VHP and Bajrang Dal stage protest in Mangaluru demanding arrest of St Gerosa School teacher
Mangaluru : Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal staged a protest in Mangaluru demanding the withdrawal of cases against many including MLAs Vedavyas Kamat, Bharat Shetty and the arrest of St. Gerosa School teacher on the allegations of insulting Lord Ram.
The demonstrators gathered in front of the Mangalore taluk office, demanding the arrest of teacher Prabha and criticising the state government. Shivananda Mendon, the general secretary of VHP's district unit, accused the teacher of insulting Hinduism and demanded action against her.
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Insisting to give their request to the Police Commissioner, the protestors pushed the barricade put up by the police and shouted slogans of 'Jai Shri Ram'. DCP Siddharth Goyal, who was present at the spot, took the protesters into custody and sent them away in a police vehicle.
The police informed that the protestors had not obtained prior permission for the protest and rally.
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Railway lines as fence could cut cost of barricading to curb man-elephant conflicts: MP Wadiyar
Bengaluru, Sept 17: MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has suggested that to bring down the exorbitant cost barricading – estimated to cost around Rs 1.3 to Rs 1.5 crore per kilometre – railway lines could be used to construct fences on Tuesday.
Wadiyar took to X to share the letter he had sent to Union Environment Forest & Climate Change Minister Bhupendra Yadav.
Stating that “railway (lines) barricading” is proving to be an effective way to restrict the movement of elephants, he suggested that this should be taken up on a large scale.
“Upon consultation with the relevant authorities, it has come to my understanding that the cost of barricading per kilometre comes to Rs 1.3 crore to Rs 1.5 crore. Given that the border of the forests in my constituency stretches to over 400 km, with around 280 km of forest border requiring immediate barricading, the cost of such an exercise will reach Rs 350 crore to Rs 400 crore,” he wrote in his letter.
He said the environment ministry could make a direct request with the railway ministry for an allocation of railway lines, thus reducing the cost of the project to just that of labour cost.
“The benefits of this initiative are manifold, from reduction of human casualties, protection of property and livelihood, to conservation of elephants and, most importantly, promoting human-elephant coexistence, which is the need of the hour,” he added.
Working towards safer coexistence in Mysore-Kodagu! Submitted proposal to Union Environment Forest & Climate change Minister Shri Bhupendra Yadav Ji for railway barricading to reduce elephant-human conflicts. pic.twitter.com/VjOWIF1TTC
— Yaduveer Wadiyar (@yaduveerwadiyar) September 17, 2024
