MDJA condemns ‘inhuman treatment’ of journalist Siddique Kappan
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The Mysuru District Journalists’ Association (MDJA) has condemned the “inhuman treatment” of Siddique Kappan, a journalist from Kerala, now in the custody of the Uttar Pradesh police in Mathura.
In a memorandum submitted to the Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru here on Monday, the MDJA said the journalist, who has been suffering from COVID-19, had been inhumanly chained to the hospital bed in Mathura since Wednesday, denying him even the basic right of going to the toilet. “Being chained, the journalist is not even able to eat food. With his health condition worsening, the MDJA urges the authorities to ensure that he is provided proper medical care and other measures needed to save his life,” the memorandum said.
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Mysuruis the second largest vaccinated district in the State with more than three lakh persons receiving the shots. An average 25,000 persons get the shots daily. Daily testing has also crossed the 6,000-mark with efforts to ramp up to 8,000 swab tests a day. The tracing of primary contacts has been activated by the war room.
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Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) held a consultative meeting with representatives of various organisations to elicit their opinion before starting the allotment process next month.
This interaction was held at Rani Bahadur Auditorium in Manasagangothri this morning in which MUDA Chairman H.V. Rajeev and Commissioner Dr. D.B. Natesh participated.
Dr. Natesh said in the last 50 years, as many as 625 CA sites had been allotted by MUDA of which 512 sites had been used for different purposes other than what they were specifically allotted for. This had defeated the very purpose of allotment of such sites for the benefit of citizens. When MUDA wanted to take back those sites, some of them moved the Courts questioning it. However, the MUDA will not spare them and will take back possession of those sites at any cost in the coming days, he said.