Plea filed in Supreme Court seeking Army deployment to retrieve Kerala native from K'taka landslide
New Delhi: A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the deployment of Indian Army personnel for rescue operations on National Highway 66 in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, where a landslide occurred on July 16.
The PIL, filed by Advocate Subhash Chandran KR, states that the Karnataka government has failed to act effectively in the golden hours following the landslide and does not have a plan to tackle the situation. The petitioner alleges that despite the presence of an army cantonment in nearby Belgavi and naval resources in Karwar, no efforts have been made to mobilize the army.
The petitioner points out that a truck driver, Arjun, a native of Kerala, is trapped at the disaster site since July 16, and search operations are continuing but are not yielding productive results due to the initial inaction of the Karnataka government and police authorities.
The PIL seeks the deployment of army personnel to rescue those trapped, including Arjun, and to clear the debris using scientific methods. The petitioner also seeks a direction to the respondents (Union Government, Karnataka, and Kerala Governments) to take all possible steps to locate the stranded human life and vehicles.
The Supreme Court has been requested to hear the matter urgently, given the seriousness of the situation. The case is being argued by Senior Advocate V Chidambaram and filed through AOR Biju P Raman.
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Rajnath Singh arrives at Karwar naval base
Karwar (PTI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday arrived at the strategically located Karwar naval base in Karnataka, where he will soon flag off Indian Ocean Ship SAGAR.
The Union minister arrived at the naval base around 1 pm where he was given a Guard of Honour at the Parade Ground.
The defence minister landed at the key base in a military chopper, and is scheduled to spend a few hours here, with a number of engagements lined up.
During his visit to the base in the afternoon, he will also inaugurate some newly developed infrastructure at the key naval site, officials earlier said.
The Navy is expanding the crucial naval base as part Project 'Seabird'.
"Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh will flag off #INSSunayna as the Indian Ocean Ship SAGAR with 44 personnel from 9 navies embarked onboard, from #Karwar today," the Office of Raksha Mantri posted on X on Saturday.
