Govt. is committed to develop entire Karnataka: CM Kumaraswamy
72nd Independence Day celebrations at Manekshaw Parade Grounds
Bengaluru, August 15: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy who hoisted the tricolour as part of the 72nd Independence Day at the Manekshaw Parade Grounds here on Wednesday, wished the people of the state on the occasion of the Independence Day.
Quoting the lyrics of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu- “Bharata Bhoomi Nanna Thayi Nanna Poreva Tottilu, Jeevanavene Devigereve Bidute Gudia Kattalu”-, the Chief Minister said that “nonviolence is the most influential weapon that the world has ever seen. We are representing the heroic tradition which fought for independence through non-violence. India is the front runner in achieving the unity in diversity among other countries. I sincerely bow my head to all freedom fighters including Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabhbhai Patel, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Lokmanya Tilak, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Dr BR Ambedkar and others for their sacrifice for the independence”, he said.
“Our government is committed to develop Karnataka without giving room for damaging the unity of the state. The budgets presented by the previous government and my government are complementary to the comprehensive development of the state. My government is ready to implement all the programmes mentioned in the budget”, he promised.
Independent India was built on the basis of the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi. Now, the country was celebrating the 150th Gandhi Jayanti. As a preamble to this celebration, the government has planned stage around 1000 theatre shows across the state under the title ‘Gandhi-150, a theatre journey’. In the same way, the country was in the threshold of celebrating the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s speech at all faith conference in Chicago. The state government was planning to celebrate this occasion also, he said.
“I have close relationship with Belagavi. I have the credit of beginning the Assembly Session in Belagavi. I have laid the foundation stone for Suvarna Soudha in Belagavi. Most importantly, I have started my much ambitious programme ‘village stay’ from Belagavi district. The government is planning to shift some of the departments to my beloved district”, he said.
The CM said that the state government was committed to protect the interests of Kannadigas living in other states especially Goa, Kerala and Maharashtra and would have cordial relationship with those states.
One of the priorities of his government was to ensure permanent solutions to the farmers problems and creating job opportunities to the hands. It was the long pending demand from the farming community to waive off the loans. Now, his government has responded positively to that demand and the government has decided to waive off around 49,000 crore loans availed from cooperative banks and nationalized banks. No other states in the country have taken such a decision to waive off the farm loans. Already, the government has declared waiver off loans availed from cooperative sector and 20.38 lakh farmers would get the benefit. Shortly, another order would be issued to waive off the loans availed from nationalized banks, he said.
It was not fair to do politics in the name of farmers. Farm loan waiver was not the only solution to the farmers problems. It was an effort to instill confidence among them. The government was thinking about on how to make the agriculture a sustainable and profitable sector, he said.
He had participated in a paddy transplanting in Sitapura in Mandya district. Due to shortage of water, the paddy cultivation was affected in the district for the last three years. This time, because of the sufficient rain, the farmers were happy and he had participated in their happiness. He has decided to conduct such programme once in a month in all districts to educate the farmers on modern agriculture pattern and instill confidence among them, he said.
Thanks to the rain God that all reservoirs were full this time. This year, the state could get more power from hydel power generation units. The 370 MW capacity gas-based power unit at Yelahanka would commission its service this year. In order to strengthen the power transmission, the Energy department would set up 35 new power substations and lay more than 800 km power lines to ensure sufficient power to all sectors, he said.
Education should not be a commodity. The government has decided to provide all needed basic infrastructure for government schools and colleges and increase the students attendance. The government held many meetings regarding this issue and decided to modernize all schools. It was planned to give complete education to rural girls and bring them to the mainstream. To achieve this, it was planned to set up separate residential colleges for girls, he added.
State highway development
In the third phase, total 3,831 km state highways would be developed and in the fourth stage, 2,722 km road would be developed at a cost of Rs 3,480 crore. Because of heavy rains, the roads in coastal region and Malnad region were damaged, bridges were collapsed in many places. For the benefit of the public and school children, total 451 small connecting bridges would be constructed, he said.
In order to ensure hassle-free traffic movement in the Capital city, efforts were on to take up the Metro second stage, peripheral ring road and satellite town train project. Steps would also be taken to protect the tanks and scientific disposal of waste in the Capital city, he said.
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Stray dogs case: We will play video, ask you what is humanity, SC tells petitioner
New Delhi (PTI): Responding to a petitioner in the stray dogs case who objected to some rules framed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) saying "inhuman" treatment was being meted out to them, the Supreme Court on Thursday said a video will be played in the next hearing, "asking you what is humanity".
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who is appearing in the stray dogs case, told a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that a three-judge special bench which was scheduled to assemble on Thursday to hear the matter was cancelled.
"It will come on January 7," Justice Nath said.
Sibal said, "The problem is that the MCD, in the meantime, has framed some rules which are completely contrary.color:red;"
He urged the bench to hear the matter on Friday, saying authorities don't even have dog shelters. "It is very very inhuman what is being done," Sibal said.
Justice Mehta, in an apparent reference to the stray dog menace, said "On the next date, we will play a video for your benefit and we will ask you what is humanity," .
Sibal responded that they will also play a video to show what was happening.
"The problem is your lordships has passed an order and we respect that. But the point is, there are statutory rules," he said.
When the bench said it would consider the matter on January 7, Sibal said the authorities will implement the rules in December itself.
"They will be implementing it and they will be removing the dogs. They don't have shelters," he said.
Justice Nath said, "It is alright Mr Sibal. Let them do it, we will consider."
The bench said it would hear the matter on January 7.
On November 7, taking note of the "alarming rise" in dog bite incidents within institutional areas like educational institutions, hospitals and railway stations, the apex court directed the forthwith relocation of stray canines to designated shelters after due sterilisation and vaccination.
A three-judge special bench had also said the stray dogs so picked up shall not be released back in the place they were picked up from.
The bench had directed the authorities to ensure the removal of all cattle and other stray animals from state highways, national highways and expressways.
It had said recurrence of dog bite incidents within institutional areas, including sports complexes, reflected not only administrative apathy but also a "systemic failure" to secure these premises from preventable hazards.
The top court had passed a slew of directions in the suo motu case over the stray dog menace.
It is hearing a suo motu case, initiated on July 28 over a media report on stray dog bites leading to rabies, particularly among children, in the national capital.
