‘War Room’ set up to fight covid in Dakshina Kannada

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April 20, 2021

Mangaluru, Apr 20: Karnataka State BJP President and Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel has set up a War Room to help people who are in distress and fight against the pandemic.

The War Room will function from the MP's office and is headed by Nithin Kumar, Chairman, Karnataka Fisheries Development Corporation and Sudheer Shetty, a corporator of Mangaluru City Corporation.

Mangalore City South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath and Dakshina Kannada BJP unit President M Sudarshana are the coordinators of the war room. It has various sections to handle hospital bed accommodation, ventilators, arrangement for ambulance, vaccination, medicines, for coordinating on Ayushman Bharat - Arogya Karnataka (AB-ArK) scheme, and cremation.

Coordinators have been deputed to help patients get admission into hospitals, arrange ambulances, and other services.

Coordinators will also make arrangements for the cremation of the dead and help in availing the benefits under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, he said.

The MP called upon the party workers to help those in distress through the ‘Seva Hi Sanghathan’ campaign. "People should help, especially senior citizens in availing vaccines. People should be cautious following the spike in Covid-19. Everyone should engage themselves in helping the people," Kateel added.

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November 11,2024

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Udupi, Nov 11: The Karkala town police in Udupi have arrested Krishna Naik, the sculptor responsible for installing a 33-foot Parashurama statue at Umikkal Hill in Bailur, Karkala taluk. 

Naik, the owner of Krish Art World and a resident of Bengaluru's Visvesvaraya Layout, was apprehended in Mahe, part of the Union Territory of Puducherry, for allegedly substituting a look-alike statue in place of a genuine bronze figure at the Parashurama Theme Park in Karkala.

Udupi Superintendent of Police Dr. Arun K confirmed the arrest, stating that Naik faces charges under Sections 420 (cheating) and 409 (criminal breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code. 

This legal action followed a complaint lodged in June by Krishna Shetty, a resident of Nallur village, Karkala. Shetty claimed that Naik had received a payment of ₹1,25,50,000 from Udupi Nirmithi Kendra for the installation of a bronze Parashurama statue. However, Naik allegedly deceived the government by installing a replica instead.

The statue was unveiled on January 27, 2023, by then Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai. Current Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has since ordered a CID investigation to probe deeper into the alleged fraud surrounding the statue's installation at the theme park.

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