Protesters stage 'rail roko' against Yettinahole project

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January 28, 2014

Mangalore, Jan 28: A group of over 50 representatives of organisations staged a 'rail roko' agitation at the Kankanady railway junction in the city on Tuesday demanding that the state government should axe Nethravathi diversion or Yettinahole project.

The group of protestors expressed their opposition to the Yettinahole project by delaying the Yeshwantpur-Karwar train that arrived at the station for half an hour.

Shouting slogans of 'Save Nethravathi river', the group of agitators laid siege on the railway track at 10.40 a.m. and demanded that the state government should pull the plug on the ambitious project.

Addressing the agitators, Congress leader and former MLA Vijay Kumar Shetty said that the betrayal of people of Dakshina Kannada by few vested political interests would not be tolerated. The adverse effects of the project have been made known even to the All India Congress Committee, he said, adding that plans were also being discussed to pursue the struggle through the legal way.

Congress leader P V Mohan said that if there were no adverse effects of the state government's project, then the people of the district should be convinced of this.

Several took part in the agitation including M G Hegde, Suresh Shetty, Dennis D'Silva and others.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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