01-11-2020 The Asian Independent

26 01-11-2020 to 15-11-2020 WORLD
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Tired my best to provide water
in Tumkur : Deve Gowda
Sira : Janata Dal (S) supremo
H.D. Deve Gowda on
Saturday sought to clarify that
neither he nor his party ever
tried to prevent water from
Hemavati being diverted to
Tumkuru district.
The Hemavati reservoir is
built in Hassan district, which
is a bastion of the Gowda family,
and Tumkuru being the tailend
beneficiary of this project
never got its due. Hence, there
is always great degree of apprehension
among the Tumkuru
electorate about Gowda and his
family being involved in
thwarting this project to benefit
the Hassan electorate.
Keeping this in mind just
three days prior to the bypolls
in Sira, Deve Gowda attacked
his former party colleague and
Leader of Opposition
Siddaramaiah, asserting that
there has always been a ploy
against him and his party by
some people who later joined
the Congress to become the
Chief Minister.
"It is a known fact that
Hemavati river water will not
reach here. Despite best efforts,
it won't reach. That is the reason
why the H.D.
Kumaraswamy-led coalition
government envisaged the
Upper Bhadra project, which
can quench the thirst of parched
areas of Tumkuru. But none
wants to remember this, instead
they only want to highlight
Hemavati," he alleged.
Deve Gowda further said
that he and his family members
were not the ones who were
stopping water from coming to
the people, but the national parties
were the real culprits.
"Our own friends who were
with us before joining other
parties in search of greener pastures
are fanning such misleading
campaigns. I leave it to you
to decide, whom to believe and
whom not to," he said while
seeking votes in Sira in favour
of Ammajamma, the widow of
Sathyanarayana, who succumbed
to prolonged illness
two months ago.
Meanwhile, former
Karnataka Pradesh Congress
Committee President G.
Parameshwara during his campaign
rally asked the electorate
to vote in favour of Congress
candidate T.B. Jayachandra.
"Do not forget, Jayachandra
is the one who ensured that
tanks in Sira are filled to their
brim whenever he was in
power. Outsiders never used to
give their daughters for marriage
to the people of Sira for
the fear of non-availability of
water. Jayachandra has worked
hard to ensure water for all of
you, so vote for him," he said.
The Sira constituency in
Tumkuru is going to the polls
on November 3, along with
Rajarajeshwari Nagara in
Bengaluru.
All AP higher educational
institutions to REOPEN
from MONDAY
Amravati : All higher educational institutions, universities and
affiliated colleges, across Andhra Pradesh will reopen from
Monday. Unlike alternate half days for schools, colleges will function
on all six days of the week, said an official.
"A new academic calendar for non-professional courses, professional
courses and post-graduate programmes was released,"
said an official. However, classes for first year professional and
non-professional undergraduate courses will commence from
December 1.
After a gap of five months, educational institutions in the southern
state are reopening, following all standard operating procedures
aimed at warding off the Coronavirus pandemic.
Telangana Raj Bhavan
lit in pink for breast
cancer awareness
Hyderabad : Telangana's Raj
Bhavan, the official residence of
Governor, has been illuminated in
pink lights to raise awareness on
breast cancer on Saturday.
The Raj Bhavan's facade and
entrance gate are aglow in pink.
Usha Lakshmi Breast Cancer
Foundation, which actively promotes
breast health and safety
arranged the lighting with permission
from Governor Tamilisai
Soundararajan. The permission
was granted to the foundation
during an online breast cancer
awareness meeting.
Soundararajan emphasised on
early detection and treatment of
breast cancer to save thousands of
precious lives and even posed for
pictures in the pink light.
"Early detection is vital in
effective cancer treatment and
survival. We must all strive for
the promotion of better awareness
on breast cancer on a regular
basis," she added. P. Raghu Ram,
founder and chief executive of
the foundation said that this was
the first time ever to illuminate a
Raj Bhavan in pink to raise
awareness. October is observed
as the International Breast Cancer
Awareness month.