Parameshwar resigns as KPCC chief
Bengaluru, May 23: Soon after taking oath as the new Deputy Chief Minister in JDS-Congress coalition government which was formed today, Dr G Parameshwar tendered his resignation to the post of KPCC president.
Speaking to reporters here on Wednesday, Parameshwar said that he has written a letter to AICC president Rahul Gandhi. The KPCC would have a new president and AICC would select an able candidate to lead the Congress in the state. As he was appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister, he has to participate in all the government affairs. It will become difficult to manage two posts simultaneously, he said.
“The party has given me the chance to serve as KPCC president for a long time in the history of the state. I would thank all my leaders, party workers and others for their cooperation. Following the high command direction, I have resigned from the post. Shortly, the high command would appoint a new president to the party”, he said.
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Karnataka to witness heavy rain for next 10 days
Bengaluru: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that the southwest monsoon will cause heavy rainfall likely this weekend and will drench Karnataka over the next 10 days.
The monsoon has begun retreating from northwestern India. Conditions remain active over the south, with an upper air trough extending up to 1.5 km over North Interior Karnataka and northern Tamil Nadu, combined with weakening monsoon winds across the peninsula, is driving the current spell. N. Puviarasan, head of the IMD’s meteorological centre in Bengaluru, said in a conversation with Deccan Herald, “As a result, the whole of Karnataka will see rain over the next week to 10 days."
With a cyclone in the Pacific Ocean along with a low-pressure system over the north Bay of Bengal, the monsoon is expected to intensify during the next four days. IMD has predicted heavy rains across South Interior Karnataka, including Bengaluru, throughout the weekend.
Bengaluru, recorded widespread moderate to heavy rainfall on Thursday. Between 8.30 am and 8.30 pm, Bengaluru city logged 45.9 mm of rain accompanied by thunderstorms. HAL airport registered 6 mm and the Bengaluru Urban automatic station recorded 47.5 mm. Doddathoguru, near Electronics City, reported 55 mm.
According to IMD forecast heavy rainfall will occur at isolated places in Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Yadgir, Koppal, Raichur, Ramanagara and Mandya districts in the next few days.
The southwest monsoon is now expected to extend until mid-October and with little or no break in between, the northeast monsoon is likely to follow immediately. These are expected to last until December. “There may be no break in between,” Puviarasan said.
