CM Siddaramaiah expresses displeasure over 'unscientific' work leading to landslide in Shiradi ghat
Mysuru (Karnataka), Aug 3: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday expressed his displeasure over the 'unscientific' road construction work by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) that led to landslide on Shiradi ghat stretch in the state.
Accompanied by Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh, Siddaramaiah visited Shiradi ghat and assessed the destruction caused by the natural calamity.
The CM expressed his displeasure over cutting the hills in a vertical manner at 90 degree angle instead of maintaining a slant of 45 degrees to minimise the destruction.
He gave an earful to the officials of NHAI for making the 'unscientific' roads.
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The Chief Secretary briefed him on road work progress, saying the 35 km of the 45 km highway project had been completed. Still, no safety measures were implemented based on soil quality tests.
After inspecting the landslide site in knee-deep mud, the Chief Minister held discussion with the State Disaster Response Force team engaged in the mud clearance operation at the site.
He then directed Rajneesh to write a letter to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari about the overall situation.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
