Karnataka govt to ensure uninterrupted supply of food grains, milk to people: CM
Bengaluru: Coming to the aid of citizens facing hardship due to the lockdown, the Karnataka government on Wednesday took a slew of measures to ensure uninterrupted supply of food grains, vegetables and milk.
These decisions include protecting the interests of farmers and milk producers.
"We have decided to supply milk free of cost to the poor till April 14 and the district administrations have been entrusted to make the arrangements for it," Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said at a press briefing after chairing a meeting of the group of ministers.
He conceded that the farmers have been caught in a dilemma due to lockdown as they were not able to sell, harvest or transport their produces.
The chief minister said earlier the farmers were able to transport the produces to the other states but now it has stopped due to which the prices have crashed.
It has been decided, said Yediyurappa, that the HOPCOMS will sell these agriculture products.
Besides this, the HOPCOMS will also sell eggs, said Yediyurappa adding that there were rumours that eggs, tomatoes and poultry products were not good in these times.
"These are all rumours and no one should lend their ear to them," he said.
The chief minister also said agriculture produces will be transported through trains. He also appealed to the people not to go for panic buying as there is no shortage of essential goods in the state.
"There is no need for hoarding. People should not heed to the rumours about the shortage of food grains and products," the chief minister said.
Yediyurappa directed the officials to make sure that the crops are harvested without any interruption. In this regard it was decided to start the rice mills and dal mills.
Speaking about the milk production, the chief minister said earlier the milk production was 69 lakh litres a day, which has reduced to 42 lakh litres a day.
He further the unsold milk would be procured by the governemnt and distributed to the poor.
"Milk will be distributed in the slums. We will distribute it to the poor peoplel free of cost till April 14.
We have directed the deputy commissioners in the districts to ensure the distnibution of milk in their respective districts free of cost to the poor people," Yediyurappa said.
The chief minister said the government was in touch with the Railways with regard to sending perishable goods to other states.
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Over 17,000 people went missing in Delhi in 2024: NCRB
New Delhi (PTI): A total of 23,058 people, comprising 9,482 men and 13,576 women, were reported missing in Delhi in 2024, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
Of the total, 5,491 were children below the age of 18 — 1,571 boys, 3,920 girls.
The city recorded 17,567 fresh adult missing persons cases in 2024, comprising 7,911 men and 9,656 women.
According to the NCRB data, released on Wednesday, 14,637 men, 18,238 women and six transgender persons were still missing from previous years.
At the latest count, in 2024, Delhi had a total of 55,939 missing persons cases — 24,119 men, 31,814 women and six transgender persons.
In 2024, police traced or collected 28,392 missing persons, including 12,182 men, 16,208 women and two transgender persons.
Only half of the men and half of the women who went missing could be traced.
A total of 27,547 missing persons – 11,937 men, 15,606 women, four transgender persons — were yet to be untraced by the end of the year, the data showed.
The data also revealed that 5,352 children from previous years remained untraced at the beginning of 2024.
The number of still missing boys was 1,621, and the number of missing girls was 3,729. Two transgender children were yet to be found.
After adding the pending cases from previous years, the total number of missing children cases handled in 2024 rose to 10,843.
The police traced or recovered 6,762 missing children — 2,030 boys, 4,732 girls.
The recovery rate stood at 63.6 per cent for boys and 61.9 per cent for girls, while no transgender child was traced.
By the end of 2024, a total of 4,081 children remained untraced, 1,162 of them boys, 2,917 girls, and two transgender children.
