Wipro technology to control air pollution: Kumaraswamy
Dialogue between Wipro chief Azim Premji and CM HD Kumaraswamy
Bengaluru, July 24: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that the government has decided to use the technology developed by the Wipro to check the increasing air pollution in the cities including the capital city Bengaluru.
After holding a discussion with Wipro Chairman Azim Premji at his office in Vidhana Soudha here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said that the Wipro has developed a technology to control the air pollution. In this meeting, it was discussed to control the air pollution effectively by using this technology across the state, he added.
Zero cultivation technology
The Azim Premji Foundation has been working in different states on zero cultivation. It was also discussed with him about adopting this method in the state to help the farmers. He has announced in the Budget about introducing zero cultivation method for which Rs 50 crore was reserved. The Azim Premji Foundation has successfully implemented the zero cultivation method in Andhra Pradesh and over 6 lakh farmers have involved in that practice. Now, the Foundation has come forward to implement it in Karnataka, he said.
Azim Premji has said that he would join hands with the government to control air pollution in the city. IN order to have proper coordination, Forest department additional chief secretary would be appointed as the nodal officer, he said.
Azim Premji said that the Wipro has been working with the Andhra Pradesh government regarding agriculture. The Foundation is willing to work with the Karnataka government in this aspect. Wipro has been working in education sector in association with the Education department. It has developed various government schools. The Foundation is ready to join hands with the government in the development, he said.
No renovation of ministers’ quarters
No Ministers including PWD Minister HD Revanna were renovating their government bungalows. The report that Revanna was renovating the house spending crores of rupees was just baseless news. A new building was constructed on the premises of the Kumara Krupa Guest House. Because of the heavy rains, the compound wall of a nearby house was collapsed. Repair work of the wall and laying of a pipeline from the house of the Minister was taken up for which the government order was done in last December. The work was not taken up during this government, he said.
His government has checked the renovation of government bungalows spending crores of rupees. In case, if anybody proposed to renovate the bungalows, the Finance department would not give permission, the CM said.
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Three company directors held in Rs 100-crore investment fraud in Kochi
Kochi (Kerala) (PTI): Police on Sunday arrested three directors of a firm accused of cheating hundreds of investors of over Rs 100 crore through a fake investment scheme linked to agricultural tourism here, officials said.
The accused were identified as Muraleedharan, Ashik Murali and Akhil Murali, all natives of Thrissur.
The arrests were made by the Kalamassery police in connection with a fraud involving ATCOS (Agri Tourism Cooperative Society), a firm headquartered at Pathadipalam here.
Police said the company had promised high returns by collecting investments from the public in the agricultural tourism sector, but allegedly cheated hundreds of people and fled with the money.
ATCOS was registered under the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act and operated 13 branches across various districts in Kerala, besides a branch in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, officials said.
When investors failed to receive their promised returns or the invested amount, complaints were filed with the police.
Officials said around 54 cases have been registered against the firm in 32 police stations across the state, including 29 cases at the Kalamassery police station alone.
Following instructions from Kochi City Police Commissioner K S Mahesh Kumar, a special investigation team was formed under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Shehensha and Thrikkakara ACP Manoj Kumar.
The team traced the accused to an apartment in Amala Nagar in Thrissur, where they had been hiding after secretly renting the flat, officials said.
The bank accounts of the accused have been frozen, and steps have been initiated to trace their assets, officials said.
Police also conducted a raid at the company’s office at Pathadipalam and seized several documents related to the case.
The accused were produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court in Kalamassery, which remanded them to judicial custody and sent them to Kakkanad jail.
Police said they would seek the custody of the accused for further interrogation as the investigation continues.
