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Wednesday, 04 August 2010 |
 The Congress leaders, who are on a padayatra for the past nine days against illegal mining, are now a worried lot on what next to maintain the tempo and not just about walking 100 more km in the remaining six days.
The senior leaders are concerned as the young MLAs, the strength behind the padayatra, want plans to keep the tempo going even after the rally concludes on August 9.
The Congress is not hopeful of taking the illegal mining issue to its logical end and is not confident that the state government will order a CBI probe. So, it has planned to chalk out plans of a stir against the government. The Congress leadership, including Leader of the Assembly Siddaramaiah, KPCC chief R V Deshpande and others held an emergency meeting of the Congress Legislature Party to discuss BJP state chief KS Eshwarappa’s invitation to non-Congress parties to come together in the state, possible alliance between BJP and JD(S), the proposed JD(S) yatra and the strategy to attack BJP. |
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Monday, 02 August 2010 |
Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa said that the BJP is united and his government will complete five years in office.
Yeddyurappa who visited Chamundeshwari temple atop the Chamundi Hills to offer puja to the presiding deity Chamundeshwari along with his party men told reporters on Sunday that the state government would continue to work for the welfare of the people for the remaining three years term.
He refused to comment on Eshwarappa ‘s statement to have tie up with JD(S). He said that his opinion would be spelt out at the public meet to be held in Davangere on Monday. He said that he would first understand the context in which Eshwarappa has aired the statement and comment on the matter later.
Expressing happiness about rains, he said that the KRS would reach maximum level of 124 .8 ft in 10 days. “I will visit both KRS and Kabini reservoir to offer bagina,” he said.
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Friday, 30 July 2010 |
 Heavy rain claimed two lives in the state on Thursday as swelling rivers led to a rise in reservoir levels. Two women were washed away in flash floods in a creek in Chinchansur village of Aland taluk of Gulbarga district.
One of them has been identified as Girija (42), wife of Srishail. Another woman, Mamata, was rescued. They were returning home from their fields.
With heavy rain continuing to lash parts of the state, rivers have been in spate and the water levels in the reservoirs have been nearing the brim. A two-year-old girl died of severe cold following rain in Belgaum.
In Belgaum, the district administration has been on the alert after the Krishna river has been steadily swelling with incessant rains in Maharashtra. Since the river is threatening to break its banks, villagers are leaving their homes with their belongings and animals. |
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 |
 In yet another step towards banning the export of iron ore in order to curb illegal mining, Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa on Wednesday said that even the movement and transportation of iron ore from one place to another within the state will be banned with immediate effect.
“Iron ore can be mined and transported if it is meant only for domestic use, (value adding process) for setting up steel plants and for power generation units. Otherwise, the ore cannot be transported at all from one place to another. We have already banned export and this move will further tighten the noose around illegal miners,” the CM said.
About the statement made by Congress leader Anil Lad that he was contemplating challenging the government’s order to ban ore export, he said he was not unduly worried about somebody approaching the judiciary. “We will respond appropriately as and when the High Court asks for explanation,” he said. |
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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 |
In an interesting development, Karwar ACF Mohan Kangil, who is also the investigating officer in the case pertaining to the alleged stacking of 50,000 tonnes of unauthorised iron ore at Karwar port that the Forest Department had seized on March 15, filed a complaint on Monday night at the Karwar town police station stating that 35,500 tonnes of the seized ore was missing.
According to the complaint, the seized ore was given to the port officer on the same day. However, on May 31, the port officer wrote to the Forest Department informing that the actual stock of iron ore on the day it was seized was 1.15 lakh tonnes.
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