‘Toll gate will be closed if not assured in writing within 10 days’
MP Nalin Kumar warns Navayuga Company
Mangaluru, June 21: Lok Sabha Member Nalin Kumar Kateel warned the company, which is carrying out the Pumpwell-Thokkottu flyover construction on National Highway 66, of closing the toll gate with the help of general public if the company failed to assure in writing within 10 days about completion of the work.
Addressing the officers of National Highway Authority of India and engineers and representatives of the company at his office here on Thursday, the MP said that though the construction work of the two flyovers was started a few years back, it was not completed. When it rained heavily, the traffic movement would be blocked on the road. People would take elected representatives to task. In the earlier meeting, the officers and engineers had promised of completing Thokkottu flyover work by May and Pumpwell flyover work by December. But as per the present situation, the work would not complete at that time. So, they should give in writing within 10 days on when they will going to complete the work. Otherwise, they would close the toll gate, he warned Navayuga company representative.
“I wanted to inaugurate the highway work from the Prime Minister by next January. But you are telling that you will complete the work in next June. But we are not in a position to wait till that time. Already, Rs 1.20 crore penalty was imposed on the delayed work. But you have not learned the lesson from it. Let your company managing director come to Mangaluru and hold a meeting with me and the deputy commissioner”, he said.
Fill pot-holes
Before the onset of rainy season, the potholes on the national highway should have been filled and silt should have been removed from the drainages, dangerous trees should have been chopped. As the authorities did not take up those works, Mangaluru city was marooned in the recent rain. Though they were aware of the rain in coastal region, they have neglected to take precautionary measures. So, potholes on national highways should be filled immediately, he directed.
To solve the problem in the Padeel Under-pass, both NHAI officers and the City Corporation officers should jointly inspect the place and take steps. As there is an allegation that unscientific work is the main reason for accidents near Nanturu circle, the officers should take it seriously and solve the problem as a priority, he said.
In spite of spending Rs 8 crore for maintaining Surathkal-Bantwal national highway, the pot-holes were still there. Officers should take steps to solve the problems in Ramalkatte in Tumbe, BC Road, Nantur, Padeel, Pumpwell and Thokkottu junctions, he said.
Tender is called for BC Road- Punjalkatte road development and work would be started after rainy season. Tender would be called for Rs 33 crore Gurupura new bridge construction after rainy season, NHAI officials said.
MLA Vedavyas Kamath, Zilla Panchayat vice president Kasturi Panja, corporators Premananda Shetty, Sudheer Shetty Kannur, Vijaykumar and others were present at the meeting.
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Cong cites Kangana's purported remarks to accuse BJP of wanting to bring back repealed farm laws
New Delhi, Sep 24: The Congress on Tuesday cited BJP MP Kangana Ranaut's purported remarks on farm laws to allege that the ruling party was making efforts to bring back the three laws that were repealed in 2021, and asserted that Haryana will give a befitting reply to it.
The Congress shared on X an undated video of Ranaut in which she is purportedly saying in Hindi, "Farm laws that have been repealed should be brought back. I think this may get controversial. The laws in farmers' interest be brought back. Farmers should themselves demand this (to bring farm laws back) so that there is no hindrance to their prosperity.
"Farmers are a pillar of strength in India's progress. Only in some states, they had objected to farm laws. I appeal with folded hands that farm laws should be brought back in the interest of farmers."
In a post in Hindi along with the video, the Congress said, "The three black laws imposed on farmers should be brought back: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has said this. More than 750 farmers of the country were martyred, only then did the Modi government wake up and these black laws were withdrawn."
Now BJP MPs are planning to bring back these laws, the Congress alleged.
"The Congress is with the farmers. These black laws will never return, no matter how hard Narendra Modi and his MPs try," the opposition party said on X.
Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate also shared the video of Ranaut on X and said, "'All three farm laws should be brought back': BJP MP Kangana Ranaut. More than 750 farmers were martyred while protesting against the three black farmer laws. Efforts are being made to bring them back."
"We will never let that happen. Haryana will answer first," she said in an apparent reference to the assembly polls in Haryana.
Congress' media and publicity department head Pawan Khera also shared the video on X and said it was the BJP's "real thinking".
"How many times will you deceive the farmers, you two-faced people?" Khera said in a post in Hindi.
The three laws -- Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act; The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act; and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act -- were repealed in November 2021.
The farmers' protest started at the fag-end of November 2020 and ended after Parliament repealed the three laws. The legislations came into force in June 2020 and were repealed in November 2021.
“तीनों किसान क़ानून वापस लाये जाने चाहिए” : BJP MP कंगना रनौत
— Supriya Shrinate (@SupriyaShrinate) September 24, 2024
जिन तीन काले किसान विरोधी क़ानूनों की मुख़ालिफ़त करते 750 से ज़्यादा किसान शहीद हो गए
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