High command changes Parameshwar’s portfolio: Siddaramaiah
Hubballi, Dec 28: “The decision to handover the Home portfolio from DCM Dr G Parameshwar to MB Patil was taken by the party high command. What shall I do in this issue”, former chief minister Siddaramaiah asked.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, Siddaramaiah said that the news about verbal duels between him and Dr G Parameshwar regarding the Home portfolio was just a rumour. He only had prevailed upon the party high command to make Parameshwar as deputy chief minister, he said.
Ramesh Jarkiholi was in Belagavi and statement that he would desert the Congress was not true. There was a media report that he has gone to Mumbai to meet Maharashtra Chief Minister which is also not true. As he was dropped from the Cabinet, he was unhappy, he said.
“I don’t know as to why JDS leader Basavaraj Horatti is expressing displeasure over me regarding the Cabinet expansion. We have moved as decided in the Coordination Committee meeting. Horatti should ask Kumaraswamy instead of me”, Siddaramaiah said.
When asked about HD Revanna’s statement that DCM Dr G Parameshwar was being oppressed in the Congress as he was dalit, Siddaramaiah expressed his surprise about the statement of JDS leader. If Revanna asked him this question, he would give him an answer, he said.
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13 lakh litres of 'Rail Neer' supplied to train passengers daily: Government
New Delhi (PTI): Approximately 13 lakh litres of packaged drinking water -- 'Rail Neer' -- are being supplied to train passengers across the railway network daily, the government informed the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Wednesday.
Apprising the Lower House about the Indian Railways' endeavour to provide safe and potable drinking water facilities at all stations, the government also provided zone-wise details of the water vending machines (WVMs) installed there.
"To ensure the quality of drinking water being made available at the railway stations, instructions exist for periodical checking and required corrective action to be taken.
"Regular inspection and maintenance of drinking water facilities is carried out and complaints are attended to promptly," Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said while responding to a question raised by BJP MP Anup Sanjay Dhotre seeking to know the supply of drinking water at railway stations across the country
"Complaints regarding deficiency in services, including water supply, are received through various channels such as public complaints, web portals, social media, etc. These complaints are received at various levels, including the Railway Board, zonal railways, division office, etc.," Vaishnaw said.
"The complaints so received are forwarded to the concerned wings of Railways and necessary action is taken to check and address them. As receipt of such complaints and action taken thereon is a continuous and dynamic process, a centralised compendium of these is not maintained," he added.
Providing zone-wise details of water vending machines, the minister said 954 such machines have been installed across railway stations.
"The Indian Railways also provides safe and affordable packaged drinking water bottles -- Rail Neer -- approved by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in trains and at stations," Vaishnaw said.
"Approximately, 13 lakh litres of Rail Neer are being supplied per day to the travelling passengers in trains and at stations across the Indian Railways network," he added.
