Mekedatu Padayatre: FIR registered against 30 including Siddaramaiah, DK Shivakumar
Bengaluru: In the background of the Congress party’s ‘Padayatre’ seeking an immediate implementation of the Mekedatu Dam Project which began on Sunday, January 9, FIR has been registered against 30 individuals including former chief minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC president D. K. Shivakumar for allegedly violating the weekend curfew guidelines.
In the wake of increasing Omicron and Covid cases, the state government had imposed weekend curfews from Friday night until Monday morning. In the midst of the weekend curfew, the Mekedaatu Padayatre had been commenced at Sangama near Saatanuru of Kanakapura Taluk in Ramanagara district on Sunday. Citing violation of weekend curfew guidelines, FIRs were reportedly registered against 30 individuals including former chief minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC president D. K. Shivakumar at the Sathanur police station.
Cases have been registered against the 30 individuals under sections 141, 143, 290, and 336 of the IPC.
Amid this, the ‘Padayatre’ has stepped into day 2 and the walk has begun from Doddalahalli.
The people walking in the Padayatre reportedly started marching towards Kanakapura from D. K. Shivakumar’s village Doddalahalli, while several Congress leaders supported them.
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Singer MG Sreekumar fined Rs 25,000 for dumping waste in Kochi backwaters
KOCHI, Apr 3 (PTI): A local body near here has slapped a fine of Rs 25,000 against noted playback singer M G Sreekumar for allegedly dumping waste into the Kochi backwaters.
The Mulavukad Grama Panchayat issued a notice directing the singer to pay the fine within 15 days, the authorities said on Thursday.
The notice was issued after a tourist captured a video on their mobile phone showing a garbage bag being thrown into the Kochi backwaters from the singer's house located in Mulavukad panchayat area, panchayat sources said.
According to the sources, a few days ago, this video was posted on social media, tagging Local Self Government Minister M B Rajesh.
In response, the minister stated that complaints regarding public littering, supported by evidence, could be submitted to the government’s WhatsApp number (94467 00800) for action.
After receiving the complaint, the local body’s control room directed the panchayat authorities to inspect the site the same day and confirm the incident, panchayat sources added.
Subsequently, a notice directing to pay a fine of Rs 25,000 was issued under the relevant sections of the Panchayat Raj Act, the sources said.
"After considering the response from the singer, the panchayat will initiate further action if required," said a top panchayat functionary.
However, the singer has not responded to the issue so far.
