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DCC protests against
apex court verdict on Cauvery water:
The District Congress Committee organized a huge protest
rally against the Supreme Court verdict over the release
of 1.25 tmc of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu. The
procession started from the DCC office. The processionists
burnt the effigy of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalitha
at N R Circle in protest against her statement about Sonia
Gandhi. They submitted a memorandum to the Central
Government through the Deputy Commissioner. A Dodde Gowda,
B Shivaramu, G. V. Siddappa, MLAs, former MLAs Mallesh and
A T Ramaswamy, K M Raje Gowda, former president of the DCC,
C V Rajappa, KPCC general secretary and others spoke at
the public meeting in the premises of the Deputy
Commissioner's office.
MLA clarifies on
Ashraya sites:
Taluk congress committee president at Arkalgud and the
MLA there are indulging in allegations and
counter-allegations against each other through the media.
Taluk Congress president Janaradhana Gupta alleged that
MLA A Manju has attempted to build houses sanctioned by
the KSCB on the sites reserved for the construction of
Ashraya houses. The Ashraya committee had purchased eight
acres, but the MLA has attempted to construct houses for
the KSCB on the Ashraya land. He said. MLA Manju clarified
that four acres of Ashraya land was given to the KSCB,
which had sanctioned 162 houses for Arkalagud and decided
to commence the construction of 50 houses on the Ashraya
land. This scheme was prepared in 2000, Manju said.
JD (S) rally against
release of Cauvery waters to TN:
The people of Karnataka should raise their voice
against the judgment given by the Cauvery River Water
Authority headed by the Prime Minister, said H K
Javaregowda, Rajya Sabha member. Addressing a huge public
meeting organized by the JD (S) in the Deputy
Commissioner's office premises against the Cauvery
Authority judgment, he said it reflected the inefficiency
of the state Government, which has not supplied the
correct statistics for getting justice in the Supreme
court. It is now the duty of the people to show that the
courts are not above the people and nation, he claimed.
Rs 1 lakh to each dry
village:
H K Javaregowda, Rajya Sabha member, has promised Rs 1
lakh to each village if the people there kept their oath
to give up alcohol forever. He was speaking to the
villagers of Chagachagere in Arsikere taluk, who urged the
MP to use his influence to remove the unauthorized arrack
shops in their village. He said he would provide Rs 1 lakh
from his grant to each village to take up any useful work
in the village if the villagers kept their promise. Patel
Shivaram, district JD (S) president and N. S.
Manjunathadatta, president of the State Kisan wing of the
JD (S), were present. The villagers submitted a memorandum
to the DC and SP requesting them to remove the arrack
shops from their villages.
Ryots to take over
reservoirs:
The Ryot Sangha will take up the management of all the
reservoirs in the State since the government had failed to
protect the interests of the ryots, declared Prof M. D.
Nanjundaswamy, president, KRRS. He told media persons here
on Wednesday that the ryots had already taken over the
Kabini reservoir and the others will also be taken over.
Earlier, the State Cabinet had taken a decision not to
release water to Tamil Nadu from any reservoirs and had
communicated the same to the Supreme Court and the river
tribunal, but it had gone against its decision and was now
facing a crucial situation, he said. Chief Minister S M
Krishna, without understanding the consequences, had
expressed his happiness over the decision of releasing
9000 cusecs of water daily when there is no water even for
drinking in many cities and towns depending on these
reservoirs, he said.
Farmers to sell neera:
The State Government is deliberately delaying framing
the neera selling rules and regulations, hence the Ryot
Sangha has decided to start selling neera under its brand
name from October 2 all over the State, Prof Nanjundaswamy
declared. We had already commenced the sale of neera at
Hospet, he said. District president Hakkigoodu
Hanumanthappa, State general secretary kodihalli
Chandrasheker and others were present.
Two sentenced for
assault:
Hemavathi, additional judge, has sentenced Somashekhar
and Range Gowda to pay a fine of Rs 1500 each since the
charge against them has been proved. According to the
prosecution, they had attacked Savithramma Thimme Gowda
Basvanahalli in Dudda hobli on June 30, 1999 and
threatened to murder her over a land dispute. K Puttaraj
pleaded on behalf of the Government.
Minister to discuss
coffee crisis:
Union Finance Minister Jaswanth Singh, Defense
Minister George Fernandez and Urban Development Minister
Ananth Kumar will be participating in the discussions with
the coffee growers at Chikmagalur on September 16, said
Atthikate Jagannath, president, Karnataka Coffee Growers
Federation. They will discuss the coffee crisis in the
State for the last several years and find means to ease
the tension.
Forest and wood
science demonstration:
Forest preservation is the responsibility of each and
every citizen, observed H. G. Ramesh, district and session
judge, on Friday. Inaugurating the demonstration on forest
and wood science under the auspices of the Institute of
Forest and Wood Science Technology, Bangalore, at Parisara
Mahiti Kendra, Gendekatte, about seven km from here, he
said the Forest officers should educate the farmers who
are hesitating to grow trees in their lands due to
stringent rules. Unless the Farmers are trained and
offered incentives to grow trees the forestation goal
could not be achieved, he declared. There is the social
forestry department to develop the forest wealth, but the
achievement has been modest in the absence of people's
participation, Ramesh pointed out.
Correspondent
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