Assessment camp for physically-handicapped on Jan 24

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January 22, 2014

Mangalore, Jan 22: The southern regional centre of Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India) will organise a one-day comprehensive assessment camp on January 24 to provide necessary aid or equipment to persons with physical disabilities in Dakshina Kannada district.

Announcing this at a press conference here on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada A B Ibrahim said that a complete assessment of persons with physical disabilities from the district will be made at the camp, which will be held at the artificial limb centre of District Wenlock Hospital here on Friday.

Aids and equipment worth upto Rs 15 lakh will be distributed to beneficiaries based on the assessment of their disabilities at the camp. The necessary aids and equipment will be delivered to the beneficiaries through their respective gram panchayats within two months, he said.

DK Deputy Director of Women and Child Development Gertrude Veigas said that aids such as artificial limbs, wheelchairs, tricycles, hearing aids, Braille slates, calipers for polio-afflicted patients, artificial knee joints and assistive canes for the blind or partially blind. Beneficiaries who have already been handed such aids earlier will also be re-equipped after their assessment at the camp, she said.

A team of 12 officers from New Delhi, Secunderabad and Chennai will arrive in the district to carry out the assessment work at the camp. Around 200 beneficiaries are expected to participate in the assessment and screening camp, she added.

Identity cards for Endosulfan victims

Mr Ibrahim said that the distribution of identity cards to Endosulfan-affected persons in the district would begin from January 25 onwards. Upto 1,500 Endosulfan victims will be handed over their ID cards over a period of time, he said.

He also said that a mobile unit launched for the treatment of bedridden Endosulfan victims would operate and visit them according to specified time and place.

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Lokayukta team arrives at disputed plot; CM likely to get ED summons

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October 1,2024

Mysuru, Oct 1: The Karnataka Lokayukta team on Tuesday arrived at the disputed plot in Mysuru and began investigation into the MUDA case against CM Siddaramaiah and his wife, news agency ANI reported. Snehamayi Krishna, the complainant in the case was also present with the team.

Sources stated that ED sleuths might issue a notice to CM Siddaramaiah at any time and issue summons to him for questioning. The sleuths are also keenly watching the movements of CM Siddaramaiah’s close associates and relatives, including a cabinet minister in connection with the MUDA scam.

Sources further said that there is a possibility of the ED conducting raids across the state on offices and residences of close associates of CM Siddaramaiah. The ED has also gathered information on bank accounts and financial transactions of CM Siddaramaiah and his associates.

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Monday registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), equivalent to an FIR by the police, against CM Siddaramaiah over the alleged irregularities in the allotment of 14 sites to his wife Parvathi B.M. by the Mysore Urban Development Authority. The ED registered the case taking cognisance of the FIR registered against the Chief Minister by the Lokayukta police on September 27.

Meanwhile, the Karnataka Lokayukta probing the MUDA case has also expedited the probe. The sleuths led by Mysuru Lokayukta SP T.J. Udesh have visited the controversial land on the outskirts of Mysuru city. The petitioner, Snehamayi Krishna, also accompanied the team.

The move of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife to return 14 sites allotted by the MUDA to her has triggered a debate. BJP MLA from Mysuru T.S. Srivatsa stated on Tuesday that the move of CM’s wife is not acceptable. "The two commissioners who colluded in the MUDA scam are roaming freely even today," he said.

"CM Siddaramaiah first claimed that there was no scam at all. Later, he formed a commission and now there is an FIR against him. After committing the mistake, you offer to return the sale deed. The time is up. He will have to tender his resignation and I am sure he won’t be in the position until Dasara festivities," MLA T.S. Srivatsa stated.

T.J. Abraham, one of the petitioners in the MUDA case said, “I had demanded the MUDA commissioner to take back the allotted sites. He had written back saying the process would be initiated. They were waiting for the investigation report."

"CM Siddaramaiah has not approached the division bench or the Supreme Court to challenge the order against him because there is nothing to be challenged. Returning sites is not a big sacrifice. The Chief Minister has lost it," Abraham stated.

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