Free midday meal for private disability schools from current year: CM Kumaraswamy
Bengaluru, July 14: I have discussed with the concerned authorities to supply free midday meal and milk from the current academic year to the special private schools, said Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
He was speaking after inaugurating a convention of the special children, parents, teachers and non-teaching staff of special schools, and heads of seva samsthe organised by the Karnataka State Disability Services Organizations Union at Shikshakara Sadana in the city on Saturday. "I have special concerns for children with disabilities. When I was Chief Minister earlier, I had provided an opportunity for the specially-abled children to come directly to the Vidhana Soudha and meet the chief minister and other ministers. Many people with disability had come to me asking employment, I have provided job to them,” the CM said.
“I have provided special facilities for disabled in this budget. I have ordered to waive off the disables’ loans. It has been decided to allot 20 acres of land to provide employment training and rehabilitation center for differently abled persons. The decision has been taken to give scholarships to those differently abled persons who travel abroad for higher education,” he added.
“Excluding the facilities announced in the budget, I am always ready to provide more assistance to disables. There must be transparency in the facilities that are coming from various organisations to the disables. Strict legal action will be taken against the relevant authorities if any corruption takes place in this matter,” he warned.
Minister UT Khader, HV Gopalappa, Vasant Kumar Shetty, Apuravu, and others were present.
Olympic Games for disables
While there are many disabled sports persons in the state, it is the government's duty to encourage such athletes. Therefore, an International Special Olympic Games will be held at Mangaluru. Soon a meeting with concerned officials will be called.
-HD.Kumaraswamy Chief Minister
Important demands
The Department of Welfare of Disabled and Senior Citizens must be separated from the Department of Women and Child Development
- Disabled Development Corporation must be established.
-A separate budget must be fixed for the Department of Welfare of Disabled and Senior Citizens.
-Financial assistance, job security and retirement fund must be announced for the special teachers working in disabled and mentally retarded schools.
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Three company directors held in Rs 100-crore investment fraud in Kochi
Kochi (Kerala) (PTI): Police on Sunday arrested three directors of a firm accused of cheating hundreds of investors of over Rs 100 crore through a fake investment scheme linked to agricultural tourism here, officials said.
The accused were identified as Muraleedharan, Ashik Murali and Akhil Murali, all natives of Thrissur.
The arrests were made by the Kalamassery police in connection with a fraud involving ATCOS (Agri Tourism Cooperative Society), a firm headquartered at Pathadipalam here.
Police said the company had promised high returns by collecting investments from the public in the agricultural tourism sector, but allegedly cheated hundreds of people and fled with the money.
ATCOS was registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act and operated 13 branches across various districts in Kerala, besides a branch in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, officials said.
When investors failed to receive their promised returns or the invested amount, complaints were filed with the police.
Officials said around 54 cases have been registered against the firm in 32 police stations across the state, including 29 cases at the Kalamassery police station alone.
Following instructions from Kochi City Police Commissioner K S Mahesh Kumar, a special investigation team was formed under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Shehensha and Thrikkakara ACP Manoj Kumar.
The team traced the accused to an apartment in Amala Nagar in Thrissur, where they had been hiding after secretly renting the flat, officials said.
The bank accounts of the accused have been frozen, and steps have been initiated to trace their assets, officials said.
Police also conducted a raid at the company’s office at Pathadipalam and seized several documents related to the case.
The accused were produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Kalamassery, which remanded them to judicial custody and sent them to Kakkanad jail.
Police said they would seek the custody of the accused for further interrogation as the investigation continues.
