PM lauds Karnataka environmentalist's efforts at building water tank
Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appreciated the works of Kalmane Kamegowda, Rajyotsava Award winning environmentalist, in the Mann ki Baat programme on Sunday.
The 83-year-old Kamegowda, a shepherd from Dasanadoddi village of Malavalli taluk in Mandya district, has constructed as many as 16 water tanks to ensure animals in the forest do not face shortage of water. The lack of water on Kundoor Betta – where he has been taking his herd of sheep for 13 years – led Kamegowda to build the water tanks. He has also been working at conservation of water.
With a desire to ensure a green cover on the Kundoor Betta, Kamegowda also planted more than 2,000 saplings on the hillock. With the plants having grown into trees, there is a lush jungle on the hillock that is a treat to the eyes.
People had called him crazy for working day and night to build the tanks, but the efforts of the illiterate shepherd have been an inspiration to people hoping to undertake such work to increase the green cover.
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Samrat Choudhary govt wins trust vote in Bihar assembly
Patna (PTI): The Samrat Choudhary-led NDA government in Bihar won the vote of confidence in the state assembly on Friday.
Choudhary moved the motion, proposing that "the House reposes its trust in the current council of ministers in the state", during a one-day special session.
The motion was passed by a voice vote in the 243-strong House, where the BJP-led NDA enjoys a brute majority with 202 seats.
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Choudhary became the first BJP leader to head a government in the state earlier this month following the resignation of JD(U) president Nitish Kumar, who gave up the top post upon getting elected to the Rajya Sabha.
Only two JD(U) leaders, Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and Bijendra Prasad Yadav, were inducted into the new cabinet and designated as deputy chief ministers.
Besides the JD(U), the BJP-led coalition in the state includes LJP(RV) of Union minister Chirag Paswan, HAM headed by Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and Rajya Sabha MP Upendra Kushwaha's RLM.
The five-party coalition won 202 seats in the elections held in November last year.
