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CITY HILIGHTS Vol 1, Issue 266 ` 2.00/- www.ibcworldnews.com www.cityhilights.news Friday, October 14, 2016 English Daily 2 STATE Thieves attempt to enter Vijaya Bank’s strong room Mangaluru: Some unidentified thieves entered Vijaya bank, Baikampady branch on one of the last five days by breaking the iron window from behind. They failed to break the strong room and hence went empty handed, it is gathered. As the bank was closed for 5 days due to festive holidays, the theft attempt was only discovered on Thursday, October 13, when the bank employees entered the premises. It is said that the thieves also broke the CCTV system. Panambur police visited the spot with fingerprint experts and have registered case. One dead, two injured as KSRTC bus hits car Hassan: A woman died and two others, including a twoyear-old baby, were injured when the car they were travelling in was hit by a KSRTC bus near Hodedakatte village in Arakalgudu taluk on Wednesday evening. The deceased has been identified as Parvathy (50), native of Konanuru village in Arakalgudu taluk. She was travelling with her grandson and a driver. The KS- RTC bus, heading to Madikeri from Bengaluru, ran into an agriculture field after hitting the car. The injured have been admitted to a hospital in Hassan. Four killed in accident Belagavi: Four members of a family, including two children, were killed on the spot in an accident near Desur on Khanapur Road, under Belagavi rural police station limits on Tuesday night. Fakeerappa Rama Kuri (27), his wife Ganggavva (22), and their daughters, Manikantha (2) and Radhika (1), residents of Vadagaon in the city were headed to Kakkeri village of Khanapur taluk on a motorcycle. They were going to visit Sree Bhishta Devi temple on the occasion of Dasara when they were killed on the spot after a head-on collision with a speeding jeep coming from Dandeli. Senior police officials and ambulance shifted the bodies to the district government hospital. A case has been registered and further investigation is on. Three children drown in tank Vijayapura: Three children drowned in the farm tank in Bijjaragi village in vijayapura taluk on Wednesday. The deceased have been identified as Anand (10), Adi (5) and Bhagawwa (6). While first two were reported to be the children of Ravi Talwar, a native of the village, the girl was their neighbour. According to reports all three children, who were at the farmhouse, went fetch water from the farm tank but fell accidently. The family later found the children’s body which was later fished out. Tikota police has registered the case. Meanwhile the family is inconsolable after losing their children. Dear Readers... City Hilights invites you to send in your suggestions, articles, photos, stories and ideas. We will publish them for you. This is your platform. Voice your opinion. Showcase your talent. Your suggestions are valuable to us. info@ibcworldnews.com I am confident of Mahadayi meeting’s success: Siddaramaiah Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said that he was confident of the success of the meeting on Mahadayi river water scheduled for October 21 in Mumbai. Speaking with media persons after releasing the special issue of Vartha Bharathi, a Kannada daily, on the occasion of its 14th anniversary at Krishna in Bengaluru, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Mahadayi Water Tribunal had advised the three states to resolve the water dispute through negotiations. “I contacted Chief Minister of Goa and Maharashtra over the phone to arrange a meeting for this purpose. I had made it clear that I am ready to attend the meeting irrespective of who organizes it (Maharashtra or Goa). Now, Maharashtra Chief Minister has come forward to organize the meeting. I have convened an all-party meeting on October 19 to get suggestions and opinion from all political parties,’’ Siddaramaiah said. When asked about Goa Congress leader’s statement that Goa would not release a drop of Mahadayi river water to Karnataka, the chief minister said that he decided to attend the meeting as per the advice of Mahadayi Water Tribunal. “The chief ministers of Goa and Maharashtra will attend the meeting after availing the suggestions and opinions of all political parties of the respective states. Therefore, we need not give too much importance to the statement of a particular leader. It will be the Hassan MLA Prakash accuses minister of harassing his brother Hassan: H.S. Prakash, legislator from Hassan, has accused Minister for Animal Husbandry A. Manju of harassing his brother and forcing him to take voluntary retirement as Assistant Director of the Department of Animal Husbandry. The MLA has also released an audio clip of the minister’s telephone conversation with the officer. MLA Prakash’s younger brother Dr. H.S.Mohan Das took voluntary retirement earlier this year. Addressing the media on Thursday, Prakash said Manju, who is also minister in-charge of Hassan district, had telephoned his brother Mohan Das on January 7 this year and told him that he had received a complaint against him and based on that he would get him transferred to a distant place. The minister in his conversation alleged that my brother had taken a bribe from someone and claimed he had photographs to prove his allegation. If he had received any complaint against my brother, who is a government official, he should have ordered an inquiry. But, instead, he threatened him with transfer. Fed up with the development, my brother took voluntary retirement from the service, though he had one-and-half-a-years of service left, Prakash said. The MLA alleged that the minister targeted his brother for political reasons. There was no need of threatening him with transfer. “This is purely for political reasons. I did not want to share this all with the media all these days. However, recently, the minister shifted the veterinary polyclinic set up in Hassan to Arakalgud, his constituency. This move prompted me to bring out the past incident,” he added. Further, he said the minister could order an inquiry into the allegation against his brother. “Let him order for an inquiry if he was found guilty let his pension benefits be withdrawn,” he challenged. Former minister Srinivas Prasad to quit Congress, criticizes Siddaramaiah Mysuru: Former state minister and veteran Congress leader, Srinivas Prasad, has decided to quit his assembly seat as well as the primary membership of Congress on October 17. The senior most Dalit leader from the state, who represents Nanjangud constituency in the state assembly, made this announcement at a press conference held at Nanjangud on Wednesday October 12. He said that he has decided to leave Congress, having been frustrated at the conspiracy-driven politics being played by chief minister, Siddaramaiah. “Since young, I have maintained self-respect in political field. Siddaramaiah has delivered a blow to my self-respect. I had planned to resign during last month, but postponed it in view of Cauvery dispute. Congress does not seem to be in need of honest politicians like me. Congress is suffering under the grip of a handful of people here, and Siddaramaiah perhaps had to sacrifice my interests to carve out a future for Mallikarjun Kharge’s son,” he quipped. Although both JDS and BJP have begun efforts to woo Prasad, as per information, Prasad is considering the option of fighting the election as an independent candidate, and choose a political party after the victory. Still, both JDS state president, H D Kumaraswamy, and BJP state president, B S Chief Minister Siddaramaiah releasing the special issue of Vartha Bharathi, a Kannada daily, on the occasion of its 14th anniversary at Krishna on Thursday. Minister for Bengaluru Development K J George and others are seen on the occasion. first meeting. We want to have a comprehensive discussion on all issues during the meeting,’’ the chief minister said. On the issue of state BJP leaders meeting Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, the chief minister said Mahadayi water dispute is between Karnataka and Goa and it would be better to discuss with the chief minister of Goa. “I am of the opinion that there is no need for any controversy at this stage. I want the proposed meeting Yeddyurappa, have got in touch with local leaders to discuss possibility of convincing the veteran to join their respective parties. As soon as his decision to leave assembly and the Congress came to be known, BJP leaders got in touch with him and invited him to join their party on the day retired IAS officer, Shivaram, is scheduled to join it. JDS also offered to admit him in a huge rally that would be held in the city for the purpose, and offered a position of responsibility if he opted to join their party. However, when a JDS leader recently met him, he reportedly told him that he wants to prove his might by fighting the bypoll independently as he felt he has suffered reverses within his own community. He feels that the coming election will be the litmus test for his popularity in the region. If Prasad decides to fight independently, both JDS and BJP might extend support from outside, without fielding their candidates, it is being analyzed. successful,’’ he said. He said the hearing of the special leave petition (SLP) on Cauvery is scheduled for October 18 in the Supreme Court. “Legal experts and officials of water resources department are busy in preparing the necessary documents,’’ he said. He has assured to look into the objections and suggestions from the public on the proposed steel flyover between Basaveshwara Circle and Hebbal. Huge turnout at Muharram procession Bengaluru: People turned out in large numbers at several places in Bengaluru for the annual Yaum-e-Ashura Juloos, the procession on the 10th day of Muharram when Muslims mourn Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad and his family who were martyred on this day. Dressed in black, the mourners began the procession at Masjid-e-Askari, Johnson Market and other places and moved towards the Persian Shia cemetery. In unison, the crowd called out Hussain’s name as men and young boys gathered at the centre of the procession, were beating their chests to the sound of drums. As women and onlookers watched, the men took out chains with blades and knives attached to them and whipped their backs with it. Scars from previous years were visible on the backs of many. Even young boys took part in the ritual, onlookers said. Abbas Khaleeli, a student explained that the Zanjeer ka matam, as it is known, is performed so that we feel the pain Hussain and his family went through in the Battle of Karbala. This battle was fought with Yazid, who was propagating anti-Islamic practices, he said. Zaki Khaleeli, a consultant, and his family refrain from all forms of entertainment during the first 13 days of Muharram. We do not have any parties and we listen to sermons more often. We had a death in our family recently but we did not have the usual mourning period or have a funeral ceremony because the mourning of Muharram precedes all else, he added. Families have congregations in their homes calling people from the community to gather and pray in their homes. “It is said that the spirit of the martyrs will come to your home if you have a congregation. Food is offered to the people who come,” Khaleeli added. There was an atmosphere of grief as poems about the sacrifice of Hussain and the sufferings of his family were recited. Banners with sayings condemning terrorism were also put up. The police monitored the crowd to ensure that no untoward incident took place and, ambulances were on standby to ensure medical aid to those in need. Volunteers handed out packets of water to the participants. Water was sprayed to provide relief to the participants and to clean the blood on the path. Kidnapped boy rescued in Hubballi Hubballi: An eleven-yearboy from Mumbai, who allegedly escaped from the clutches of kidnappers, was rescued by the railway police in Hubballi. According to the police, the boy who identified himself as Abhay, told the police that he was from Bhaskar Nagar in Mumbai. In a statement given by the boy to the railway police officials, he was reportedly was kidnapped by four masked men from his place on October 10 and claimed to be drugged by them. After regaining consciousness, he said he managed to escape and came to Hubballi railway station. The incident came to light after the railway police questioned Abhay, who was found loitering at the railway station. After preliminary investigations, the railway police are now making efforts to contact Abhay’s parents in Mumbai. Meanwhile, Abhay is now under the custody of Bala Mandir in Hubballi. Further investigation is on, the police sources said. Yettinahole project- Centre permits to cut down trees Mangaluru: The department of forest and environment has given its clearance to cut down 4,995 trees and 1,332 bamboo groves spread over 14 acres of forest in Sakleshpur, Hassan district, for the much talked Yethinahole Project. Thus decks have been cleared for the project to move ahead. The trees and groves so cut have been ordered by the state government to be stocked in the timber yard at Hassan. The actual measurement of timber and firewood so got need to be got certified by deputy forest conservator before shifting them to the timber yard. The Yettinahole project, which proposes to provide drinking water to Kolar, Chikkamagaluru, and Bengaluru urban districts has not go down well with the people of western ghat region. Subsequently, it attracted various organizations to go on agitation across the region. Hence, the project was facing stumbling block in the form of non-clearance of the state’s proposals to clear forest areas. There were allegations that scores of trees were cut down Shifting of veterinary polyclinic opposed Jilted lover commits suicide in Koppal Koppal: A jilted lover committed suicide outside the girl’s residence at Munirabad in Koppal taluk, after she turned down his marriage proposal. The deceased has been identified as Kiran kumar of Jeerhal Kalgudi of Gangavati taluk, who was studying in college in Hubballi city. According to the police, Kiran kumar had reportedly left behind a video death note recorded on his mobile in Telugu, before taking the extreme step. Kirankumar and the girl were reportedly had without obtaining prior approval of the ministry of environment. There are a few cases against the project before National Green Tribunal. The state had given an undertaking to the tribunal not to cut down trees without getting clearance from central government. The tribunal is likely to issue its final orders relates disputes raised shortly. The forest ministry however, when approving the proposal of Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd to clear the forest in around 14 acres of forest, has placed conditions that the area should continue to remain under forest department after project execution, steps should be taken to hand over land that is equal in size to forest department where forest should be grown, after completing works, about 40 hectares of land considered as dumping area should be restored and developed as forest after completion of works, water should be pumped only between June 15 and October 31 every year, etc. A total of 53 conditions have been set out by the department, it is gathered. Hassan: legislator from Hassan, H.S.Prakash and former MLC Patel Shivaram have opposed the State Government’s move to shift veterinary polyclinic from Hassan to Arakalgud, the assembly constituency represented by A. Manju, Minister for Animal Husbandry and minister in-charge of Hassan district. The government had issued an order to this effect earlier this month. In a press joint press meet, both the leaders opposed the government’s move. Meanwhile, Prakash said the minister shifted the polyclinic to his constituency for political reasons. “Polyclinic is required in Hassan as it is district centre. Being a Minister of Animal Husbandry he should have got a polyclinic allotted to his constituency, instead of shifting the clinic already set up in Hassan,” Prakash said. Shivaram alleged that the minister in-charge of the district was engaged in petty politics. “If our party also wanted to do politics over development works our leaders would have taken government medical college to Holenarasipur. We did not indulge in petty politics,” he said. a love affair for the past three years and were living together. When the girl’s parents found out about the affair, they decided to get her married and began searching for a suitable match, police said. Meanwhile, Kirankumar, got to know of this, went to her house, and vented his anger over the issue. The girl’s parents and the girl as well reportedly have turned down his marriage proposal, following which Kirankumar allegedly committed suicide by consuming poison.
CITY HILIGHTS Vol 1, Issue 266 ` 2.00/- Friday, October 14, 2016 www.ibcworldnews.com www.cityhilights.news English Daily 3 CITY Gang stabs man to death in Bengaluru A 25-year-old man was stabbed by an armed gang in Devamachohalli village on Wednesday evening. The victim, Naveen Kumar, was playing volleyball at a playground in the area when, around 5.30 p.m., a gang of 10-12 people on bikes arrived, stabbed him and fled. “According to eyewitnesses, there was no altercation. The gang members arrived on the spot stabbed the victim and rode away on their bikes. The killing is suspected to be motivated by a personal rivalry,” a source in the police has said. The Taverekere police have registered a case and are investigating. 150 million Indians have mental health issues: Survey A nation-wide study by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru found that nearly 150 million Indians are in need of active intervention to treat mental health disorders. The findings were released on Monday on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, under the guidance of the Union Ministry of Family Health and Welfare. They show that a shocking 70 per cent of the population in need of mental healthcare is not getting any kind of help. The study — National Mental Health Survey — found that 13.7 per cent of Indians are in need of active intervention for one or more mental health issues. Primary data for the survey was collected from 12 States with a sample size of 34,802 adults and 1,191 adolescents. A pilot study was carried out in Kolar in Karnataka from January to November 2014 Artists bring MG Road metro station alive Namma metro, Bengaluru’s urban railway transport line has turned into an artist’s canvas. Renonwed artists and students from the Srishti School of Design are using the walls of the metro station on MG road to create designs and installations that will help develop a sense of community ownership. The artists are looking at building a new image, that of a new ‘Brand Bengaluru.’ The artists have brought the station alive through their murals, installations and art work. The group is led by Arzu Mistry, who is one of the faculty members at Srishti, and has been involved in this artistic engagement with Namma metro for a couple years now. Dear Readers... City Hilights invites you to send in your suggestions, articles, photos, stories and ideas. We will publish them for you. This is your platform. Voice your opinion. Showcase your talent. Your suggestions are valuable to us. info@ibcworldnews.com For Advertisements contact: 080-2210 5300 9845172646 adv@ibcworldnews.com www.ibcworldnews.com A man with many achievements Meet Dr. K S Rangappa, who envisaged the future of the erstwhile University of Mysore for which he has successfully created the required platform. Credited with number of achievements stapled with patents and innovative research papers, Rangappa spoke extensively to Nadia S Ranganathan, Reporter with CityHilights, on his achievements. Can you elaborate on your achievements? There are many who achieved more than I did. I am a hardworker in simple words, I come from a very poor family background I had no other past time other than reading, and my hobby was to only read but I never dreamt of all this, never not once did I have the slightest clue. The interest was created when I was in my B.Sc and after M.Sc, all I wanted was a job so that I can support my family. I used to earn Rs 400 and hardly spend about Rs100 and the rest used to go to my family. I was very hard working I wasn’t limited under working hours or anything of that sort. To me my work never felt like work it was pure passion. And you know hard work never fails. Many of my well wishers told me to continue my studies. After M.Sc I earned a scholarship and did my research. Before getting my Ph.D degree I got my post doctorate offer in Canada and from that day I haven’t looked back. Canada was my first exposure and it had entirely changed me, it was my stepping stone. The University of Saskatchewan, in Canada had inspired me to stay in the research field. I have 10 countries working with me out of which very recently one Israel academy has awarded me one the best in the field. My interest is to work for the molecules that are good at treating cancer, Alzheimer and Diabetes. I have 10 patents in the area of drug and scoring program. Infact my group has synthesized more that 5,000 molecules. A major credit goes to them for their hard work. The Japan society for promotional science has awarded me 5 awards from their university. I also have a collaboration with Cambridge University, UK I have published 20 papers with them. I have travel quite a bit and that’s how I was able to publish all these papers. I have collaborate with JNCASR (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research) for research I have 2-3 patents who are working with me towards cervical cancer out of 5,000 only 10 molecules have been prominent as of now. You can’t preserve these molecules just because they are good you have to put them into use. The molecules will be taken to clinical trial and the results will know. I work for chemotherapeutics as my background is chemistry. I always look in for chemistry. Why did you take up chemistry? Was there any particular reason for this? Personally, chemistry is the best subject. I wasn’t a very bright child I used to score around 70% to 75%. But my teachers used to encourage me a lot. I studied at Sharada Vilas College, Mysuru. My foundation is strong thanks to all of them, and I was drawn towards the subject. After my M.Sc and Ph.D my exposure to the subject was more hence I selected this field and I wanted to give back the knowledge that I had gained with whatever resources I have. You have been the Vice Chancellor for University of Mysore since January 2013 what are the changes you have BGS Global Hospitals successfully performs complex revision hip replacement surgery Dr. KS Rangappa, Vice Chancellor, University of Mysore Bengaluru: The hospital giant BGS Global Hospitals, super specialty quaternary care center, successfully performed a complex revision hip replacement surgery, benefitting the quality of life of a 52 year old woman from Kenya. The surgery was led by Dr. Basavaraj C.M and Dr. Santosh Hakkalamani. Margaret Wanjiru, aged 52, was born with a dislocated hip joint. She underwent multiple correction surgeries through the years. In 1997, she underwent a primary hip replacement surgery which was met with a few hurdles. She had to go into surgery 4 times resulting in complete bed rest for 5 full months. The surgery did not solve the issue at hand, causing limping and discomfort. In 2007, she met with a road accident that caused a fracture adjacent to the replaced hip. This was eventually fixed, though it left her in extreme pain, thereby affecting her ability to walk freely. At this point, Margaret decided to go in for a revision surgery and enquired a, a few medical facilities in the UK and US. Quoting the high cost of surgeries in these countries, Margaret reached out to BGS Global Hospital in Bangalore. Her research suggested that BGS Global Hospital carried out these surgeries at a fraction of the cost while not compromising on the quality of care or the quality of implants used in the surgery. The patient presented with severe damage to the bone in the hip socket. She was short by 2 inches in one leg, causing a prominent limp. She was experiencing extreme pain and was regularly on painkillers to manage it. The team at BGS Global Hospital, led by Dr. Basavaraj C.M, successfully completed the revision surgery, by reconstructing the missing bone, using prosthesis made of a tantalum element, that has the advantage of being 80% porous, ceramic hip bearing and techniques such as allograft. With a well defined surgical plan, they were able to tackle the core issue as well as the short limb. The patient is now completely pain free and she has now regained her limb length. Commenting on the case, Dr. Basavaraj C.M, Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon, BGS Global Hospital said, “Although Hip and Knee Joint Replacement surgery is very successful, there continues to be a need for Revision Joint Replacement Surgery in cases where the prosthesis has loosened, the bearing surfaces have worn, or a patient has sustained trauma with associated fracture adjacent to the hip or knee joint. These procedures can be quite involved and require experience in dealing with the complex issues that arise intra operatively.” brought in as the VC? I knew what I have to do for the university. I have been in this university for the last 30 years as a student, faculty and now the VC of this institution. Therefore, I know the requirement of the students and faculty. I have to give back what this university has given me. If you see the equipments and infrastructure, what I have given is the best. I make it a point that whenever I get the time I visit the lab. I prefer the laboratory more than this position. I would definitely rate my university the best. You are one of the leading chemists in the country. Can you tell us your plans? After retiring as the VC I will have my own area of interest. I will be independent. For now Madras University, National Institute of Singapore (NIS) and another Chinese professor would like to work on the cancer treating molecules in the area of Biotech. I haven’t accepted the offer yet. How different is the education system in the country when compared with other countries? In most of the countries, education is a serious issue; here it’s a little casual. We cannot improve BMTC plans to extend services till 1 am Bengaluru: To cope with the following the extension of nightlife deadlines and yielding to the demand for extension of bus services till late in the night, Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) is planning to operate buses till 1 am in the coming weeks. A senior official of BMTC has said that the corporation is planning to extend the late night services from Kempegowda Bus Station to Kadugodi, Anekal, Attibele, JP Nagar, BTM Layout, KR Puram, Yelahanka Satellite station, Peenya, Yeshwantpur, Kengeri, Jigani, Hoskote and other places. There are already 62 buses catering to these areas and recently, 10 more buses were added to the late night services, which is running till 11 pm as of now. BMTC is charging one-and-half times the bus fare for those buses catering to service after 10 pm. The official said, though the public commute till 1 am in areas like Majestic, Railway Station and Shivajinagar, there are no BMTC bus services. People arriving in the city late in the night and those returning home from offices are deprived of BMTC bus facilities and are forced to either travel by autorickshaws or cabs, the official added. There was a petition filed with Change. org wherein more than 98% of the 15,000 people who signed the petition voted for BMTC services to be run till 1 am. Recently, BMTC introduced night buses to certain areas - the last bus from Majestic to Chikkbanawara is at 11 pm, KR Market to Jalahalli Cross at 10.40 pm, Shivajinagar to Yelahanka at 10.20 pm, Yelahanka to Kengeri at 8.25 pm, Hebbal to Satellite Bus station at 9.15 pm, Jalahalli cross to Bommanahalli at 10.15 pm, Hebbal to KR Puram at 10.20 pm, Majestic to Nelamangala at 9.20 pm and Central Silk Board to Nelamangala at 8.15 pm. as a nation unless education is given importance. Foreign countries respect intelligence they respect any kind of job you do. That is why they are leading. Here in our country there is a lot of politics and that is why the talent of each individual isn’t channelized in the right direction. You have co-authored five books, how did that happen? It just happened and I lent my support and co-authored books since the past two years. Recently we have published book on organic chemistry. To be honest, it is very difficult to write books. Who inspired you? Whom would you thank? Earlier days my teachers encouraged me recommended me to read more books. They had a big hand in supporting me and encouraging me to aim higher. And none of them discouraged me. They used to force my father to send me to school and not the field. My mother was my primary support system. She used to quarrel with my father and make sure I was sent to school. Her support and blessings has brought me here. Centenary celebrations were organized on grand scale. People said you’re the right man at the right time at the right place for making that event happen. How do you react to this? University of Mysuru is a 100-year-old university. We had invited the president of India, Pranab Mukherjee andPrime MinisterNarendraModi to inaugurate the event. No university till now had 10 Nobel laureates invited, that’s the pride we hold. The then HRD Minister SmritiIrani was present at the event. For the next person who would be stepping into your shoes what will be your advice to him/her? I do not know whether he/she will listen to me or not but whoever comes has to do a better job than what I have done. If not then I atleast hope they do not spoil my university and the atmosphere. Jagadish Shettar demands govt to withdraw cases against Mahadayi agitators Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Jagadish Shettar on Thursday demanded the state government to withdraw cases against Mahadayi agitators without any preconditions. Speaking with media persons, Jagadish Shettar said the police have registered cases against the farmers for demanding the government to implement Kalasa Banduri project aimed for supplying drinking water to North Karantaka. “The innocent farmers are made to attend the court. I want the government to withdraw cases against such farmers immediately. The police have registered false cases against 187 farmers during the agitation. I want the state government to withdraw all these cases,’’ Jagadish Shettar said. He demanded the state government to make senior police officer Raghavendra Auradkar’s report public. It may be recalled the state government had directed Raghavendra Auradkar to probe police atrocities on farmers and villagers during Kalasa Banduri agitation and submit a report. He also demanded the state government to withdraw cases registered against Kannada activists for participating in protest during Cauvery crisis in Bengaluru. “The police have registered cases against innocent people and Kannada activists. I want the police to withdraw all these cases and the release those who are in the prison,’’ he said. BJP MLA Suresh Kumar writes letter to Siddramaiah Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA S Suresh Kumar on Thursday appealed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah not to go ahead with the proposed steel flyover between Basaveshwara Circle and Hebbal due to the strong opposition from public. Suresh Kumar, in a letter to the chief minister, said that any government should be sensitive, accountable, responsive and transparent but in this case, all these essential qualities of administration are conspicuously absent. “There are many reasons for the opposition of the proposed steel flyover. One of the reasons is that there has been no public hearing on this massive project involving nearly Rs 1800 crore. The other reason is that details of this project not made public. Many judgments of Supreme Court have ordered that public hearing is necessary on any public project involving a huge amount of money. In fact there are very easy alternative solutions to ease traffic on Bellary Road that has been studied by these concerned activists but their voice is not reaching the authorities because of the vested interests involved in building the steel flyover,’’ Suresh Kumar said.
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