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Protest
against the airport expansion project:
The residents around the Bajpe airport area, who have
lost their lands due to the expansion project of the airport
held a huge rally to protest against the slow pace at
which the rehabilitation process is going on. Even though
the plan of expansion has been taken up as early as in
1989, other than acquisition of the lands of the people
no other progress has been made it is alleged. It was
also alleged that the district administration has not
evaluated the pros and cons of the extension project,
nor has it cared about thinking of the people who will
be losing their lands, and through this the various facilities
which are essential to live in a civilized society. The
land acquisition laws of the government it is said have
been forcefully imposed upon the poor residents of the
Bajpe airport area and any appeal or applications and
pleas against acquisition before the government have still
remained under the deep heap of files at the government
offices. It is also alleged that the alternative sites
allotted to the people lack basic amenities like proper
roads, electricity and telephone access and other basic
facilities and that the district administration has been
very cold in responding to the pleas of the affected people.
Annual
Conference of DK telephone Booth Owners association:
To attract the attention of the central and state governments
and the Bharath Sanchar Nigam limited to the problems
faced by the public call booth owners, in the Dakshina
Kannada telecom district, a conference of the booth operators
has been planned on the 25th of March at the Koragappa
Memorial Hall, at the Kudroli temple in Mangalore. A face
to face discussion with the representatives of the people
and the officials of the BSNL has also been scheduled
at the same meeting with a view to find a permanent solution
to the various problems faced by the PCO operators. The
honorary president of the DK Booth Operators association
Sri K. Vishwanath Shetty announced this at a press conference
held last week.
ISKON
Rath Yathra: The international society for Krishna
consciousness organized a Sri. Jagganath Rath Yathra On
the Saturday the 24th of March, which proceeded from the
Bunts Hostel circle to the Town hall. Hundreds of Believers
and members of the ISKON participated in this grand rath
yathra, which was conducted in true ISKON style with a
lot of grandeur. The leader of the group Sri. Ramanand
prabhu, Sri. Prema Bhakthadas, Sri. Jayakumar, Sri. Devadas
Rao, Sri. Sharath B. Kumar and other members of the ISKON
were present.
Inaugurated:
The New Mosque of the Badria Jumma Masjid, Bajal,
Nanthoor was inaugurated this past week. In this connection
a inter religious meet was held in the premises of the
mosque under the leadership of Sri. Veerappa Moily, Former
Chief Minister. On this occasion the people who actively
contributed to the construction of the mosque, irrespective
of caste or creed were felicitated.
Aids
Awareness programme: The students of Alva's education
foundation and Roshni Nilaya jointly organized an aids
awareness programme this past week at the district sub
jail. On this occasion the officials of the Family and
health department of the Government of Karnataka gave
useful inputs to the inmates of the jail as regards the
prevention of aids and the acceptance of the AIDS victims
in society. Speaking on the subject, Sri. Kurian of the
Alvas education foundation said that there needs to be
awareness among the people and a change in the outlook
of society as regards AIDS. He said that the weakness
of the mind and jilted thoughts of the people as regards
the opposite sex are the main reasons for the spread of
aids and that the only way of prevention of aids is through
self-control and abstinence. He called upon the people
to wake up from their lucid dreams before it was too late.
In his speech the Aids Nodal officer Sri. Ramachandra,
informed the inmates on the various methods through which
AIDS spreads and the ways to avoid being a victim of this
dreaded disease. On this occasion the Superintendent of
the Jail Sri. Lingaraju and other officials were present.
Protest
by officers of Vijaya Bank: The officers of the Vijaya
Bank protested against the frequent transfers and various
difficulties faced by them in conduct of their duties
this past week at the central office of the Vijaya Bank,
at Jyothi circle under the leadership of the Vijaya Bank
officers association. The General secretary of the Vijaya
Bank officers association Sri. Shivaram Alva and others
were present.
Star
TV: The star TV group has increased the subscription
rates of its channels and in order to prevent an additional
burden on the viewers in the form of higher subscription
the DK cable operators association has blocked the telecast
of all the STAR TV channels in Mangalore. Negotiations
are on and it is expected that this problem will be solved
within a few days and hence the views have been requested
to bear with THE DK cable operators association with patience.
This was announced by. Sri. Godwin Pinto chairman of the
DK cable operators association at a press conference held
this past week. Sri. Vishwas Kumar Das, the president,
Sri. Brahmanand Kandloor director of CC India and others
were present.
The
Indian Liberal Group, Karnataka held a seminar to discuss
the various problems faced by the country under the title
"Downsizing government, de-monopolization, privatization,
dis investment and Public good" this past week at the
Hotel Woodlands. Dr. T. H. Chaudary, technical consultant,
Andhra Pradesh Information department, conducted it. On
this occasion the president of ILG Sri. G. Giridhar Prabhu,
Dr. G. R. Krishna and others were present.
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