Karnataka govt holds discussions on high-speed corridor between Bengaluru and Mangaluru
Bengaluru, Nov 9: Construction of the proposed Bengaluru-Mangaluru Integrated Green Field High Speed Corridor will be very helpful for the development of Mangaluru as well as other cities along the route, Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Thursday.
Rao, who is in-charge Minister of Dakshina Kannada district, held discussions here with top executives of European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC), a project advisory and facilitation organisation. Udupi district in-charge minister Laxmi Hebbalkar too was present.
The project proposes construction of a six to eight-lane high-speed corridor.
Rao, who holds the Health and Family Welfare portfolios, said the corridor route map has to be discussed with more information.
He promised at the meeting that he will hold talks with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Minister of Public Works Satish Jarkiholi in this regard.
Rao said the state government will encourage such projects which will help in the sustainable development of Mangaluru and asserted that private partnership is also needed for the implementation of ventures of this kind.
Interacted with the delegation of the European Business & Technology Center (EBTC). We discussed working together by pooling our resources and expertise to create sustainable and quality infrastructure for the future, including building High-Speed Economic Corridors. My cabinet… pic.twitter.com/bobdpzi3fD
— Dinesh Gundu Rao/ದಿನೇಶ್ ಗುಂಡೂರಾವ್ (@dineshgrao) November 9, 2023
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PM Modi, RSS strengthening wall in path of SCs, STs, OBCs: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS were strengthening the wall standing in the path of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs, even as he acknowledged that the UPA took steps to weaken that wall but not to the extent it should have.
Addressing the 'Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyaan', Gandhi also referred to the function held on Constitution Day in Parliament and said that it is his guarantee, that "Modi has not read" the Constitution.
"If PM Modi would have read this book then what he does daily, he would not do it," Gandhi said, displaying a copy of the Constitution of India.
Gandhi said the country's whole system is pitted against Dalits, Adivasis and backward class people.
He said a wall obstructs the path of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs and Modi and the RSS are strengthening that wall by "adding cement to it".
"Slowly the wall (obstructing the path of SCs, STs, OBCs) is getting strengthened. Earlier, the UPA government gave MGNREGA, the land acquisition act, the right to food...those were ways to weaken that wall. Today, when I look back, I can say the UPA government did not weaken the wall to the extent it should have, it did not do it as strongly as it should have," Gandhi said.
"However, we used to make efforts to weaken that wall but they (the BJP) are strengthening that wall by adding concrete," the former Congress president said.
Gandhi said a caste survey being carried out in Telangana is a historic step and the Congress will do the same wherever it comes to power.
