Bengaluru stampede: HC dismisses organizer’s petition asking for quashing of inquiry panel’s report
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition filed by DNA Entertainment Networks to quash the report submitted to the government by Retd Justice John Michael D’Cunha Inquiry Commission that probed the stampede outside Chinnaswamy Stadium.
The two-judge divisional bench of Justices DK Singh and Tara Vithasta Ganju had earlier heard the petition filed by Sunil Matthew, Director of DNA Entertainment, regarding the stampede outside the stadium on June 4, on the occasion of celebration of Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) IPL victory.
The bench, which had reserved its verdict for Friday, took the state government’s stand also into consideration and, assuring DNA that it need not have any apprehension, dismissed the petition of the director.
A copy of the verdict is yet to be made available.
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Karnataka Minister urges Centre to launch Bengaluru–Vijayapura express train
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Infrastructure Development Minister M B Patil has urged the Centre to launch an express train service between Bengaluru and Vijayapura.
The demand comes following the completion of the 9.60-km double-line railway work between Alamatti and Wandal, which has been open for traffic since March 25, the Minister's office said in a statement on Wednesday.
"He has written a letter regarding this on March 30 to Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Minister V Somanna," it said.
In the letter, Patil stated that the Alamatti–Wandal section, part of the Gadag–Hotgi double-line project, has now been completed. During an earlier meeting, it was mentioned that once this work was finished, an express train between Bengaluru and Vijayapura could be introduced. He has now requested that this be given priority.
He highlighted that thousands of people from Vijayapura and Bagalkote districts travel daily to Bengaluru for education, healthcare, administrative work, and business, and this train service would greatly benefit them.
According to him, currently, the train journey between the two cities takes about 15 hours, which is inconvenient.
He stressed the need to reduce this travel time to around 10 hours.
The minister also requested that trains departing from Bengaluru be given a limited stops upto Hubballi, and that trains proceeding to Vijayapura should be routed via the Hubballi and Gadag bypass lines.
