CM Siddaramaiah's wife announces surrendering of compensatory sites received from MUDA
Bengaluru: Hours after the Enforcement Directorate lodged a case against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife BM Parvati on Monday in a letter announced about returning the compensatory land sites received from the Mysuru Urban Development Authority.
It is worth noting that BM Parvati is also the accused in a money-laundering case linked to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
In a letter addressed to the authority, BM Parvathi expressed her intent to return the 14 plots, emphasizing that the dignity and honor of her family were far more important to her than wealth. “I have not discussed this with my husband, son, or any family member,” she wrote.
According to reports, The Enforcement Directorate has filed an enforcement case information report (ECIR) , which is equivalent to a police First Information Report (FIR) to book the chief minister and others under the sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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The Lokayukta police filed a First Information Report (FIR) last week against Siddaramaiah, Parvathi, Mallikarjun Swamy, Parvathi's brother-in-law, and a man named Devaraj, who was the source of the land that Mallikarjuna Swamy bought and gave to Parvathi.
The complaint was filed after a Bengaluru special court directed the Lokayukta police to look into claims that Siddaramaiah had committed irregularities in the Mysuru development authority's ₹56 million awarding of 14 sites to the chief minister's wife.
It is alleged that Siddaramaiah's wife was given compensated sites in a popular Mysuru neighborhood, which is worth more than the land that MUDA purportedly "acquired." The MUDA had allotted plots to Parvathi under a 50:50 program in return for 3.16 acres of her land, where it created a residential project.
Under this controversial arrangement, MUDA provided 50 per cent of the developed land to landowners in lieu of undeveloped land acquired for residential projects. The 3.16 acres of land at survey number 464 in Kasare village, Kasaba hobli in Mysuru taluk, are allegedly not legally Parvathi's.
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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.
