Housing scheme delay rocks TP general meeting

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March 9, 2011
Mangalore, March 9: The newly elected members to the Mangalore Taluk Panchayat In their maiden general meeting here on Tuesday took officials to task over the delay in selecting beneficiaries for government housing schemes.

Taluk panchayats had been directed to identify government land where house sites can be allotted to those in need.

Members from several constituencies complained that their villages had not been surveyed. An official from the taluk office listed the area of land that had been identified in numerous villages, prompting many members to demand that an order copy be sent to them, listing the area of land and survey number.

A member representing the Munnur village said that in the last 34 years not a single application had been approved for government housing in the Munnur Gram Panchayat.

He said that under the Ashraya Housing Scheme, women were to be given sites, but it was not possible as there were technical difficulties in transferring title deeds in their names.. Beneficiaries in six out of seven areas in his constituency faced this problem, he said.

The official from the taluk office said there were provisions, but the Munnur member was not satisfied with the answer.

A member from Manjanady constituency said nearly 50 beneficiaries had been rendered ineligible as the criteria for allotting the sites had changed.

A member from Yekkar constituency brought up the issue of alleged illegal stone quarrying on government and patta land in Badaga Yekkar. Tahsildar C. Manjunath, who arrived late, said that a case had been registered in Bajpe police station and an inquiry was in progress.

When the member sought to seek more clarification, Mangalore MP Nalin Kumar Kateel intervened and told him to sit down asking officials to take up the next point on the agenda.

Earlier, he skipped the issue of mining and sand transportation saying that the tahsildar was not present.

Replying to the action taken on the issue of sand transportation, Mr. Manjunath said permits were not being issued without the consent of the gram panchayat.

He said the department had acted on several complaints related to illegal transportation of sand, but every time, they found nothing amiss. He said the GPS systems had been installed. Irregularities and lack of clarity about procedures in applying for and making changes to ration cards were discussed at length.

Panchayat president Bhavya Poojary and vice-president Vijayalakshmi Shetty had hardly made any comment to make on issues raised and they kept busy discussing among themselves and with the MP, though.

The only time Ms. Poojary spoke was to ask members to introduce themselves at the start of the meeting.

TP

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March 19,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 19: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that the Congress will split in three months after the upcoming Lok Sabha polls and its impact will be visible on the Siddaramaiah-led state government.

"Due to internal squabbles, the state government will not last long," the BJP leader said.

Talking to reporters on Monday, he said the sitting MP from the Gadag-Haveri constituency, Shivakumar Udasi, has done a lot of development work and implemented the Central government's schemes effectively.

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi will surely become the PM for the third time. The overall response has been good in the Gadag-Haveri Lok Sabha constituency," the former Karnataka chief minister said.

Asked if he was contesting the election in a half-hearted manner in the Gadag-Haveri seat, Bommai said "such a question does not arise when the party's high command gives instructions".

He said he would respect his opponent and not take anyone lightly. 

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March 17,2024

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Beltangady, Mar 17: A three-year-old boy was crushed to death under the wheels of an auto-rickshaw in front of his house at Panakaje Mundadi in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada. 

The gut-wrenching tragedy took place on Saturday, March 16 morning when the boy ran out of home to the road. 

The victim has been identified as Kaushik, the son of Chandrashekhar and Usha couple. Their home is situated adjacent to the main road at Panakaje.

It is learnt that the auto-rickshaw failed to notice the boy who suddenly darted towards the road and hit him. 

Even though the injured boy was rushed to a private hospital in Ujire and later to Mangaluru, he breathed his last. 

The Beltangady traffic police have registered a case in connection with the incident.

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March 26,2024

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Mangaluru: Officials from Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime Police Station in Mangaluru have arrested a man for allegedly engaging in an online fraud by deceiving a person on the pretext of offering a part-time job. The arrested is Saddam Gauri alias Bavuri, 30, from Rajasthan.

City police commissioner Anupam Agrawal said the CEN police received a complaint regarding an online scam related to a part-time job offer.

Police registered a case under sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act, along with IPC Section 420. The complainant had received a link via WhatsApp from an unknown number, purportedly offering a part-time job opportunity.

Upon clicking the link, the complainant was instructed to complete certain tasks to earn money. However, during the process, the complainant incurred a loss of Rs 1.1 lakh.

Following an investigation into the matter, the CEN police successfully arrested the suspect and presented him before the court. In the course of arrest, police seized two mobile phones, eight debit cards, four bank cheque books, Aadhaar card, PAN card, and other relevant documents from the accused.

The arrest was made possible through the efforts of CEN station inspector Shyam Sundar and his team, under the guidance of City Crime Records Bureau (CCRB) ACP Ravish Nayak and DCP Siddharth Goyal.

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