The Congress on Monday staged a walkout in the Karnataka Assembly during the tabling of the budget for 2021-22 by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, prompting a strong reaction from the CM who claimed the country never had a history of opposition boycotting the budget. The Congress members had walked out of the House, claiming that the government in the state had no moral right
Goshala on land reserved for Indian Coast Guard Academy razed
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AAA After the district administration on Thursday razed a goshala (shelter for cattle) that operated on land earmarked for setting up the Indian Coast Guard Academy, the goshala owner alleged that the 250-odd cattle that were put up in the shelter were now stranded.
The Kapila Park Goshala had been operating for the past eight years on 19 cents of land in Kenjar, which is part of the 158 acres of land of the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board which has been earmarked for the proposed academy. Two months ago, a notice was issued to Prakash Shetty, the owner and trustee of the goshala, to vacate on the grounds that it was illegal. Around 250 cattle, including the native Kapila breed cattle, were at the goshala.
Indian Coast Guard’s Training Academy to come up on the same land
An illegal goshala on government land at Kenjar, on the outskirts of the city, will be shifted in a week to pave the way for establishing the Indian Coast Guard’s Training Academy, Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner K.V. Rajendra said here on Monday.
Speaking at the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DISHA) meeting, presided over by Member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel, Dr. Rajendra said the land earmarked for the academy belongs to the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) and a part of it is being illegally occupied by a person managing the shelter for cattle.
K taka s new sand mining policy allows extraction from 183 blocks
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Bengaluru, Feb 10 : In a bid to provide fillip to the construction activities across Karnataka, Mines and Geology Minister Murugesh R. Nirani on Wednesday said that under the new sand mining policy, 183 sand blocks have been identified where mining will be allowed across the state.
Nirani said that the new sand mining policy is aimed at ensuring easy availability of sand at lower prices.
After a meeting with the officials at Vikasa Soudha here, the Minister told the media that the department had fixed Rs 300 per tonne for extracting sand from gorge, streams and rivers.
India’s first Coast Guard Academy, proposed in Mangaluru, has run into a stumbling block. A gaushala sheltering 300 cows has refused to vacate riverfront space for the project, saying it will not come in the way of the institution.
Kapila Park Gaushala has reached out to MP and environmentalist Maneka Gandhi, and appealed to the BJP governments at the state and Centre to fulfil their commitment to protection of cattle. Coast Guard Academy has been planned on 158 acres of Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board land near Kenjar, at an approximate cost of Rs 1,000 crore.
Following Maneka’s intervention, Prakash Shetty, trustee of the gaushala, met deputy commissioner KV Rajendra on January 25 but no headway has been made. “We are looking at an amicable solution. We have given the park trustee an opportunity to propose a solution and are awaiting his response,” Rajendra said.