Karnataka HC gives 15 days’ deadline to BBMP for fixing potholes on roads
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High court has given 15 days’ time to BBMP to fix potholes in Bangalore Central (CBD) premises. The High court has also ordered to take immediate action in this regard, by use of advanced technology.
The Division bench headed by Chief Justice Rituraj Awasthi has ordered for a Public Interest Litigation in light of Vijayan Menon and others’ allegation over inconveniences caused due to road tolls here in Kormangal.
In the last hearing, the BBMP had submitted an action plan to the court on the use of Python machine to fix the roadblocks.
Pro-BBMP lawyers explained to the jury that in the report, BBMP, in particular the Central Business District combined Python with modern technology to cover roadblocks.
The court reviewed it again and resented the negligence of engineers in this regard. The court added that it will no longer tolerate delays and insisted on immediate action with the use of sophisticated technology. It also called for submission of a report detailing the works while adjourning the hearing.
Meanwhile, the bench also discussed the death of Ashwin, who died by falling into the roadblock on Monday.
The bench including the Chief Justice expressed the amount of distress and guilt they bear due to such incidents.
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Affront to non-Hindi speaking people: Chidambaram slams use of Hindi words in bills' names
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader P Chidambaram has slammed the "increasing practice" of the government using Hindi words in the titles of the bills and said the change is an "affront" to the non-Hindi-speaking people.
Chidambaram said the non-Hindi-speaking people cannot identify a Bill/Act with titles that are in Hindi words written in English letters, and they cannot pronounce them.
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"I am opposed to the increasing practice of the government using Hindi words written in English letters in the title of the Bills to be introduced in Parliament," the former Union minister said late Monday night.
Hitherto, the practice was to write the title of the Bill in English words in the English version and in Hindi words in the Hindi version of the Bill, Chidambaram said.
"When no one pointed out any difficulty in the 75 year practice, why should government make a change?" he said.
"This change is an affront to non-Hindi speaking people and to States that have an official language other than Hindi," the Congress leader said.
Successive governments have reiterated the promise that English will remain an Associate Official Language, Chidambaram said.
"I fear that promise is in danger of being broken," the Congress MP said.
