Hasiru Dala, APD Foundation sign MoU with Ullal CMC to set up DK’s 1st Dry Waste Collection Centre

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October 2, 2020

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Mangaluru, Oct 2: In a pioneering initiative Hasiru Dala and APD Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ullal City Municipal Council (Nagara Sabha) for setting up the district’s first Dry Waste Collection Centre (DWCC) in Ullal town. The MoU was signed by Rayappa, Commissioner of Ullal Nagara Sabha on Tuesday, 29th of September 2020. As per the terms of the MoU, Mohammed Nawazuddin, a waste sorter, is the identified as the ‘Operator’ and Hasiru Dala / APD Foundation are identified as the ‘Facilitators’ of the project.

As per the agreement, Ullal CMC will provide the physical infrastructure for collection, processing and storage of recyclable dry waste. Hasiru Dala / APD Foundation will provide technical knowhow and undertake training and monitoring of the venture. Sri Mohammed Nawazuddin and his team of two waste sorters will run the DWCC on day to day basis. The DWCC will become functional from 2nd October 2020 and it will be situated at Ullal. The MoU will be valid for a period of three years, subject to renewal.

The concept of DWCC is being implemented for the first time in Dakshina Kannada district. Ullal generates over 18 tons of waste per day out of which about 4-5 tons is dry waste. The DWCC project has been developed by Hasiru Dala / APD Foundation after working with Ullal Nagara Sabha for over 10 months and understanding the current Solid Waste Management (SWM) at Ullal. Survey was done to determine the number of waste pickers in Ullal. Waste Picker identity cards were issued to them. These waste pickers will be operating the DWCC centre. The collected dry waste will be sent to the recyclers. The waste pickers and the operator will get their earnings from the revenue generated from the sale of recyclable waste. Surplus generated will be reinvested for expansion of the facility.

This project continues Hasiru Dala’s partnership with Mangalore based APD Foundation since the year 2019 to extend its expertise in people centered approach to waste handling in the coastal region. “APD Foundation and Hasiru Dala are proud to partner with Ullal Nagara Sabha for implementing this innovative project which will enhance the quality of life for civil society, while ensuring betterment of the lives of waste pickers and environment friendly disposal of waste,” said Abdullah A. Rehman, the founder and CEO of APD Foundation, “We are grateful to Sri Rayappa, commissioner of Ullal CMC, the health inspectors and environmental engineer who have been very supportive in setting up DWCC.”

Vanishree B. R. represented Hasiru Dala / APD Foundation during the signing of MoU.

BACKGROUND

The project is based on the model of DWCCs which are already functional in Bangalore since 2013-2014.  There are about 166 functioning DWCCs (out of the sanctioned 198), one per ward, operating in a decentralized manner under the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in collaboration with various citizen groups and NGOs.

The management and operation of these DWCCs has been handed over to various contractors and agencies to operate them on BBMP’s behalf. They perform necessary functions like collecting the dry waste, segregating them into categories like high/low-value recyclables, reject, e-waste etc and their forward dispatch to aggregators or recyclers or landfill.

Hasiru Dala presently manages 33 DWCCs in Bangalore and couple more in adjacent regions. Hasiru Dala was established in Bangalore by Nalini Shekar with the mission of bettering the lives of the waste-picker community. Using its long standing grassroots experience of working with waste-picker-entrepreneurs, Hasiru Dala provides training, encouragement/support and operational help like dealing with necessary reporting, regulatory and financial paperwork required by BBMP.

Hasiru Dala has also developed unique software to keep track of the streams of incoming/outgoing waste in each DWCC, generate various reports required by BBMP or other collaborators (like UNDP) and also gain quantitative insights from this data.

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November 10,2024

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has warned that disciplinary action will be taken against those officials who change the land mutation records and serve eviction notices to farmers under the Waqf Act.

In a letter, the Revenue Department Principal Secretary Rajender Kumar Kataria reminded all regional commissioners and deputy commissioners in the districts that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah recently had a meeting following complaints about certain land properties being made in favour of the Karnataka Board of Waqfs.

In the meeting it was decided that all the directions issued previously by any government office or authority to change the mutation records has been withdrawn, the letter said.

It added that all the notices served in the past have also been withdrawn and no action should be taken against the farmers who are cultivating on the said land.

On the directions of the chief minister, the previous letters and the latest reminders served on November 7 to the farmers and land owners have been withdraw, the letter said.

"The officials who served reminder-2 despite the chief minister's direction will face appropriate disciplinary action," Kataria said in his letter.

He said he has been instructed to strictly implement the chief minister's direction.

The fresh direction was issued in poll-bound Karnataka, where bypolls to three crucial assembly segments are due on November 13.

Some farmers in Honwad village in Vijayapura in north Karnataka had alleged last month that they were served eviction notices as the Waqf Board claimed rights over it.

Subsequently, complaints started in pouring in from some other parts of the state.

BJP leader Tejasvi Surya on October 25 alleged that Karnataka Waqf Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan directed the deputy commissioners and revenue officials to register lands in favour of the Waqf Board within 15 days, which resulted in confusion.

On Surya's request, the Chairman of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, Jagdambika Pal visited Karnataka on November 7 and met farmers in Hubballi, Vijayapura and Belagavi districts who had alleged that their lands were marked as Waqf properties.

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November 17,2024

Mangaluru: District-in-Charge Minister and Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dinesh Gundu Rao, announced that a day-care chemotherapy centre will soon be established at District Wenlock Hospital. Speaking to mediapersons after reviewing the activities at Wenlock and Government Lady Goschen Hospital, he shared the government’s plans to enhance healthcare services in the region.

Key Initiatives Announced

•    Day-Care Chemotherapy Centre:

  • Ten beds will be reserved for cancer patients.
  • The government will collaborate with Yenepoya Hospital to provide chemotherapy treatments.
  • All required facilities for the centre are already in place, awaiting inauguration by the Chief Minister.

•    Wenlock Hospital Facelift:

  • Critical Care Block: To be built at a cost of ₹24 crore.
  • Integrated Public Health (IPH) Lab: Planned with a budget of ₹1 crore.
  • New OPD Block: As per a 2017 agreement, KMC Hospital will take up construction. Discussions with KMC management are underway.

•    Additional Requirements:

  • A new mortuary and post-mortem building.
  • Paramedical college building.
  • Modern kitchen.
  • Bridge connecting two buildings within the hospital.

•    Total facelift cost: ₹6 crore to ₹10 crore, utilizing funds from the Department of Health and Family Welfare and CSR contributions.

•    Timeline:
By December or January, priority works will be finalized. The superintendents of Wenlock and Lady Goschen Hospitals are scheduled to visit Bengaluru next week to discuss these projects.

•    MRI Fee Allegations:
The minister assured that allegations of patients being charged for MRI scans at Wenlock Hospital will be resolved at the earliest.
These measures aim to improve healthcare accessibility and infrastructure, positioning Wenlock Hospital as a state-of-the-art facility in the region.

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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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