Udupi district Bandh on November 10 opposing sand problem
Action Committee for Sand decides to hold bandh
Udupi, October 31: Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat said that overnight dharna would be continued till the district administration allow sand mining in CRZ and non-CRZ zones and the district bandh would be observed on November 10.
The MLA disclosed the resolutions taken in the meeting of the organisations who have been staying dharna for the last seven days led by Udupi District Action Committee for Sand, here on Wednesday.
The protest would continue till the district administration gave permission for sand mining. As there is code of conduct in force and festival holidays till November 8, they have decided to observe bandh on November 10 to attract the attention of the government. After November 10, all activities of construction sector would be suspended, he said.
Arrogance of CM
The statement of the Chief Minister that the centre was responsible for sand problem was not right. The state government was showing adamant attitude in the issue. The state government was not in a position to control the AC office in the district, Opposition Leader in Legislative Council Kota Srinivas Poojary criticized.
It was planning to take this agitation to the home office of the Chief Minister to find a logical end to the problem. Instead of showing adamant attitude, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy should solve the problem, he demanded.
MLA Lalji R. Mendon, Former Minister Jayaprakash Hegde, Boats Workers Association President Sudhakar Amin, ZP Vice President Sheela K. Shetty, Action Committee for Sand convener M.G Nagendra, PWD Contractors Association President Alevur Sridhar Shetty, Gopal Bhat of Udupi Engineers Association, Lorry Owners Association President Praveen Suvarna, Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Krishnaraj Kodancha and others were present.
Fight against centre too: Bhat
The state government has written a letter to the central government on October 25 and thus rolled the ball from the district administration to the centre. It was purposefully done in order to avoid sand mining. Protest would be held against this on November 10. If the centre took a adverse decision against the sand issue, they would also fight against the central government, the MLA warned. They would not backtrack from the protest, MLA K. Raghupathi Bhat warned.
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Nagpur explosives factory blast: Death toll rises to 19
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Nagpur (PTI): The death toll in the Nagpur explosives company blast has gone up to 19 after one more person succumbed, police said on Monday.
Twenty-three other injured workers were undergoing treatment in hospitals here, a police official said.
The toll in the blast at the SBL Energy Limited factory on Sunday has risen to 19 with the death of one more worker, he said.
A high-level meeting chaired by Nagpur Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule was underway at the divisional commissionerate here to deliberate and take stock of the incident that took place on Sunday.
Senior officials from various departments, local legislators and other leaders were present in the meeting.
The police have arrested nine directors of SBL Energy Limited, where the blast took place on Sunday morning, officials said.
The Kalmeshwar police here have registered a case against 21 directors and shareholders of the company under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, they said.
The explosion occurred at the detonator packing unit of SBL Energy Limited, a mining and industrial explosives manufacturer, at Raulgaon in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district.
The bodies were charred beyond recognition, and samples of the family members were being taken for DNA testing to ascertain the identities of the deceased, police said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion.
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