DCM stresses for a stringent law to control pollution
Bengaluru, July 31: Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar said that though the city was not in the list of ten most air polluted cities, there was a need to bring in a stringent law to control the air pollution in the city.
Speaking at a symposium organized by the C-40 City Global Air Quality Forum and BBMP here on Tuesday, the DCM said that the scenario of the entire world has changed drastically in the last 30 years. After globalization, the country has witnessed a lot of development. Along with development, the country also witnessed air and environmental pollution. The pollution level should not cross beyond 60 units in the country. But it was 292 in New Delhi, 272 in Faridabad, 262 in Varanasi. Those cities have been facing the problem due to highest air pollution. But the happy news is that Bengaluru was not in the list of top 10 polluted cities. The city is below 60-70 units. But the concern it was not in the list of safest places, he said.
Cities like Mandya, Mangaluru and Bhadravati were placed in the list of cities which have below 60 units. But the Bengaluru city has developed a lot in the last ten years. The population has increased from 23 per cent to 36 per cent. As the basic infrastructure was also increased considerably, the pollution level was also increased, he said.
“When I was the student, there were trees around Bengaluru city. There was a clean environment. The temperature was just 27 degree Celsius. The normal temperature in the city was just 23 degree Celsius. Because of this reason, people from other places migrate to Bengaluru and settle here. But the city has changed a lot in the last ten years. The population is 1.3 crore and 72 lakh vehicles are plying in the city. In a hurry to provide basic facilities, the city is being polluted and it should be controlled with effective implementation of a stringent law. Otherwise, the city will have to face worse days ahead”, he warned.
There was a need to bring in a suitable law to control the pollution. Awareness should be created among people and students. The government has planned various programmes to ease traffic congestion. This would also control the pollution. So, it was the responsibility of every individual to create peaceful and pollution-free city for the next generation, he said.
Mayor Sampath Kumar, deputy mayor Padmavathi, Education Department Principal Secretary Shalini Rajneesh and others were present.
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Two arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
