Ghat road was almost over, the road would be opened for the movement of the heavy vehicles from November 12.
Speaking to reporters at his office here on Wednesday, the DC said that there was no problem for the movement of heavy vehicles on Shiradi Ghat road. But there were some problems in Hassan district. Since there was heavy traffic during Deepavali festival, the movement of heavy vehicles was not allowed as of now. The heavy vehicles would be allowed after the festival, he said.
Due to communication problem between L&T Company and National highway authority officials, the road works between Gundya and BC Road was suspended. This was discussed with officials of the national highway authority and they have promised of resuming the work within a week,the DC said.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
