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Social movements not
popular- Mayor:
City Mayor B K Prakash has expressed concern over the
continued negligence of the exploited sections, which have
been deprived of their rights. He was speaking after
inaugurating a five-day works hop on the challenges faced
by social movements in the present scenario. The Karnataka
Dalit Christian Federation organized the workshop. Prakash
said that of late, movements launched for fundamental
rights and social justice, have not inspired the support
expected.
Tribal forum
seeks Chief Minister's help to get rightful land:
A tribal forum has urged Chief Minister S M Krishna to
direct the Deputy Commissioner to implement an
eight-year-old Government Order regarding distribution of
land to primitive tribes. The forum further urged the
Chief Minister, Revenue Minister and Social Welfare
Minister to personally supervise the distribution of land
to all the 130 Jenukuruba families. DEED director Srikanth
said the Government, at the mini-Cabinet meet held on
April 4, had decided to allot 260 acres of land in
Dasanapura Hanagodu hobli to 130 Jenukuruba primitive
tribal families. These tribals were displaced from
Nagarahole national Park from the forests belonging to
Hunsur taluk based on the recommendations of the then
Deputy Commissioner in 1994-95.
Govt employees
rendered "powerless" as PWD fails to submit
their bills:
State Govt. employees have been in the dark for the past
ten days with the PWD Building Division refusing to part
with the power tariff collected from residents to KPTCL.
Residents of Government apartments, which houses 33
families, have been having a harrowing experience for the
second time in recent times. Kalamandira Apartments, which
comes under the PWD Building Department, had divided the
rental system on three different schemes. Those whose
power connections have been disconnected are residents who
pay Rs 40 per day as rent.
Monsoons keep
Mysore Corp. on its toes:
City Corporation authorities face a harrowing times every
year when the moons set in with lack of a proper drainage
system, many areas of the City, particularly the low-lying
ones are inundated with water. It may be recalled that the
City which had proper drain system to harvest rainwater
and which was connected to all major lakes, now stands
encroached. Within the City into stretches of land has
also added to the woes of the residents. Corporation
authorities seem to be on their toes ever since the
showers began. The badly planned drainage system and
overflowing drains are a common sight here.
Triveni to step
up gear boxes export:
The Mysore unit of the Triveni group of industries is
expected to meet the export demand for its turbine gearbox
from Bangladesh, posting a 10 per cent export growth.
According to the company management, Triveni group, with
Rs 650 crore turnovers is poised for a 40 per cent growth
as far as its Mysore unit was concerned. The unit has been
exporting the product to countries like US, Germany,
Holland, Singapore, Malaysia and the Middle East apart
from meeting the domestic demand.
Injured tiger in
Mysore zoo kicks up controversy:
Masthi, the injured tiger in Mysore zoo, has become the
subject of a debate, which is likely to touch the raw
nerve of many animal lovers. The fact that the
eight-year-old animal has refused to co-operate with
doctors and is repeatedly tearing open the operated part
of its limb has made many citizens wonder whether the
feline, which ruled the jungles, has to struggle to
survive in a cage. In fact, doctors who performed the
surgery on Masthi feel that saving the injured tiger was a
"pointless" exercise. They have not been openly
recommending mercy killing as this would stir up a lot of
negative sentiments among the public.
Three food Parks
allotted for State yet to take off:
The three Food Parks sanctioned by the Centre have failed
to take off, said Minister for Food Processing Industries,
Chamanlal Gupta. He told media persons here on Thursday
that the Union Government had sanctioned one park each at
Malur, Bagalkot and Jewarigi. Funds for the initial phase
have already been sanctioned, he said. The State
government has demanded three more Parks. However, even
the sanctioned three "have not taken off", he
said. Gupta noted that the parks in Cochin, Nagpur and
Madurai were functioning well.
Registrar's
services withdrawn:
The State Government has withdrawn the services of Mysore
University Registrar KSN Chikkerur from the education
department. A notification to this effect, signed by the
Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms under
secretary to the Government B V Kumaraswamy, has been
passed with immediate effect. It is learnt that the
Government has withdrawn the services of Chikkerur
following differences between him and Vice-Chancellor S N
Hegde. Hegde will appoint one of the Deans has adhoc
Registrar.
Brindavan
Extension murder- Former neighbour among five youths held:
The City police have arrested five youths in connection
with the murder of an aged woman, Gauri Raghavan. The
arrested includes a friend of the family. It may be
recalled that Gauri was smothered with a pillow at
residence in Brindavan Extension where she was staying
alone. Police had recovered valuables including gold
ornaments and an expensive camera worth Rs 1 lakh. The
police gained a breakthrough after interrogating Manja,
who knew the victim.
Local sculptor
Channapaachary gets a pat:
B N Channapachary, popularly called Swarna Shilpi, has
been selected for the Rotary Kala Pratishthana Award for
2002. Mattur Krishnamurthy at Rotary High School will
present the award on Thursday. Channapaachary, who hails
from Bilikere village, has helped beautiful temples and
the idols of gods and goddess in and around Mysore. His
father, Narayanchar, who was a famous sculptor, trained
him. Narayanachar, who was known to sculpt big figures of
gods and goddess, was introduced to sculptor of Mysore
Palace, Singannachar. Narayanachar has done most of the
silver and gold work in temple around Mysore.
Correspondent
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