If I was Home Minister, I would have asked to shoot them: Basanagouda Patil Yatnal
‘Country is weak because of ‘traitor’ intellectuals under the guise of secularism’
Bengaluru/Vijayapura, July 26: Once again Vijayapura BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal landed in a controversy over remarks against the intellectuals.
“The country is weak because of the ‘traitor’ intellectuals under the guise of secularism. If I was the Home Minister, I would have asked the authorities to shoot them en-mass”, Yatnal said.
Speaking at Kargil Vijayotsava organized at Vijayapura on Thursday, Yatnal said that the number of those who have been conspiring against the country after consuming the food and water of the land was increasing considerably. The incidents of shouting anti-Indian slogans and pelting stones on the soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir should be condemned. It was unfortunate that the Opposition leaders have been making allegations that the ‘women were being raped by the soldiers’. If cases were booked against anti-nationals or traitors, the intellectuals raise hue and cry saying that human rights violation was being happened. But when the soldiers face lot of problems including lowest temperature while protecting the country, no one would raise their voice against it, he blasted.
He said that a norm should be implemented in the country on the line of Israel that everyone should serve in the army for some time compulsorily. This would control the politicians from looting the wealth of the country, he said.
When the sacrifice of the soldiers was being remembered across the country, previous chief minister’s media advisor Dinesh Amin Mattu has given most irresponsible statement. Pakistan and China were the major enemies of the country. Pakistan has never stopped its cunning mindset. When then prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee extended the hands of friendship, Pakistan had back-stabbed him, he said.
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Karnataka govt directs municipal corps to regulate, prohibit pigeon feeding
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka government has issued directions to municipal corporations across the state to regulate and prohibit feeding pigeons in public places, citing serious public health concerns.
Deputy Secretary to Government V Lakshmikanth has written to the Urban Development Department requesting it to issue directions to the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and all municipal corporations to take immediate steps to implement the measures.
In an official note dated December 16 issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department and released to the media on Wednesday, the department said uncontrolled feeding of pigeons in public places has resulted in large congregations of birds, excessive droppings and serious health concerns, particularly respiratory illnesses linked to prolonged exposure to pigeon droppings and feathers such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other lung diseases.
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"The commissioner, the Greater Bengaluru Authority and the Commissioners and chief officers of other municipal corporations shall take necessary action to mitigate the causes of dangerous disease spread by pigeon and enforce specified guidelines in their respective jurisdiction," the note said.
According to the department, these include a prohibition on feeding pigeons or causing pigeons to be fed in areas where it may cause nuisance or pose a health hazard to the public. Pigeon feeding shall be permitted only in designated areas in a controlled manner, subject to certain conditions.
"The designated areas may be selected in consultation with stakeholders. The responsibility for upkeep of the designated areas and compliance to the directions shall be taken up by some charitable organisation or an NGO. The feeding in designated areas shall be permitted only for some limited hours in the day," it said.
The note further stated that authorised officers of local authorities shall issue on-the-spot warnings and may impose fines for violation of the order, or lodge complaints to prosecute offenders under Sections 271 (Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and 272 (Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
It also directed local authorities to conduct public awareness campaigns, including the display of signboards, banners and digital messages, explaining the health hazards associated with pigeon droppings and feathers, the content of the regulatory directions and penalties for violations, and alternative humane methods of bird conservation that do not endanger public health.
