Youth Cong president Mithun Rai challenges Sangh Parivar to protest against centre
Slaughter house dispute
Bengaluru, October 15: “The country is in the first place in exporting beef and more than 75 per cent of exporting companies are in the name of Hindus and BJP MPs. If the Sangh Parivar has guts, let it protest against the Centre”, district Youth Congress president Mithun Rai challenged.
Speaking at a press conference here on Monday, Mithun Rai said that if the Sangh Parivar has real concerns towards cows, first it should protest against the centre and BJP leaders. Minister UT Khader had just given his suggestion for developing the slaughter houses in the city under the Smart City Project. But citing this as a reason, the VHP district president has insulted the minister with foul language. This would not bring good to the district politics, he said.
Slaughter house dispute
There was a proposal about the development of slaughter houses within the Smart City Project keeping in mind the cleanliness of the city. The BJP MP and MLAs could have opposed it to include it in the Smart City Project. Even now, there was BJP-led government at the centre. The BJP leaders could change the proposal through Urban Development Ministry. Instead of doing it, the Sangh Parivar and BJP leaders have been protesting the issue just to make it a political issue ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, he alleged.
Illegal cattle transportation should be stopped. But those who were arrested in illegal cattle transportation cases in Maroli, Kavoor, Karkala, Vittla and other places were belong to which organizations? In this illegal business, all communities have the share of at least 5 per cent people. But the remaining 95 per cent of the people have been facing the allegations. He has more than 50 cattle and every year, he would donate them. If the Sangh Parivar people have real concerns, let them rear the animals and show it to others, he challenged.
Corporator Praveen Chandra Alva, leaders Santosh Shetty, Girish Shetty, Kiran, Ramanand Poojary, Neeraj Patil, Premanath and others were present.
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Indian mobile hospital treats over 2,200 cyclone-hit people as New Delhi ramps up relief efforts in
Colombo (PTI): A mobile hospital set up by India in Sri Lanka has provided medical care to over 2,200 people affected by Cyclone Ditwah, as New Delhi ramped up its assistance to the flood-ravaged island nation with engineering support and delivery of fresh relief consignments, the Indian mission here said on Sunday.
Sri Lanka has been grappling with widespread flooding, landslides and severe infrastructure collapse triggered by the cyclone, leaving several districts isolated and severely straining the country's disaster-response capacity.
At least 627 people have been killed and 190 remain missing as of Sunday noon due to catastrophic floods and landslides caused by extreme weather conditions since November 16.
Sharing a social media post by the Ministry of External Affairs on its X handle, the Indian High Commission said a field hospital set up by India in Mahiyanganaya near Kandy has provided medical care to more than 2,200 people affected by the cyclone since December 5.
The hospital has also performed 67 minor procedures and three surgeries, it said. The field hospital was airlifted to Sri Lanka by an IAF C-17 aircraft along with a 78-member Indian medical team on Tuesday.
In another post, the mission said Indian Army engineers, working with Sri Lanka Army Engineers and the Road Development Authority, in Kilinochchi have begun removing a damaged bridge on the Paranthan–Karachchi–Mullaitivu (A35) road, a key route disrupted by the cyclone.
"This joint effort marks another step toward restoring vital connectivity for affected communities," it said.
India has additionally sent nearly 1,000 tonnes of food items and clothing contributed by the people of Tamil Nadu. Of these, about 300 tonnes reached Colombo on Sunday morning aboard three Indian Naval ships.
High Commissioner Santosh Jha handed over the supplies to Sri Lankan Minister for Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Wasantha Samarasinghe.
India, on November 28, launched 'Operation Sagar Bandhu', a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) initiative, to aid Sri Lanka in its recovery from the devastation caused by Cyclone Ditwah.
Since the launch of the operation, India has provided about 58 tonnes of relief material, including dry rations, tents, tarpaulins, hygiene kits, essential cloths, water purification kits and about 4.5 tonnes of medicines and surgical equipment, the Indian mission said in a press release on Sunday.
Another 60 tonnes of equipment, including generators, inflatable rescue boats, Outboard Motors, and excavators, have also been brought to Sri Lanka, it said, adding that 185 tonnes of Bailey Bridge units were airlifted to restore critical connectivity along with 44 engineers.
Two columns of the National Disaster Response Force, comprising 80 experts and K9 units with specially trained dogs, assisted with immediate rescue and relief efforts in Sri Lanka.
Besides the field hospital in Mahiyanganaya, medical centres have also been set up in the badly hit Ja-Ela region and in Negombo. INS Vikrant, INS Udaygiri, and INS Sukanya provided immediate rescue and relief assistance to Sri Lanka.
Apart from the two Chetak helicopters deployed from INS Vikrant, two heavy-lift, MI-17 helicopters of the Indian Air Force are actively involved in evacuations and airlifting relief material, the release said.
At the request of the Sri Lankan Disaster Management Centre, a virtual meeting was organised between DMC and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s National Remote Sensing Centre on Saturday.
Since the onset of the disaster, ISRO has been providing maps to assist DMC in its rescue efforts, the release said.
