Women empowerment must for rural development'

June 21, 2012

Mangalore, June 21: Empowerment of women is must for the development of villages, said Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat President K T Shailaja Bhat.

She was speaking during the inauguration of 'Grama Sabhe Janajagruti Karyakrama- 2012,' a week-long awareness programme on Grama Sabha, at the Zilla Panchayat complex premises in Mangalore on Thursday.

The programme is being organised by Janashikshana Trust and The Hunger Project in association with Apna Desh Association, Panchayat Raj institutions, Sugrama Sangha and Chittara Balaga, Mangalore.

Unveiling charts of the programme on the occasion, Ms Bhat said that creative participation of residents in Gram Sabha helps to finalise the list of beneficiaries for pension fund and fund for physically challenged in village-level.

The process of providing government facilities to rural people becomes easy,” she added.

Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer Dr K N Vijayprakash unveiled the pamphlets about the awareness programme. He opined that the awareness programme is relevant, as Gram Sabhas are getting poor response.

Krishna Moolya of Jana Shikshana Trust said that the awareness programme is orgnised at Balepuni, Manchi, Ira, Kadeshwalya, Balthila and Amtadi Gram Panchayats on experimental basis. “The programme will be lead by Sugrama elected gram panchayat women members. They will speak on the importance of the grama sabha. Awareness programme will be held in schools and in different parts of the villages,” he added.

Jana Shikshana Trust Director Sheena Shetty, District Welfare Officer Arun Furtado, Presidents of different Gram Sabhas and various association members were present.

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Deputy SP suspended over Ganesh idol procession violence in Mandya

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September 20,2024

Mandya: The Deputy Superintendent of Police of Nagamangala town in Mandya district has been suspended for "negligence and dereliction of duty" in connection with the clashes that broke out between two groups during a Lord Ganesh idol procession, police said on Friday.

This is the second suspension of a police officer over the clashes on September 11 following which mobs went on a rampage targeting several shops and vehicles leading to tension here.

The situation in the town has since returned to normalcy and most of the shops have started operating. However, adequate security forces continued to be stationed here as a precautionary measure, according to police.

Sumeeth A R, DySP (Nagamangala), was suspended on Thursday for negligence and dereliction of duty, Mandya Superintendent of Police Mallikarjun Baldandi told PTI.

"He (Sumeeth) was not present at the spot nor was he at the police headquarters when the incident occurred. He arrived late at the spot despite the sensitive nature of events," he said.

Earlier, Police Inspector Ashok Kumar posted at Nagamangala town police station was suspended for dereliction of duty in connection with the violence.

A total of 55 people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

According to police, an argument broke out between two groups, when the Ganesh idol procession by devotees from Badarikoppalu village reached a place of worship on September 11, and some miscreants hurled stones, which escalated the situation.

The police had used mild force to disperse the crowd to control the situation.

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