Madikeri-Mangaluru national highway opened for light vehicular movements
Madikeri, Sep.12: The repair work of Madikeri-Mangaluru national highway has picked up pace as the road has been opened for the movement of four wheeler light vehicles.
The national highway had closed for vehicle movements after hill gave way following heavy downpour in the region last month.
The cleaning of the National highway was underway day and night since month. Later the repair work was taken after seeking advice from Border Road Organisation and National Highway Authority.
As Payaswini river is flowing near the road where hill slide took place, the bags of M. Sand was placed to form a wall. The road has been repaired by using Matt grifter and Geo net.
Pipes have been installed between the sand bunds to allow the smooth flowing of water. The road has been made rain proof. Now the work of installing concrete grits are on full swing.
The vehicle goers are now relieved as the national highway is opened for light vehicular movements.
Nagaraj, engineer of national highway authority Mangaluru, said that the highway will be opened for all kinds of vehicle movements within next one month.
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Allahabad HC dismisses petition seeking permission to mount loudspeaker on mosque
Prayagraj, Jan 24 (PTI): The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid.
The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of right.
Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident Mukhtiyar Ahmad, a two judge-bench, comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh, observed, "Religious places are for offering prayers to the divinity and use of loudspeakers cannot be claimed as a matter of right, particularly when often such use of loudspeakers create nuisance for the residents".
At the outset, the state counsel objected to the maintainability of the writ on the grounds that the petitioner was neither a mutawalli, nor did the mosque belong to him.
The court also noted that the petitioner did not have locus to file the writ petition.
The term 'locus' is a legal concept that refers to the right of a person or entity to participate in a legal proceeding or bring a lawsuit.
