tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48360505042924627102024-02-20T08:13:59.351+05:30My-Karwar-4-UKarwar is a port town tucked between the sea on one side and the Western Ghats on the other, Karwar is an unexplored destination. An attempt is made to List the Tourism Potential and all the Good things that one can see and do and explore in Karwar.yogesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310938120922838943noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836050504292462710.post-75046293164435044182011-03-03T22:20:00.001+05:302011-03-09T10:52:56.571+05:30British Deputy High Commissioner to Karnataka -Richard Hyde to visit Karwar on March 7<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2b2b2b; font-family: Verdana;">British Deputy High Commissioner to Karnataka, Richard Hyde, will visit Karwar on March 7, according to a press release from the British Deputy High Commission, Bangalore. He will meet senior government officials and those well-known in media and business circles and prominent citizens in Uttara Kannada.<br />
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According to the release, he will hold discussions on regional issues, political and social aspects of Karwar in general and Uttara Kannada in particular. This is to improve his understanding of the region's social, economic, cultural and political trends and developments. Officials of the British Deputy High Commission in Bangalore have visited Karwar and completed the formalities. They met the Deputy Commissioner, Superintendent of Police and the zilla panchayat Chief Executive Officer of Uttara Kannada and held discussions about the visit of Mr. Hyde.</span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 15px;">Bangalore: The city now has a new British Deputy High Commission which was inaugurated by Governor H.R. Bhardwaj on Thursday. British Deputy High Commissioner Richard Hyde told press-persons here that Bangalore and Karnataka, more widely, have greatly increased in importance to the U.K. “We have retained a strong trade relationship, but we also now enjoy wider and deeper academic and cultural links. The political economy of Karnataka is of tremendous importance to the wider bilateral relationship, and the State is well represented in the Union Government. A key part of my role will be to engage with political leaders and commentators of every persuasion throughout the State,” he said.</div><div style="line-height: 15px;">The U.K. had recognised the importance of Bangalore long before the others and invested in developing a strong commercial relationship. “But the wider political economy, culture, academic, science and technology communities in Karnataka are the key to Britain’s relationship with India. In the coming months, the British Deputy High Commission will focus on engaging with these groups,” he added.</div><div style="line-height: 15px;"><a href="http://www.daijiworld.com/images1/daya_250309_brits1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://www.daijiworld.com/images1/daya_250309_brits1.jpg" width="165" /></a>About the High Commission’s Climate Change Programme in India, he said that the programme was focussed on promotion of a “low carbon, high growth” economy. “This includes supporting development and expansion of renewable energy, energy efficiency and enabling policies. We are assessing the feasibility of promotion of renewable energy in several States, including Karnataka. We hope to work with civil society organisations, think tanks and businesses to look at ways of using industrial innovation to mitigate the impact of climate change,” he said.</div><div style="line-height: 15px;">The British Deputy High Commission, he said, would organise more outreach events in cities across the State, including Belgaum, Hubli-Dharwad and Mangalore. “We will be holding a British event in Mangalore in October, the first of what I hope will be many outreach events,” he added.</div><div style="line-height: 15px;">Later, the Governor welcomed the opening of the new Deputy High Commission. “The relations between India and the United Kingdom are historic. We are similar on various counts. For example, our legal system and civil services are gifts of the British. We also speak the same language,” he said.</div><div style="line-height: 15px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;">Members of the fishermen community on Monday took out a huge procession in Karwar to protest against the construction of the Coast Guard office and helipad on Karwar beach. Fishermen under the banner of Harikantra Karvi Fisheries Co-operati<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">ve Society began their silent protest march from Mitra Samaj ground and culminated at deputy commissioner's office. The protesters also wore a black ribbon as a mark of protest. In a memorandum to the deputy commissioner, the fishermen said they have been conducting traditional fishing activities for generations at the Karwar beach. Apart from fishing activities, the beach is used to park boats and store their nets. Most of the fishermen use the beach to dry their fish before selling it, they said. They said some vested interests were creating one problem or the other to the community by bringing new projects to the beaches and opposed the move of the district administration, which had sanctioned a part of the beach land to some private companies and the Coast Guard. The memorandum cited the report of Swaminathan Committee which had demanded the strict enforcement of the CRZ rules. Even the Supreme Court in its judgment in 2000, had directed the government to provide protection to the people who live in forests and near the sea and beaches and on the banks of the rivers, thereby protecting the bio-diversity and natural resources. The fishermen `alleged' that by handing over 16 acres of the beach to the Coast Guard, the fishermen community will be left in the lurch. The Coast Guard has put up the boards on the beach prohibiting the entry of the people on the land and has violated the fundamental rights of the fishermen, the memorandum said. Deputy commissioner B N Krishnaiah received the memorandum and assured them that he would take the issue to the notice of the government. Fishermen leaders Gaja Surangekar, Prasad Karwarkar, P M Tandel and Ravindra Pawar addressed the protesters.<br />
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In a move that could protect the livelihood of seven million fishing families, promote economic activity in the coastal region and preserve coastal ecology, the Ministry of Environment a<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">nd Forest notified the Coastal Regulation Zone notification, 2011. The new notification replaces CRZ 1991. The minister for environment and forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh said that “In the latest notification the ‘no development zone' is being reduced from 200 meters from the high tide line to 100 meters only to meet the increased demands of housing of fishing and other traditional coastal communities. This is one of the major differences between CRZ 2011 and CRZ 1991.” Responding to a question, the minister said that any economic activity including power plants, ports and industrial enterprises could be permitted in the coastal area. He said that “India must get used to power plants being located in water areas. They require imported coal, gas and even uranium … all this necessitates that power plants be allowed in water areas.” Economic activity will, however, not be allowed in the no development zone in the high tide line. The new CRZ has special provision for Goa, Kerala, Greater Mumbai and critically vulnerable coastal areas such as Karwar and Kundapur in Karnataka, Vembanad in Kerala, Coringa, East Godavari and Krishna Delta in Andhra Pradesh and Gulf of Mannar in Tamil Nadu among others. For the first time a separate draft island protection zone notification has been issued for protection of islands of Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep. Refuting charges that the latest CRZ Act was meant to benefit anyone, the Minister said that “violations of CRZ 1991 are not being condoned. What happened in Adarsh (society in Mumbai) and others will continue to be dealt with.” The Minister said that the Ministry will next week issue directives to Coastal Zone Management Authority in the various States and Union Territories to identify all CRZ violations within the next four months and initiate necessary action within four months thereafter. Mr Ramesh also announced that the Ministry was considering setting up of a River Regulation Zone to ensure that river beds are not destroyed by construction activity.<br />
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In zone I, which are ecologically sensitive areas such as mangrove areas of Sunderbans or turtle nesting sites, horse shoe crabs habitats and nesting grounds of<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> birds no development activity will be allowed.<br />
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The zone II, where development has taken place close to the coasts, repair or reconstruction of old buildings and construction on landward side of existing roads will be allowed.<br />
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The third zone would be up to 200 meters of high tide line, where no new development will be allowed, except fishermen, who will be allowed development up to 100 meters of the high tide line. Repair of old structures and construction public utility services will be allowed. The zone also includes area between 200 to 500 meters of high tide line where new regulated development will be allowed.<br />
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The fourth zone would be the areas relatively undisturbed, which does not fall in zone I or II, and are mostly in rural areas. Here, all activities impugning on the area and tidal influenced water bodies will be regulated except those necessary for fishermen to carry on their traditional work.<br />
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However, the new regulations provide relaxation to special areas such as Goa, Kerala and Greater Mumbai, where environment protection has to be balanced with existing development. Here construction of roads and repair or reconstruction of old buildings will be allowed. The development works will be carried out as per town planning regulations. The state coastal zone management authorities will be required to development coastal zone management plans for these areas.<br />
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Bowing to pressure and agitation by fishermen, the Coast Guard on Tuesday removed the signboards put up by it on the Karwar beach.</b><br />
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The Coast Guard had a few days ago put up signboards o<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">n the Karwar beach, declaring that the land belonged to the Defence Department and the area was prohibited for the general public. This had kicked up a row with the public protesting against the intrusion of the Defence establishment in a civilian area. The Coast Guard had now clarified that it had availed the land on the beach legally and it would not create any problems for the public and fishermen who used the beaches. Meanwhile, some miscreants had defaced the signboards by painting it black. On Monday, the fishermen in Karwar took out a procession against the taking over of the beach by the Coast Guard authorities. The Uttara Kannada district administration had reportedly informed the Coast Guard to go slow on the issue, as public agitation and law and order problems were expected. Although the boards were removed, it was not clear whether the Coast Guard would change its idea of building the office in Karwar. Meanwhile, in a press release, the Coast Guard clarified that providing protection to fishermen and providing assistance to them at sea while in distress and to preserve and protect the maritime environment were all its duties. For fulfilling these duties, Coast Guard needs land. The Cost Guard clarified that the Rabindranath Tagore Beach did not fall under the 9.36 acres of land allotted to it by the Government. It had no plans to impinge upon the rights of the local fishermen. The presence of Coast Guard Station would cause no hindrance to the normal activities of the public on the beach. The Coast Guard Station in Mangalore was situated along the Panambur beach and Coast Guard had never caused any interruptions to fishermen or the public. Most stations of the Coast Guard functioned alongside fishing harbours or on beaches since it was the primary duty of Coast Guard to safeguard property and life at sea. It said the fishermen of Karwar need not worry about losing their livelihoods because of setting up of Coast Guard station. The beach would be out of Coast Guard's purview of operations since Coast Guard ships and boats would be berthed at Naval harbour and Karwar Port. The presence of Coast Guard Station near the fishing area or the beach would be highly helpful to the fishermen community and also to the general public in terms of coastal security.<br />
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The Defence department has put up a board restricting entry to the beach.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Fourteen acres of revenue land on Karwar beach was handed over to the Coast Guard to build an office there, said K.. Narasimhamurthy, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Uttara Kannada.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">What surprised people was the secrecy maintained by the Revenue Department officials on the whole process, said Rajesh Nayak, president of the Karwar Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit. After acquisition of the major part of the beaches in Karwar for the Seabird project, the people of Karwar were left with a small stretch of the beach. The Revenue Department officials should have consulted the public, fishermen and the social and political organisations before handing it over. What was the reason for secrecy that they maintained in the whole deal, said Mr. Nayak. Gaja Surangekar, a fishermen leader, said the district administration had cheated the fishermen who had been using the beaches for fishing for centuries. He said that the people came to know about the transfer of land only on Tuesday when the signboards were put up. “We will launch an agitation and never allow them to snatch our right to use the sea shore,” he said.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://dwqnukksd7frn.cloudfront.net/preset_16/No%20trsespassing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://dwqnukksd7frn.cloudfront.net/preset_16/No%20trsespassing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; line-height: 17px;">Ratan Durgekar, a morning jogger on the beach, criticised the officials of the district administration. He said when thousands of acres of land acquired for project Seabird still remained unused in Karwar, what was the necessity to hand over a new piece of land in the civilian area to the Defence department? He said the people living around the Seabird project area faced several restrictions. A Defence office in civilian area would create more problems for the citizens of Karwar. The Tourism Department was showcasing Karwar beach to attract tourists. About Rs. 5 crore project was prepared by the district administration itself to develop the beach. Officials of the National Highway Department, who worked on the four-lanes highway that passed through the same area were unaware of land transfer. The area where the signboard was put by the Coast Guard covered forestland.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">A senior Forest Department official pleaded his ignorance about this. He said that part of land on the beach belonged to the Forest Department and survey no. 108 on the beach was a forest as per records.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">The projects like “green wall” on Karwar beach was taken up by the Forest Department to stop the sea erosion, sea breeze and sand accumulation on the road. Now the Defence area in forestland might create problems to implement these projects, he said.</span></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, 'palatino linotype', palatino, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">Many beach lovers, environmentalists and fishermen organisations have threatened to launch agitation against the district administration for handing over the beach area to the Coast Guard.</span></div><br />
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This was followed by the theft of nearly 5 lakh tones of iron ore in June. These two events had shattered the iron-ore trade in the state, forcing the government to ban ore export from ports.<br />
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While the people who suffered air and water pollution generated by the transportation and stacking of the ore, were happy with the ban, the government, particularly the CM who ordered the ban, incurred the displeasure of those involved in the ore trade, including influential politicians.<br />
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The district witnessed high political drama when Anand Asnotikar revolted against Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, along with a few other colleagues, He had already caused discomfiture to the Congress leaders by joining the BJP under Operations Lotus.<br />
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He sprang a surprise again by supporting an independent candidate in ZP elections in Chendiye ZP segment in Karwar taluk.<br />
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There was turmoil when four Congress leaders, including AICC members Monte Fernandez, revolted against the leadership of RV Deshpande. Their suspension and rein-statement soon after Deshpande relinquished office as KPCC president, showed his waning influence in the party. November witnessed the fourth reactor unit of Kaiga nuclear power generating station attaining criticality. However it is certain that the unit with a generating capacity of 220 MW cannot ease the power crisis in the state.<br />
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Nearly 22,000 families who encroached forest land launched forest land launched a year long movement in the district demanding forest rights under the ST and other traditional Forest Dwellers Act of 2006. Their problem still remains unresolved.<br />
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The CM, who visited the district a couple of times, made a number of promises, including sanction of special grant of Rs 100 crore for the development of the district. The promises still remain on the paper.<br />
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A boat tragedy at Tadadi fisheries harbour in which five fishermen died, prompted the government to assure of dredging activities at all fisheries and commercial harbours in the state. Again this is yet to materialize.</div><div align="justify" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Many tourists who could not get rooms at lodges in Goa have arrived at Karwar where lodges and resorts are now houseful till January 5.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Most of the resorts and the lodges in Goa were reserved almost three months in advance by tourists who wanted to ring in the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=New%20Year" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">New Year</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">here. This caught tourists from Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu off guard.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Police in Goa too discourage heavy inflow of travellers on the eve of New Year as it leads to chaotic traffic and poses security problems. Once the lodges and resorts in Goa are at their full capacity, police block vehicles carrying new tourists at the border till the first week of January. The threat of a terrorist attack in Goa has also had its effect with many people opting for other places to celebrate New Year. One of them being the beaches of neighbouring Uttara Kannada. The tourists visiting Karwar are mainly from</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Bangalore" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Bangalore</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">and Mysore.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Jayant, a software engineer from Bangalore came to Goa with plans for December 31 but was left without an accommodation. So he changed routes to Karwar. Staying at a resort, he said he found the beaches of Karwar very enjoyable. "Unlike the ones in Goa, the beaches here stretch for miles. The islands in the Kali river and the scenery at the confluence of Kali and the Arabian sea are excellent," he said and plans to stay till January 2. "I intend to visit sometime next year too," he said.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Another tourist lamented that the state tourism department needed to do more to promote Karnataka as a holiday destination.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Places like Murudeshwar and Gokarn are not far behind. With plenty of holidaymakers here, hotel owners, tourist guides and cab owners are a happy lot. That makes for a joyous note on which to end 2010.</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b><br />
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Read more: <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Karwars-the-new-Goa/articleshow/7187025.cms#ixzz19ZVEFj80" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Karwar's the new Goa - The Times of India</a> <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Karwars-the-new-Goa/articleshow/7187025.cms#ixzz19ZVEFj80" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Karwars-the-new-Goa/articleshow/7187025.cms#ixzz19ZVEFj80</a></span></span>yogesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310938120922838943noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836050504292462710.post-71074839584350168362010-12-29T11:12:00.000+05:302010-12-29T11:12:59.076+05:30Karwar and not Goa is the preferred destination for many, this year-end - Indian Express<div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetailNews1" style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Karwar and not Goa is the destination for many Bangaloreans and Maharashtrians this year-end. There has been a heavy rush of tourists here this winter season. All resorts in town are booked up to January 2. Cashing in on the sudden boom, hotels are doing good business.</b></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>It was not too long ago that Goa was considered a tourist paradise. Karwar boasts of unparallel scenic beauty. Its 5 km long silvery beach immortalised by Rabindranath Tagore, cluster of islands in the Arabian sea, Kali river and of course the Western Ghat ranges with its green canopy protruding into the sea did not attract the tourists hitherto due to lack of facilities.</b></span><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The credit goes to Uttara Kannada zilla panchayat, which first mooted the idea of exploring the tourist potential of Karwar, particularly Devabag peninsula at the mouth of the Kali. Though plans were drawn up in the early nineties, no tourism projects could be taken up here due to lack of funds. It was then the Jungle Lodges and Resorts, a state government undertaking, decided to set up a beach resort at Devbag. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Later, a number of private resorts mushroomed in and around the town providing the much-needed facilities to the tourists. </span></b><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>It is not merely the natural splendour that attracts tourists. Karwar is ideal for seekers of peace and tranquility. It provides an exclusive escape for secrecy and solitude. It was on the beach of Karwar that Rabindranath Tagore spent a moonlit night. The beauty of the night was the inspiration for many of his literary works, Tagore wrote in his memoirs.</b></span><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>For adventure lovers, there are many water sports like aqua glide ride, kayaking, water scooter, speed boat ride, snorkelling and para sailing at Devbag. The rich bio diversity of Karwar attracts botanists and environmental scientists. One can ride with fishermen in their boats deep into the sea for a thrilling experience. Swimming is not dangerous in the sea, known for its sublime calmness. Karwar sea is a natural habitat for dolphins. During the boat ride one can spot the frolicking dolphins.</b></span><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Local delicacies, particularly fresh sea food is a delight. “We come here because it is a place one only dreams of. It is a fit place to relax,” says a software engineer from Bangalore.</b></span><br />
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<div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/17px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.indianvoice.org/uploads/pune-ernakulam-b-weekly-superfast-train-only-one-stop-in-karnataka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.indianvoice.org/uploads/pune-ernakulam-b-weekly-superfast-train-only-one-stop-in-karnataka.jpg" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;">The Ministry of Railways on Saturday, the 27th November 2010, introduced a train connecting<a class="kLink" href="http://www.indianvoice.org/pune-ernakulam-b-weekly-superfast-train-petition.html#" id="KonaLink0" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 153) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; font-family: verdana; font-variant: normal; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: 0px; text-decoration: underline !important; text-transform: none !important; top: 0px;" target="undefined"><span style="color: #006699; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 153); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; color: #006699; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">Pune</span></span><span class="preLoadWrap" id="preLoadWrap0" style="position: relative;"></span></a>, Navi Mumbai, Goa, Mangalore and Ernakulam via Konkan Railway. Railway officials said that it will be the first <a class="kLink" href="http://www.indianvoice.org/pune-ernakulam-b-weekly-superfast-train-petition.html#" id="KonaLink1" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 153) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; font-family: verdana; font-variant: normal; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: 0px; text-decoration: underline !important; text-transform: none !important; top: 0px;" target="undefined"><span style="color: #006699; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; color: #006699; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">train</span></span></a> from Pune to run on Konkan Railways following a consistent demand for a regular train on this route from the Malayali community in Pune. It is among the four new ones announced in the railway budget 2010-11 by railway minister Mamata Banerjee.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/17px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/others/panaji-a-new-train-on-the-konkan-railways-69138?cp<br />
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Train 2519/2520 Ernakulam -Pune-Ernakulam bi-weekly super fast express will leave Ernakulam on Tuesdays and Fridays at 5.15 am and will reach Pune at 5.50 am, next day. From Pune, this train will leave on Sundays and Wednesdays at 6.45 pm and will reach Ernakulam Junction at 7 pm the next day. This train will have stoppages at Thrissur, Shoranur, Tirur, Kozhikode, Thalassery, Kannur, Kasargod, Mangalore Junction, Madgaon, Savanthavadi Road and Panvel.</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 11px/17px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
Read more: Ernakulam-Pune bi-weekly from today - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangalore/Ernakulam-Pune-bi-weekly-from-today/articleshow/6996973.cms#ixzz16y4Jke1B<br />
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The newly started Pune-Ernakulam express train covers a distance of 353 kms in Karnataka. However, it has been given stops only at Mangalore Junction station. In Kerala, it covers 419 kms, but seven stops have been given there, at Kasargod, <a class="kLink" href="http://www.indianvoice.org/pune-ernakulam-b-weekly-superfast-train-petition.html#" id="KonaLink2" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: 0px; color: rgb(0, 102, 153) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; font-family: verdana; font-variant: normal; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: 0px; text-decoration: underline !important; text-transform: none !important; top: 0px;" target="undefined"><span style="color: #006699; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; color: #006699; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">Kannur</span></span></a>, Talassery, Kozhikode, Tirur, Shoranur and Trissur.<br />
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No Stop even at district headquarters like Udupi and Karwar, makes the people of the region to question the motive behind this neglect towards Karnataka.<br />
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Its High Time, people of Karwar stood up and demand for the Train to Stop at Karwar, which is a District H.Q. and wake up our respective Representatives...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 17px;"><br />
</span></div></div>yogesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310938120922838943noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836050504292462710.post-14204496106322803432010-11-17T22:49:00.000+05:302010-11-17T22:49:20.699+05:30Demand for a new Kadwad-Sunkeri Bridge<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAB4NWd4h2xmOmb5_RiFbwMceDwTEcr8gNDg2hEGUKAZePKX9dfwG9-lyJp6KU2ygNCDym35NqAYyaRC9WvSFoTBhJcTZ3qMWHyPFCnYy3uBtoh7X8cY2bcUalC-UXNzvropk0ICG-qok/s1600/DSC_0237.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAB4NWd4h2xmOmb5_RiFbwMceDwTEcr8gNDg2hEGUKAZePKX9dfwG9-lyJp6KU2ygNCDym35NqAYyaRC9WvSFoTBhJcTZ3qMWHyPFCnYy3uBtoh7X8cY2bcUalC-UXNzvropk0ICG-qok/s400/DSC_0237.JPG" /></a></div>This Bridge built in the year 1963 is the only nearest connecting Link to the Villagers of Kadwad to Sunkeri and Karwar town. Now it is in a very Dilapidated Condition. A demand for a new bridge was put forth by the people, but so far the Government has not acted upon it. The bridge is now dangerous even for two and three wheelers, and the people, including school and college Students, fishermen, pensioners, patients and employees, have to take a round-about route of Ten Kms to reach Kadwad from Sunkeri, which is just 300 metres across the Kali backwaters, a stone's throw away.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9BRWaSGqVNsoyOhx1ij5Roz0y7MD6cejLQgkTa5QfAwXasj1DqmFj5TF0ETcW8gF-SJlL5mnZyj5U3mjoPIdeMwgkEW0V5nKTTV2XJHPurS0F4yZzFinafTjXwt48qUo-BEA2p7kEaM/s1600/DSC_0235.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn9BRWaSGqVNsoyOhx1ij5Roz0y7MD6cejLQgkTa5QfAwXasj1DqmFj5TF0ETcW8gF-SJlL5mnZyj5U3mjoPIdeMwgkEW0V5nKTTV2XJHPurS0F4yZzFinafTjXwt48qUo-BEA2p7kEaM/s400/DSC_0235.JPG" /></a> </div>The anger of the villagers has now acquired a new magnitude, as they have reliably learnt that the present District-In-Charge Minister - Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri has diverted the Rupees Eight Crores meant for the new bridge to his Sirsi Constituency.<br />
The near-disqualification of the Karwar Constituency has silenced the voice of the Kadwad villagers in the Assembly, and they have no voice to vent their demands.<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5IlrQi4y5Te6kH-9VObUWBi6CCA7cynE7RxxKEnI96bNTRCrLzcjauWBZxjoWMjPSqVkpLU-pa0aCvSKq8vM8CfBRVrg_baHT_2G9zKxkf1zDFmOZRj42-TNA6rJg-SPuL6JsgMhnvuY/s1600/DSC_0254.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5IlrQi4y5Te6kH-9VObUWBi6CCA7cynE7RxxKEnI96bNTRCrLzcjauWBZxjoWMjPSqVkpLU-pa0aCvSKq8vM8CfBRVrg_baHT_2G9zKxkf1zDFmOZRj42-TNA6rJg-SPuL6JsgMhnvuY/s400/DSC_0254.JPG" /></a> </div>The visit of the Chief Minister Dr B. S. Yeddiyurappa to Karwar Constituency to hand-over the houses to the victims of the Maadibag Hill Landslide after over a year of the incident, had kindled some hope in the minds of the local people, that the bridge could be newly constructed after all. But now it is also learnt that the Chief Minister may not visit Kadwad at all to hand-over the houses to the land-slide victims, which has again enraged the local people.<br />
<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQm4SMWrkqE0tbcjTsTR2aBVxn1L1Lt1PqHyJqZll0WaMoUKTXFa0_TjexzBnbRm0x6N3RpTMBidM53-p3PPDsJ0pUfBX7f6H65zJUB2E8knQ5wBRIRCQGSF-3SR69nO-u1MRGpz3Dq4/s1600/DSC_0264.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzQm4SMWrkqE0tbcjTsTR2aBVxn1L1Lt1PqHyJqZll0WaMoUKTXFa0_TjexzBnbRm0x6N3RpTMBidM53-p3PPDsJ0pUfBX7f6H65zJUB2E8knQ5wBRIRCQGSF-3SR69nO-u1MRGpz3Dq4/s400/DSC_0264.JPG" /> </a><br />
The apathy of the Government to respond to the needs of the people, combined with the alleged <a href="http://www.sahilonline.org/english/news.php?cid=1&nid=9447">discriminatory</a> approach of the District-In-Charge Minister, to favor his Sirsi Constituency, at the cost of the other taluks of the District, and the hasty decision of the Karwar Constituency MLA Anand Asnotikar earning his dsqualification, has watered down the hopes of the people of this Region, to see any developmental works in Karwar. The very own BJP party of the Minister is dis-illusioned about his attitude as per this <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article875591.ece">Report </a> </div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 50% transparent; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>yogesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310938120922838943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836050504292462710.post-37051117295416482772010-09-28T20:10:00.002+05:302010-09-28T20:10:41.910+05:30Cycle rally to popularize tourist spots<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #474b4e; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Chief minister</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=B%20S%20Yeddyurappa" style="color: #336797; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">B S Yeddyurappa</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">will inaugurate a cycle jatha on October 8 at Castle Rock, said B Mallesh, Haliyal deputy conservator of forest. Addressing reporters at Haliyal on Monday, Mallesh said the two-day cycle jatha is aimed to popularize important tourist locations like waterfalls, historical spots, places of pilgrimages and beaches in Uttara Kannada district.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">The jatha, which is being carried out in connection with the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=Greater%20Canara%20Green%20Tourism" style="color: #336797; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Greater Canara Green Tourism</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">, will cover 250 km from Dudhasagar Falls to Jog Falls. The jatha will begin at 8 am on October 8 and reach Jog on October 10.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">He said the jatha will showcase the green tourist spots of the district, apart from conveying a message to protect the forests and environment. It will also give job opportunities for the youths, he added.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Cyclists of national and international fame will participate in the jatha, along with cadets of National School of Defence, Bijapur, for whom, a cycle race of 70 km will be arranged. The first three victorious candidates will be awarded the Greater Canara Parisarashri award.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">Mallesh said it is mandatory for guards, foresters, forest officers and assistant conservator of forests to participate in the rally, while interested youths, college students can also join in, he added.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">The CM will inaugurate it at the Railway school ground at</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=Castle%20Rock" style="color: #336797; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Castle Rock</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;">on October 8, along with cricketer Anil Kumble, vice-president of Karnataka Wildlife Suggestion Committee. Tourism minister Janardhana Reddy will inaugurate the adventure camp and forest minister C H Vijayashankar will participate in the rally, apart from ministers, MLAs, MP, other public representatives, environment experts and writers.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span><br />
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Read more: <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Cycle-rally-to-popularize-tourist-spots/articleshow/6638418.cms#ixzz10pqYRXK8" style="color: #003399; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Cycle rally to popularize tourist spots - The Times of India</a> <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Cycle-rally-to-popularize-tourist-spots/articleshow/6638418.cms#ixzz10pqYRXK8" style="color: #003399; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hubli/Cycle-rally-to-popularize-tourist-spots/articleshow/6638418.cms#ixzz10pqYRXK8</a></span></span>yogesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310938120922838943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836050504292462710.post-3790101992030587562010-07-15T20:21:00.000+05:302010-07-15T20:21:19.567+05:30Karwar Politics - Prabhakar Rane vs Asnotikar Vasant Kamalakar And ... on 1 July, 2002<a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1745396/">Prabhakar Rane vs Asnotikar Vasant Kamalakar And ... on 1 July, 2002</a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"><div class="doc_citations" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; font-size: 1.1em; "><b>Equivalent citations:</b> AIR 2002 Kant 377, 2002 (6) KarLJ 336</div><div class="doc_bench" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; font-size: 1.1em; "><b>Bench:</b> S Bannurmath</div><div class="pre_arial" style="font-family: georgia, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5em; text-align: justify; width: 700px; "><p>Prabhakar Rane vs Asnotikar Vasant Kamalakar And Anr. on 1/7/2002</p><p>ORDER</p><p>S.R. Bannurmath, J.</p><p>1. This election petition is filed questioning the election of the 1st respondent-Sri Vasant Kamalakar Asnotikar to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from No. 172, Karwar Assembly Constituency. The petitioner and the 1st and 2nd respondents had contested in the General Election for constituting the 11th Karnataka Legislative Assembly and all these three candidates had contested from No. 172, Karwar Assembly Constituency segment. The petitioner contested as the candidate sponsored by Bharatiya Janatha Party, the 1st respondent as the candidate sponsored by Indian National Congress and the 2nd respondent sponsored by Janatha Dal. According to the petitioner, he has been contesting from No. 172, Karwar Assembly Constituency since 1983. According to him, in the years 1983, 1985 and 1993 he contested as the Indian National Congress candidate and got elected. However, in the election of 1994 he lost the election due to Anti-Establishment Movement and division in the Indian National Congress in Karnataka. According to him, in that election it was the 1st respondent who got elected. Thereafter, in the present election of 1999 he again lost in the election. Further, according to him, he lost the election because of the corrupt practices carried out by the 1st respondent. Hence, the present petition.</p><p>2. The contention of the petitioner is that the segment No. 172 of Karwar Assembly Constituency comprises of approximately one lakh and twenty-one thousand and odd voters belonging to different castes and religions. Out of the different categories of castes, according to the petitioner, there are 16 Communities which have large number of voters and whose votes decide the fate of a candidate. These communities and their population are as follows:</p><p>__________________________________________________________________</p><p>Sl. No. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Caste/Community<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Population</p><p>_________________________________________________________________</p><p>1. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Maratha <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>26,000</p><p>2. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Komarpath <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>16,000</p><p>3. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Bhandari <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>14,000</p><p>4. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Fisherman Gabit <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5,500</p><p>5. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Harikanth Fisherman <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>6,000</p><p>6. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Padti <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>8,500</p><p>7. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Muslim <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>7,000</p><p>8. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Christian <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5,000</p><p>9. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Dalwajnma Brahim <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5,000</p><p>10. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Devali <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5,000</p><p>11. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Halakki Vakkal <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>5,000</p><p>12. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Brahamin <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4,000</p><p>13. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Kunabi <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>4,000</p><p>14. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>SC/ST <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3,000</p><p>15. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Gunagi <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>3,000</p><p>16. <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Napith <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2,500</p><p><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>And others <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2,700</p><p>_________________________________________________________________</p><p>It is contended that these communities are tribal like in nature and are bound by their own laws. It is stated that these castes/communities live unitedly in particular areas in a group/community basis and are controlled by their Chiefs, Headsman as well as the Priests of their principal deity and whose words are the last law for them. It is further contended that if the Chiefs or the Priests of these communities mandate the community people to do or not to do certain things and those mandates must be obeyed by one and all and, if not, the individual will be practically excommunicated and has to suffer throughout his life because of want of help from the community people.</p><p>3. The petitioner contends that taking disadvantage of these community regulations and rules, the 1st respondent had arranged series of meetings either in their principal worshipping deity's temples or in their community halls and were mandated by the Priests and the Chiefs to vote in favour of the 1st respondent. This was totally a corrupt practice, according to the petitioner. Further, in furtherance of the same, it is contended that appeals to the voters of each of these communities on the basis of their castes and communities have been carried out systematically in the meetings so arranged as well as by publication of advertisements in a local newspaper called as "Karavali Munjavu". According to the petitioner, this is the only newspaper which is widely circulated and read by each and every person in Karwar District. He contends that series of appeals to various communities through their elders and prominent persons holding key posts in the Government and Congress (I) party (1st respondent's party) have influenced the voters to cast the votes in favour of the 1st respondent.</p><p>4. Analysing the vote pattern, it is submitted that the total number of voters was 1,21,395 out of which 74,256 votes were polled which is almost 61 per cent. The petitioner got 28,546 votes whereas the 1st respondent got 42,502 votes. Thus the difference between the votes obtained by the petitioner and the votes obtained by the 1st respondent was 13,956 votes. It is stated that the votes tainted by the corrupt practices were about 60 per cent. Hence, if the 1st respondent had not resorted to corrupt practices, according to the petitioner, he would have obtained more than what the 1st respondent got in his favour. As such, the declaration the 1st respondent as the winning candidate, because of these tainted corrupt practices, is illegal and is liable to be quashed and further, as the petitioner himself was the second highest polled candidate he may be declared as 'elected'.</p><p>5. In order to establish the contentions, the petitioner has examined 18 witnesses and got marked Exhibits P. 1 to P. 34. Out of these witnesses, P.W. 1 is the petitioner himself. P.W. 2-Ashok Ganapathi Bhat is the Assistant Commissioner, who was the Returning Officer of the election. P.W. 3-Gangadhar Hiregutti is the Managing Director and Editor of 'Karavali Munjavu' newspaper, who speaks about the publication of the advertisements. P.W. 4-Ashok Hasyagar is the Editor of the newspaper 'Karavali Munjavu'. P.W. 5-Kishore Kumar Ramdas Desai is an Advocate and President of Uttara Kannada District Consumers and Welfare Association and Secretary of Nagarika Hitarakshana Samithi, Karwar. P.W. 6-Mahabaleshwar is a Tax Consultant and Social Worker. P.W. 7-Kishore Raghunath Shajwadkar is an ex-serviceman and businessman and a voter belonging to Davara Gomanthaka Samaj Community. P.W. 8-Jack Michael Fernandis is a voter belonging to Roman Catholic Christian Community. P.W. 9-Ramesh Nagappa Gowda is a voter belonging to Hindu Halakki Vokkala Community and Secretary to Nagarika Vedike and Social Worker. P.W. 10-Santhosh Damodara Mal-shekar is a voter belonging to Komar Panth Community and President of Uttara Kannada Zilla Komara Panth Yuvakara Sangha. P.W. 11-Nagesh Vishnu Padelker is a voter belonging to Gabit Samaj. P.W. 12-Santhosh Shamba Kochrekar is a voter and belongs to Hindu Padthi Samaj. P.W. 13-Promod S. Hulawar is a voter and belong to Mahar, a Scheduled Caste. P.W. 14-Pandu Rona Harikant is a voter and belong to Meenugara Harikantha Community. P.W. 15-Nityananda Shantaram Joglekar is a voter and belongs to Hindu Bhandari Community. P.W. 16-Shantha Ganapathi Mahalay is a voter and belongs to Napitha Community. P.W. 17-Nanda Shiva Pagi is a voter and belongs to Pagi Community. P.W. 18-Thuva is a voter belonging to Gunagi Community.</p><p>6. It is to be mentioned here itself that the evidence of P.Ws. 7 to 18 in general is to the effect that their respective communities were under the control of their own Samajs or Organisations which had their elders who practically controlled day in and day out activities of their communities. All these witnesses specifically contend that the Community people cannot go against the wishes or mandates of the Samajs or Organisations' elders and, if anybody dares to do so, he would be inviting much trouble not only in his profession but also in his personal and social functions like marriage, death or birth in his family.</p><p>7. At this stage itself it is also to be mentioned that immediately after the filing of the election petition, the 1st respondent died in a tragic circumstance. When the fact of the death of the 1st respondent was brought to the notice of this Court, in terms of Section 116 of the Representation of People Act (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') notice of death of the 1st respondent and calling upon any person interested in opposing contesting the election petition was issued. In pursuance of the same, one Smt. Subhalatha Vasant Asnotikar and one Anand Vasant Asnotikar, wife and son of the deceased 1st respondent had filed application to come on record in the place of the deceased 1st respondent. This application was contested by the petitioner on the ground of limitation.</p><p>8. Considering the rival contentions and the law in this regard, by the order dated 5-1-2001 this Court rejected the applications (LA. Nos. I and II) of the said persons on the ground that the same was barred by time and especially as the provisions of Section 5 of the Limitation Act are not applicable to the case of the present nature under the Act.</p><p>9. Thereafter, the evidence of the aforesaid witnesses came to be recorded which practically went unopposed as there is no cross-examination by any other respondents. It is also to be noted that, as the recording of evidence on behalf of the petitioner came to an end, one more application came to be filed by one Tulasidas Naik claiming to be a voter and interested in the same relief, viz., getting himself impleaded in this petition. However, following the ruling of this Court on I.A. Nos. I and II, these applications (I.A. Nos. IV and V) were also rejected by this Court on 22-1-2002 as barred by time. I am informed at the Bar that these orders were challenged in special leave petitions before the Hon'ble Supreme Court. But, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has dismissed the special leave petitions at this admission stage itself. As such, as stated earlier, the evidence on behalf of the petitioner has practically remained unchallenged and uncontroverted because of there being no cross-examination.</p><p>10. Learned Counsel for the petitioner taking me through various provisions of the Act especially Section 123(3) and (3-A) vehemently contended that, as demonstrated by the petitioner through oral and documentary evidence that there were systematic appeals to the voters on the basis of castes and communities through paper publications and advertisements, there were series of appeals to various communities through their elders holding key posts and belonging to Congress (I) Party, the party of the 1st respondent, holding various meetings by community people which attended by the 1st respondent wherein various services rendered by the 1st respondent were highlighted for probable and unequivocal support to the 1st respondent was obtained either by mandate or dictates issued by the community elders, Chiefs and Priests. This according to the petitioner amounts to corrupt practices coming within the mischief of Section 123(3) and (3-A) of the Act. Learned Counsel for the petitioner also highlighted taking me through the entire evidence regarding the castes and number of voters belonging to each of the 17 communities to contend that the petitioner has succeeded in demonstrating how the 1st respondent has influenced each of these community people to cast vote in his favour by using Community Chiefs, Heads of the Samajs and Priests. The learned Counsel has also relied upon the evidence of the Editor and Managing Director of the newspaper as well as production of the newspaper items - advertisements - to contend that the very fact of publication of these advertisements by which all these communities made through elders to support the candidature of the 1st respondent and practically issuing mandate to each of the entire community people amounts to corrupt practice. It is also contended that, as the evidence of the various voters belong to different communities indicate practically a decision was taken at the community meeting by the Heads of the communities and was imposed on the voters practically amounting to mandates or dictates with undisclosed threat of the consequences and not following the dictates. Thus, it is contended that all these votes even with moderate estimate of 20,000 were to be held to be void because of the corrupt practice and, if so, declare the number of votes secured by the petitioner would be apparently more than what was secured by the 1st respondent and as such not only the election of the 1st respondent is to be annulled but also the petitioner is entitled to be declared as successful candidate.</p><p>11. To emphasise his arguments, the learned Counsel for the petitioner has relied upon the following decisions:</p><p>1. <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1504198/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">Samant N. Balakrishna v. George Fernandez and Ors.,</a> ;</p><p>2. <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/985520/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">Chandrakanta Goyal v. Sohan Singh Jodh Singh Kohli, AIR</a> 1996 SC 86 ;</p><p>3. Lalroukurig v. Haokholal Thangjom, (1969) 4 1 ELR 35 (SC) : 1969 UJ (SC) 12;</p><p>4. <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1418217/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">S. Harcharan Singh v. S. Sajjan Singh and Ors.,</a> ;</p><p>5. M. Chenna Reddy v. V. Ramachandra Rao and Anr., (1968) 40 ELR 390 : 1968(8) DEC 337 (SC);</p><p>6. <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1989113/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">Ramakant Mayekar v. Smt. Celine D'Silua,</a> ;</p><p>7. <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1588713/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">Jamana Prasad Mukhariya v. Lachhi Ram and Ors., AIR</a> 1954 SC 686;</p><p>8. <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/617026/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">T. Nagappa v. T.C. Basappa and Ors.,</a> ; and</p><p>9. <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1145559/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">Kultar Singh v. Mukhtiar Singh,</a> .</p><p>12. Taking into considerations of the petitioner, this Court had framed the following issues for consideration;</p><p>1. Whether the petitioner proves that the 1st respondent or his agent or any other person with the consent of the 1st respondent or his election agent appealed the voters of No. 172, Karwar Assembly Constituency to vote or refrain from voting on the ground of his religion, caste and community which amounts to corrupt practice as per Section 123(3) and (3-A) of the Act?</p><p>2. Whether the petitioner proves that the election of the 1st respondent is liable to be declared as null and void on that count corrupt practice and whether the petitioner is entitled to be declared as elected from No. 172, Karwar Assembly Constituency to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly?</p><p>3. What order?</p><p>13. Before going into the merits of the case it would be necessary to keep in mind the law declared by the Apex Court in respect of the pleadings, evidence, its appreciation, etc., in election petition cases. This is more so to be considered and strictly followed especially in the present case wherein the petition and the evidence adduced by the petitioner has remained practically unchallenged.</p><p>14. A few of the well-settled judgments are as follows:</p><p>1. <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1684496/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">D.P. Mishra v. Kam,al Narayan Sharma,</a> ;</p><p>2. <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1442865/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">Hem Raj v. Ramji Lal,</a> ;</p><p>3. Gadakh Yashwantrao Kankarrao v. E.V. alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil, .</p><p>15. In all these and other cases the settled law and the principles laid down are as follows:</p><p>(1) That the charge of corrupt practice is to be proved like a criminal charge and that the same standard of proof as is required in criminal cases is to be applied in the testing of evidence of corrupt practice in an election petition.</p><p>(2) The allegations of corrupt practices must be established by clinching and impeachable evidence.</p><p>(3) Vague allegations and discrepant evidence may only create a doubt but then the charge of corrupt practices cannot be held to be proved on mere lurking suspicion or doubt.</p><p>(4) Requirement of proof of corrupt practices is higher and is confined to restrict legal evidence.</p><p>(5) The proof of corrupt practice vitiates the election by itself. It is not necessary to prove in such a case, that it has materially affected the election. It is therefore necessary that such corrupt practices must be clearly alleged and cogently established.</p><p>16. Keeping in view these principles let me consider the case on hand.</p><p>17. As noted earlier the only grounds of challenging the election of the respondent 1 are the corrupt practices as per Section 123(3) and (3-A) of the Act.</p><p>Section 123(3) reads as follows:</p><p>"The appeal by a candidate or his agent or by any other person with the consent of a candidate or his election agent to vote or refrain from voting for any person on the ground of his religion, race, caste, community or language or the use of, or appeal to religious symbols or the use of, or appeal to, such as the national flag or the national emblem for the furtherance of the prospects of the election of that candidate or for prejudicially affecting the election of any candidate".</p><p>18. The petitioner has also invoked provisions of Section 123(3-A).</p><p>This provision defines another type of corrupt practice. It states the promotion of or attempt to promote, feeling of enmity or hatred between different classes of the citizens of India on ground of religion, race, caste, community or language, by candidate or his agent or any other person with the consent of the candidate or his election agent for the furtherance of the prospects of the election of that candidate or for prejudicially affecting the election of any candidate.</p><p>(a) The pleadings and the evidence of the petitioner in this regard are the series of appeals to various communities through their leaders holding key posts and all belonging to the political party of respondent 1;</p><p>(b) Holding of various meetings by the community Heads to declare support in favour of respondent 1 and in most of these meetings respondent 1 was present;</p><p>(c) Publications of advertisements in the only local and much read daily newspaper called 'Karavali Munjavu' by various communities, in which systematic appeals were made by very prominant persons of each community who also hold important posts either in the Government service or in the local bodies all belonging to the party of the returned candidate.</p><p>19. Again, before going into the evidence in this regard it would be necessary to analyse the provision of Section 123(3) which is in four parts:</p><p>(a) There should be an appeal by a candidate or his agent or by any other person with the consent of a candidate or his election agent;</p><p>(b) To vote or refrain from voting for any person;</p><p>(c) On the ground of his religion, race, caste, community or language;</p><p>(d) For the furtherance of the prospects of the election of that candidate or for prejudicially affecting the election of any candidate.</p><p>It is to be noted that so far as (a) and (b) are concerned there is enough material produced by the petitioner, both oral and documentary, to show that there were series of appeals by various religious/community leaders or by prominent persons of the community holding key posts to vote in favour of the respondent 1.</p><p>20. The petitioner has not only produced series of advertisements, which appeared in the local newspaper at Exs. P. 2 to P. 11 and P. 32, but also has examined two editors as P.Ws. 3 and 4.</p><p>21. These editors have spoken to about the circulation of the newspaper, its wide acceptance and reading in the Karwar district etc. They also have spoken to placement of these advertisements by various communities showing their support in favour of respondent 1. They have also spoken to the proceedings initiated by the Returning Officer in respect of these advertisements and the orders passed in that regard. Apart from these two persons connected with the newspaper, the petitioner has also led evidence of P.W. 5, 15, independent voters about these advertisements and the proceedings initiated by the returning officer.</p><p>22. In my view there is sufficient and cogent evidence to hold that there were series of advertisements published in the newspaper by various communities showing their support in favour of respondent 1.</p><p>23. But for the purpose of the Section 123(3), mere placing of advertisements in the newspaper by itself cannot be said to be an act of corrupt practice. Advertisements are part and parcel of election campaigning. To bring this act within the purview of Section 123(3) of the Act, something much more is required. This is clear from the analysis of the provision I have already noted.</p><p>24. These appeals or advertisements should be not only to vote or refrain from voting for any person but also appeal should be on the ground of his religion, race, caste, community or language and thereby to further the prospects of the election of that candidate will be bright or it will prejudicially affect election of other candidates.</p><p>25. As such the petitioner is required to show that these appeals or advertisements were by respondent or his agent or by any other person with the consent of respondent or his election agent, and this appeal was to vote or refrain from voting for petitioner and most importantly these appeals were made on the ground of his religion, race, caste, community or language,</p><p>26. On going through the evidence of the witnesses and the alleged appeals through advertisements no doubt it is clear that they were made, showing the support of individual communities in favour of respondent 1. But there is no positive evidence to show that these advertisements were by the candidate or his agent. Except vague statements made before this Court that it was the respondent 1 who paid for the same, there is no indication even to show or prove such thing.</p><p>27. In fact the evidence of the editors themselves if seen along with the documentary evidence especially Exs. P. 27 to P. 31 the statement filed by the editor to the returning officer as per the mandatory requirement to show the expenses, there is nothing to indicate that these advertisements were placed by the candidate or his agent. In this regard an attempt has been made by the petitioner to say that the same were financed by the respondent either by himself or through his supporters.</p><p>28. It is to be noted that when the documentary evidence, Exs. P. 27 to P. 31 belies this statement, in my view the vague allegations cannot be excepted.</p><p>29. Even otherwise for a moment for the sake of argument if it is accepted that these advertisements were placed by the supporters of the returned candidate, that by itself will not bring them within the purview of Section 123(3). Because the petitioner has further to prove the other necessary ingredient which is the appeals or advertisements were to vote in favour of the returned candidate on the ground of his religion, caste, community or language.</p><p>30. On going through each of these advertisements minutely and in detail, I do not find such appeal to vote in favour of the returned candidate on the ground of his religion, race etc. These advertisements were placed by a number of communities and castes through their organisations to show their support in favour of the returned candidate but there is no appeal to vote in his favour on the ground of his religion, caste etc.</p><p>31. At this stage itself it is relevant to note that even appealing to the voter by any religious organisation by itself is not a corrupt practice.</p><p>32. Considering this aspect Honourable Supreme Court in the case of <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/1628718/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">Ram Dial v. Sant Lal,</a> , has observed thus:</p><p>"A religious leader has a right to exercise his influence in favour of any particular candidate by voting for him and by canvassing votes of others for him. He has a right to express his opinion on the individual merits of the candidates. Such a course of conduct on his part, will only be a use of his great influence amongst a particular section of the voters in the constituency; but it will amount to an abuse of his great influence if the words he uses in a document, or utters in his speech, leave no choice to the persons addressed by him, in the exercise of their electoral rights".</p><p>33. In the present case on going through the advertisements by the various groups or communities or even by their leaders does not indicate that they were mandates or dictates of the community leaders to vote in favour of the returned candidate on the ground of his caste, religion etc. What all that is stated in these advertisements is that the communities feel grateful to the services done by the returned candidate earlier and as such they show their support in his favour and nothing more.</p><p>34. Added to this what is relevant is to see whether these appeals were on the ground of "his" religion or caste etc. In my view the stress is more on the word "his".</p><p>35. As observed by the Apex Court in the case of <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/925631/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">Dr. Ramesh Yesh-want Prabhoo v. Prabhakar Kashinath Kunte and Ors.,</a> :</p><p>"There can be no doubt that the word "his" used in Sub-section (3) must have significance and it cannot be ignored or equated with the word 'any' to bring within the net of Sub-section (3) any appeal in which there is any reference to religion. The religion forming the basis of the appeal to vote or refrain from voting for any person, must be of that candidate for whom the appeal to vote or refrain from voting is made. This is clear from the plain language of Sub-section (3) and this is the only manner in which the word 'his' used therein can be construed. When the appeal is to vote on the ground of 'his' religion for the furtherance of the prospects of the election of that candidate, that appeal is made on the basis of the religion of the candidate for whom votes are solicited. On the other hand when the appeal is to refrain from voting for any person on the ground of 'his' religion for prejudicially affecting the election of any candidate, that appeal is based on the religion of the candidate whose election is sought to be prejudicially affected. The first is a positive appeal and the second a negative appeal. There is no ambiguity in Sub-section (3) and it clearly indicates the particular religion on the basis of which an appeal to vote or refrain from voting for any person is prohibited under Sub-section (3)".</p><p>"Sub-section (3) in substance forbids appeal for votes for any candidate on the ground of 'his' religion and appeal to refrain from voting for any other candidate on the ground of the religion of that other candidate. Obviously the purpose of enacting the provision is to ensure that no candidate at an election gets votes only because of his religion and no candidate is denied any votes on the ground of his religion. This is in keeping with the secular character of the Indian polity and rejection of the scheme of separate electorates based on religion in our constitutional scheme. An appeal of the kind forbidden by Sub-section (3) based on the religion of a candidate, need not necessarily be prejudicial to public order and, therefore, the further element of likelihood of prejudice to public order is necessary on account of which it is not implicit in the provision".</p><p>36. In my view the aforesaid dicta laid down by the Honourable Supreme Court is most relevant in the present case. It is not the case of the petitioner that various religious communities or organisations and their leaders have made the appeal through these advertisements to the voters on the basis of either the religion of petitioner or that of the respondent.</p><p>37. In this regard the learned Counsel for the petitioner tried to contend that the word 'his' cannot be read in isolation or as applicable only to the word 'candidate'. It is contended that under the scheme of Section 123 three types of appeals with reference to the religion or caste or community etc., are contemplated. According to the petitioner this appeal may be with reference to the religion of the candidate, religion of the election agent or the religion of any other person with the consent of the candidate or his agent. I am afraid to accept this contention as far-fetched especially in the light of the clear law laid down by the Honourable Supreme Court in Ram Dial's case, supra. In my view the word 'his' has to be read in isolation and only in connection with the religion, caste, community etc., of either petitioner or the respondent. It cannot be used universally that is to say religion, caste, community etc., of any and every person who is making the appeal.</p><p>38. In the present case, in my view since the advertisements were neither made in favour of the petitioner nor the respondent referring to the individual religion, caste, community etc., but was an appeal made by organisations of various castes and communities through their leaders, the same cannot and would not be falling within the necessary ingredient of Section 123(3) of the Act.</p><p>39. As observed by the Honourable Supreme Court in the case of <a href="http://indiankanoon.org/doc/648662/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); ">Baburao Patel v. Dr. Zakir Hussain,</a> ,</p><p>"Mere canvassing in favour of a candidate at an election cannot amount to interference with the free exercise of the electoral rights. If the leader of the party indicates to the members of his party for whom to vote, he is merely canvassing which he is entitled to do in a democratic set up".</p><p>(emphasis supplied)</p><p>If in the above marked sentence for the words 'leader of the party', the words 'leaders of the organisation or religious caste, community etc.' is substituted or added, in my view the argument in this regard addressed by the learned Counsel for the petitioner fails and cannot be accepted.</p><p>40. As such I am constrained to hold that the petitioner has failed to prove the allegation of corrupt practice as mentioned in Section 123 especially under Sub-section (3) of the Act.</p><p>As such in my view the petitioner has totally failed to bring home the charge of corrupt practice under Section 123(3) beyond reasonable doubt and on this count alone the petition must fail and liable to be rejected.</p><p>41. Even otherwise considering the other argument that the respondent had carried a systematic appeal by arranging community or caste meetings with the help of the leaders of each community or the priests or the religious/community heads is concerned, this does not fall within the parameters of Section 123(3). If any argument is available, the same may fall under Section 123(2), but since there are no pleadings in the election petition as a ground of corrupt practice falling under that section, petitioner cannot raise the same only during argument. As such the evidence and argument of undue influence if any cannot be considered as they are not pleaded in the election petition.</p><p>42. Similarly, insofar as argument regarding Section 123(3-A) is concerned, it is the act of promotion of, or attempt to promote a feeling of enmity or hated between different classes of the citizens of India on the ground of religion, race, caste, community or language, by candidate or his agent or any other person with the consent of a candidate or his election agent for the furtherance of the prospects of the election of that candidate or for prejudicially affecting the election of any candidate, is concerned again the stress given is on promotion of or attempt to promote feeling of enmity or hatred between different classes or communities or castes. There are no pleadings much less evidence adduced in this regard. In this regard it is contended that by arranging the meetings in the community halls or temples of each of the community, wherein the achievements of the returned candidate were highlighted and even promises were made for future help if elected and especially when the respondent was present in most of these meetings, according to the petitioner this was an act to promote the candidature of the respondent only on the ground of caste, religion, community etc.</p><p>43. In my view this again does not fall within the purview of Section 123(3-A) amounting to promoting or attempt to promote communal hatred.</p><p>44. I have gone through all the decisions referred to by the learned Counsel for the petitioner in support of his contentions and in my view none of them are applicable to the facts and circumstances of this case, as in all the decisions referred to, the challenge and the evidence was in respect of appeals made by the candidate or his agent or by any other person with the consent of the candidate or his agent to vote or refrain from voting on the ground of religion, race, caste, community or language, of either the returned candidate or the losing candidate. As earlier discussed in the present case since the petitioner has failed in this regard in my view it is not necessary to discuss each of the decisions and their applicability.</p><p>45. In the result, I hold that the petitioner has failed to prove his case and as such the election petition fails and same is liable to be dismissed.</p><p>Hence, I hereby dismiss the election petition as devoid of merits with cost.</p></div></span></div>yogesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310938120922838943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836050504292462710.post-66976138151276426322010-04-16T20:51:00.000+05:302010-04-16T20:51:15.778+05:30Naval Base at Karwar - The Untold Agony in the Achievements...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">India is finally going in for a major expansion of its newest naval base at Karwar in coastal Karnataka, which provides it "strategic depth" on the western seaboard and will house aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines in the future.<br />
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This comes after a long delay since the ambitious `Project Seabird' to build the futuristic Karwar naval base was first approved by the government way back in 1985 at an initial cost of Rs 350 crore. Budgetary constraints derailed the project for a decade before a truncated Phase-I was approved in 1995, with the work finally commencing in 1999 with a Rs 2,500 crore fund allocation.<br />
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"Phase-I is now fully complete. We have 10 warships based there. Now, the detailed project report for Phase-II is in the final stages. After approval by the Cabinet Committee on Security, construction will begin next year,'' Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma told TOI. Navy will be able to berth 25 to 30 big warships at Karwar after Phase-II gets over by 2017, he added. The base will also house a wide variety of smaller ships, including 10 of the 80 fast-interceptor craft of Sagar Prahari Bal, the specialised force being raised for coastal security after the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Source - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><b><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/After-long-delay-India-moves-to-expand-strategic-Karwar-naval-base/articleshow/5804347.cms">Times of India</a></b></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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<h1 style="font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative; text-align: left;"><strike><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">INS Seabird</span></strike></h1><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Project Seabird was a program to establish a new Naval Base, the INS Kadamba. This base would be India's first base exclusively for naval ships and the largest. Prior to its existence, naval ships shared space with commercial vessels at the two major ports in Mumbai and Visakhampatnam as well as smaller enclaves in Kochi, Goa and other small ports. A new Naval Base on the western coast was sanctioned in 1985 primarily on strategic consideration for completion by 1995 to provide additional infrastructure for the growing Naval Fleet. Karwar in Karnataka was chosen as the location of this base. The base would is under the jurisdiction of the Western Naval Command.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The Naval base was inaugurated by Defence Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee on 05 May 2005. The then Prime Minister Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi laid the foundation stone on 24 Oct 1986. The project was originally conceived by Admiral OS Dawson (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, ADC, who was Chief of Naval Staff from 28 Feb 82 to 30 Nov 84.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The West Coast was chosen for the location of the new base since the eastern base at Visakhapatnam, which could berth 50 ships, was considered adequate for India’s security needs in the east. Mumbai, on the west coast, was too congested due the substantial number of merchant vessels that docked there regularly, often forcing naval ships to wait a day before they could dock. Shallow waters along the channel in Mumbai prevent the berthing of aircraft carriers, which would have to lie in anchorage. Expansion of the Mumbai base was impossible and nearby buildings such as the Bombay Stock Exchange presented a security risk. Furthermore, Mumbai was a mere 580 nautical miles (900 kilometers) from Karachi whereas the Karwar base would be around 900 nautical miles (1,450 kilometers) from Karachi, thus being further away from potential attacks such as via missiles. The topography of the Karwar base was also considered valuable by the Navy. Features include sufficient and even water depth permitting easy berthing and navigation, hilly forested terrain to camouflage ground installations and the low occurrence of siltation.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The project was beset with abnormal delays. Despite revision of completion schedule from 1995 to 2005, the execution of marine works commenced after 14 years in 1999 raising doubts about the completion of the project even as per the revised schedule.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The cost of the project estimated at Rs 350 crore (Rs 3.5 billion) in 1985 increased to Rs 959 crore in 1990 on finalisation of detailed project report and further escalated to Rs 1294 crore in 1995, though the scope of the project was considerably reduced. The Ministry accepted consultancy services for supervision, contract management and quality assurance at higher rates than that quoted by foreign consultant in July 1990, resulting in extra expenditure of Rs 7 crore. Incomplete and inadequate studies by Central Water Power Research Station entrusted with site selection studies prolonged the studies for more than eight years. Tardy progress in implementation of approved rehabilitation package for the affected families despite budgetary allocations for this project led to its revision time and again and ultimately its financial impact increased by Rs 78.20 crore. Investment of Rs 2.64 crore on creation of assets, established to match the proposed commencement of marine works in June 1998 remained unproductive due to non-acquisition of land and conclusion of marine works contract.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The Ministry sanctioned in July 1986, acquisition of 6933 acres of State Government revenue and forest land and 5421 acres of private land at a cost of Rs 22 crore. But subsequent developments like (a) minimising human displacement (b) restriction on construction within 200 metres from high tide line, (c) planning of Konkan Railway line through the station and (d) reduced scope of the project necessitated reassessment of land to be acquired. Out of 8175 acres land decided to be finally acquired, 324 acres had not been acquired as of January 2000.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The INS Kadamba was commission on May 31, 2005. As of then, Project Seabird was being executed on 4480 hectares (11200 acres) of land, which was a mix of forest, revenue and private land. More than 4000 families living in 13 villages have been relocated to seven Rehabilitation Centers. Out of the acquired 3500 hectares of forest land, only 400 hectares have been used for construction. As per the existing policy, 800 hectares of compensatory afforestation has been done. In addition, about 900 hectares of afforestation has been carried out within the Naval area after taking over. Some sources have estimated the cost the total project cost at US$800 million.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Due to budget limitations, the Navy halved the original Phase I of Project Seabird. Phase II which will last from 2005 to 2010 will double most of the existing facilities. In addition, a naval air station will also be constructed where large ship-based helicopters will be stationed. The Navy ultimately plans to berth 50 vessels at Karwar.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Currently, the Navy plans to station the operating fleet of the Western Naval Command at Karwar while sending ships for repair and maintenance to Mumbai.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">One of the unique feature of the base is the ship-lift and ship-transfer system for dry docking of the ship at the Naval Ship Repair Yard. The ship-lift is capable of lifting upto 10,000 tonnes and measures 175m x 28m. A ship-lift is a large elevator platform that can be lowered into water and lift a ship vertically to the yard-level so that the ship can be moved onto a dry repair berth on land. The ship-lift will be able to lift all other Indian Navy vessels except aircraft carriers and supply vessels. Currently there are 2 jetties available for ship-berthing. Ultimately, 11 piers will be available which will be able to accommodate 42 ships. Ships will be placed by end 2005 to enable the Western Naval Command with operational flexibilities.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/ins-seabird.htm">Source</a></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Land Acquisition/Rehabilitation of Displaced Persons</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The land required for execution of Project Seabird was approx. 4480 hectares, which was a mix of forest, revenue and private land. Over 4000 families living in 13 villages were required to be rehabilitated. The rehabilitation of the project affected families commenced in 1995 and this process went through various stages of negotiations, agitations, resistance, discussions and meetings with the involvement of local, state and national level political level leadership, including the High Court of Karnataka and National Human Rights Commission. Finally, at a meeting between the then Raksha Mantri and the CM of Karnataka in 1999, a comprehensive rehabilitation package was settled at a cost of Rs 126 crores as opposed to the original estimate of only Rs 9 crores. The actual work at site was to have been completed within 10 years (1995-2005), but could only commence in 2000 after the project affected families were rehabilitated in seven Rehabilitation Centers. The Project is being executed in a holistic manner with the involvement of all agencies. </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread146971/pg1">Source</a></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Tahoma; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Non-payment of Compensation – Movable Assets of Govt Office Attached</span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial; font-size: 11px; line-height: normal;"></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The court personnel attached the movable assets found in the office of the special land acquisition officer of the Seabird Naval Base here, located in the office of the district deputy commissioner, on Monday March 8. The court had ordered for the attachment of the movable assets of the office, as per an execution petition filed by the persons aggrieved at the non-payment of compensation for their lands acquired for the naval base.<br />
Land belonging to the late Vishnu Siddappa Naik, the late Datta Siddappa Naik, and their brother, Mohan Siddappa Naik, located in Chendia Aligadda village, had been acquired by the land acquisition officer in the year 1989. The land owners, dissatisfied with the price offered for their lands, had approached the court for enhancement of compensation, which was granted by the civil court here. Thereafter, the government had filed a special leave petition in the High Court to approach the Supreme Court against the court order, which was declined. The appeal filed by the estate officer of the department of defence in the court against the court order, is yet to be admitted by the Supreme Court.<br />
The court bailiffs took away chairs, tables, fans, Xerox machine, and cupboards found in the office. Employees of the office, who initially resisted the move, had to move out of the office as they could not function in the office that was being emptied. Advocate for the displaced persons, P S Bhat, said that the court took this step, as the land acquisition officer failed to pay compensation as per the court order, even after several requests were made to him on this issue.<br />
Source - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1621576177">Daijiworld.com</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=73540&n_tit=Karwar%3A+Non-payment+of+Compensation+%96+Movable+Assets+of+Govt+Office+Attached"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Compensation, a mirage for Seabird land losers in Karwar - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/61202/compensation-mirage-seabird-land-losers.html">Deccan Herald</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 22px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">It is 24 years since the government acquired 2,500 acres of private land from people in Karwar and Ankola taluks to build ‘Seabird,’ the biggest naval base in Asia.</span></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 14px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">However, compensation has become a mirage for the people who lost their home and hearth for the naval base. The land acquisition process for the project costing Rs 25,000 crore began in 1986. But the compensation distribution has run into a controversy. As a result nearly 25,000 people of 8,000 families have become homeless.<br />
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These people had sacrificed their land to strengthen the defence system of the country. However, they are yet to be compensated. The Government had paid just Rs 150 per gunta. Those who lost the land went to the court saying that the sum was too meagre.<br />
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The Additional Civil court (Senior Division) directed the government to pay Rs 11,500 per gunta. According to the court order, Geethabai Dayanand Naik, who had given up her land, was given a compensation amount of Rs 4.90 lakh. However, the Defence department appealed to the High Court against the lower court order stating that it was not possible for the government to give such a huge amount. The High Court upheld the order of the civil court. The Department has now filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court. It will take a long time for the hearing to come up in the Supreme Court.<br />
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The majority of the families who have lost land either belong to the fisher community or are farmers. As the seashores are a part of the naval base project, the fishermen are worried about their future. The farmers rehabilitated in a barren land are not able to continue with their agriculture activities. </span></span></i></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 22px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Source -</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/61202/compensation-mirage-seabird-land-losers.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">http://www.deccanherald.com/content/61202/compensation-mirage-seabird-land-losers.html</span></a></span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
More - </span><a href="http://onespot.wsj.com/india-news/2010/03/30/a/603926757-compensation-a-mirage-for-seabird/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">http://onespot.wsj.com/india-news/2010/03/30/a/603926757-compensation-a-mirage-for-seabird/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
</span><span class="storyhead"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Despair of the displaced</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><br />
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<tr><td><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The displaced families complain that the land in the rehabilitation centres is not fit for cultivation and that the government has not been able to provide them an alternative livelihood.</span></b></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">PROJECT SEABIRD has, by and large, overcome its initial setbacks, but many of the families that lost their land and/or livelihood as a result of the building of the naval base are yet to find their feet.</span></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">According to revenue records, 4,111 families, including 3,315 engaged in farming on less than one acre of own land and 856 of fisherfolk, living in 12 villages have been affected by the project. However, Prabhakar Rane, a former Karnataka Minister who is honorary president of the Seabird Naval Base and Konkan Railway Evacuees Forum, disputes the figure. He says there are more than 10,000 project-displaced families, comprising around 40,000 people.</span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The 11-year delay between the final land acquisition notification in 1989 and the actual shifting of people from the project site added to the problems associated with rehabilitation and resettlement (R&R). During this period of uncertainty, families expanded and land prices climbed. The displaced families were unhappy with the R&R package that the Karnataka government offered initially. In 1989, many of them approached the Karnataka High Court, which forbade the evacuation of people until "proper rehabilitation measures" were undertaken.</span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">In August 1998, the Defence Ministry and the State government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a Rs.126-crore rehabilitation package, and the court allowed the project to proceed. Under the package, the head of every displaced family received Rs.50,000 and a house site in one of the newly created rehabilitation centres (RCs), while two adult sons and one unmarried daughter above the age of 35 got Rs.70,000. (The site was in addition to the compensation plus 30 per cent solatium and 12 per cent interest received for the extent of land lost.) Seven RCs were created - at Chittakula, Amadalli and Harwada for fishermen and at Todur, Hattikeri, Belekeri and Mudageri for agriculturists.</span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The displaced families want the R&R package to be extended to all sons and a maintenance allowance for the 12 years that they remained without their lands and jobs. The families are unhappy with the RCs, most of which do not have proper roads and a regular water supply system. Most important, the families want the State government to provide an alternative livelihood, which even government officials agree they have not been able to do. The few government-sponsored employment generation schemes (like carpentry, poultry and mushroom farming) have not found favour with the displaced people. They hope the government or the Navy will provide them with jobs as security guards, drivers or secretaries.</span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Said Nagubeechu Gowda, whose family lost land in NK Bail, Berede and Bavekeri villages and has now been rehabilitated at the Belekeri RC: "Earlier we cultivated paddy and even cash crops like coconut, groundnut and cashew, but here the land is not fertile, we cannot cultivate anything. There is no water either for drinking or for irrigation. Many of the wells have dried up." Added Sukri Gowda, a farmhand who has also been rehabilitated at the Belekeri RC: "There is hardly any agricultural activity close to the RC. We cannot even collect firewood because the Navy has taken over most of the forest areas."</span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Source -</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><a href="http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2026/stories/20040102002304300.htm"> Frontline</a></span></div><div align="justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span></span></div><h1 style="font-weight: normal; font: normal normal bold 1em/normal Georgia, serif; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12px; padding-top: 12px; position: relative;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Seabird officer issued notice</span></span></h1><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">The additional civil court (senior grade) here has issued a showcause notice to the land acquisition officer of Seabird Naval Base project, asking him why he should not be arrested for not complying with the court order.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">A case was filed about 10 years ago by one Janaki Teka Naik of Amadalli village, asking for more compensation for her land acquired by the naval base. But after her death when the court case was still in progress, her son Devidas Naik continued with the case. On February 7, 2008, the court ordered the land acquisition officer to deposit 25% of the amount of the additional compensation to be paid to Devidas.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">As per the direction of the court, the officer presented a cheque of Rs 29,57,928 in the court on October 18, 2008. The cheque was sent to State Bank of India's Bangalore branch for realization. But due to the negligence of the bank staff, the cheque was not realized even after nine months, according to a written statement issued by Pradeep Naik, the advocate representing Devidas in the case. Repeated requests of Devidas and his family made to the land acquisition officer, bank officials and defence officials did not yield any results. Considering this as a serious offence, the court issued the showcause notice to the land acquisition officer.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">Source - Times of India, from </span><a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_8012/is_20090716/ai_n39597262/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;">http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_8012/is_20090716/ai_n39597262/</span></a></div>yogesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310938120922838943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836050504292462710.post-77111651422144194612010-03-08T21:30:00.000+05:302010-03-08T21:30:58.288+05:30Woes of North Karnataka - Wikibin.Org<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; color: #363636; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;">North Karnataka with rich history, tradition, natural resources, still not overcome issues like Border issue, Regional Imbalance, Emerges as terror hub.<br />
North Karnataka has been severely lagging from all aspects of development.<br />
There is a backwardness in everything fields like Infrastructure, Education, Economy, Government facilities, Rail links, Road transport, Airports, Tourism many more.</span><br />
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<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">Border Dispute </b><br />
Even though the Kannada Dynasties Kadamba, Rashtrakuta, Chalukya, Vijayanagara Empire ruled the Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu and also the parts of Gujarath. The impact of Kannada is clearly visible in the names of the places, Kannada words used in there literature.<br />
If we trace the history of the Maratha empire, not much difference between<br />
Kannadigas and Marathis and should live together as friends and not enemies.<br />
Karnataka Kshatriya Maratha Parishat clearly said<br />
* The Maharashtra Government should accept the Mahajan Commission report on the boundary issue and Belgaum was part of Karnataka .<br />
* All Marathi speaking people in Karnataka were safe and were living peacefully with Kannadigas.</span><br />
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Maharashtra laid claim to over 800 villages in Karnataka in Bidar, Belgaum and North Kanara districts.<br />
Boundary dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra arose over the demarcation of the boundary between both States by the States Reorganisation Act 1956.<br />
Attempt to redemarcation of the boundaries on uniform principles, Discussions and protracted correspondence between the Chief Ministers of two States and even the appointment of a 4 member committee (in 1960) failed. Then Senapathy Bapat, a freedom fighter, and 3 other Maharashtra leaders went on a fast unto death demanding the resolution of the dispute. In October 1966, the Government of India appointed the third Chief Justice of India, Mehr Chand Mahajan, to make recommendations to solve the dispute.<br />
Of the 865 villages and towns villages claimed by Maharashtra, the Commission recommended<br />
(which submitted its report in August 1967) the transfer of 264 villages be transferred from Karnataka. Of the 516 villages claimed by Karnataka, the Commission recommended the transfer of 247 from Maharashtra.<br />
Maharashtra refused to accept the Mahajan Commission Report, But Karnataka accepted the report.</span><br />
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<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">Facts from History </b><br />
* Historically North Kanara or Uttara Kannada was part of the great Kannada Empires. Initially the Kadamba Dynasty (350 - 525CE). Later the Chalukya Dynasty. Then a succession of dynasties such as the Rashtrakutas, Hoysalas and the Vijayanagara Empire ruled.<br />
* Kavirajamarga (The 9th century writing) refers to the entire area between the Kaveri River and the Godavari River as Kannada country, that implys that the language was popular farther north in present day Maharashtra. Owing to its popularity in modern Maharashtra during medieval times, Kannada has had an influence on the Gujarati language also.<br />
* Inscribed stones and copper plates, found in the neighbouring districts of Ratnagiri and Belganv as well as the state of Kolhapur, inform us that Satara and south Maharashtra, between 550 and 753 A.D. were held by Badami Chalukyas<br />
* People who speak Kannada now have a majority in Belgaum city.<br />
*Kannada Roots of Shivaji : Baliyappa or Balli, an ancestor of Shivaji came from Sorturu in Gadag District in present day Karnataka (North Karnataka) and not from Sorat from Sourashtra.<br />
* The dynastic surname Bhosle or Bhosale of Shivaji, is a derivative of Hoysala Kannada rulers of Karnataka.<br />
* Maharastra Gazetteer on Kolhapur clearly indicates that it was belongs to Kannadigas. Mahalaxmi temple (9th Century) at Kolhapur, Construction initiated by Kannada Rashtrakutas. The oldest part of the temple was the work of the Kannada Early Chalukyas. Within the temple area, below the carved ceiling are standing figures of Jain Tirthankars with inscriptions carved along in an old form of Kannada Language (Hale Kannada).<br />
* At Ajanta and Ellora cave temples you can notice Some of the paintings those belongs to Kannada dynasty Chalukya.<br />
* Kailash temple in Ellora was built by the kannada dynasty Rastrakutas.<br />
* In Maharashtra after the fall of Vakatakas, South Maharashtra was lost to the Kadambasand North Maharashtra was lost to Kalachuris. The new religion of Basavanna had set a great religious revolution there. Basavanna settled down at Sangameshvar in the Ratnagiri district, propounding Shaivism (Veerashaivism) called the Virashaivas.<br />
* The greatness of Vijayanagara Empire and glory of Kannada valour which spread beyond Maharashtra in earlier age.<br />
* Marathi is actually a mongrel language combining the old Dravidian vernacular of the region which would have been close to Kannada and Telugu and the actual Maharashtri Prakrit and Sanskrit. For WORDS OF DRAVIDIAN ORIGIN IN MARATHI CORE VOCABULARY refer [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~fsouth/DravidianElement.pdf]<br />
* During the region of Nanda-Maurya, Kannada got established as a separate language from Proto-Dravidian.<br />
* Kadambas are earliest sovereigns in Karnataka and they had sway over major part of Karnataka, and parts of Goa and Maharashtra.</span><br />
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* Most of the words of Dravidian origin in Marathi appear to come from the languages immediately to the south, that is Kannada Kodagu Tulu.<br />
* Kannada words are the highest in Marathi, spoken under Yadavas (1180-1320).<br />
* Marathi inscriptions of 1222 in Kannada script at Khandoli.<br />
* Marathi was influenced by Kannada and that many Kannada words are found in Jnaneshvari.<br />
* The popular deities of Maharashtra Vitthala, Mahalaxmi, Tulajabhavani and Khandoba have their origin in Karnataka.<br />
* Pune (Punnaka) 8th century, The earliest evidence of copper plates dating 758 AD and 768 AD reveals that this region was ruled by the Kannada Kingdom Rashtrakuta.<br />
* Areas between the Narmada River in the north and Kaveri River in the south came under Kannada dynasty Chalukya.<br />
* Political history of Maharashtra shows use of Kannada) for administrative purposes.<br />
* The Code of Law Document (1670), on the arrival of the Portuguese, was translated into Persian and Kannada (Kanarese).<br />
* In 1810, Stuart M. Elphinston, who became Governor of Bombay, was given a citation in Kannada.<br />
* Going by the influence of Kannada language and culture, Belgaum should have been the State capital.</span><br />
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<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">Belgaum border dispute </b><br />
<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">Facts from History</b><br />
* In the past Belgaum was known as Venugrama (means Bamboo village). Evident from the remains of monuments found here, it was a part of the Chalukya Empire(6th to 8th century).<br />
* The history of Belgaum (12th and 13th century), was built and ruled by local rulers called Rattas of Saundatti and they built Belgaum fort.<br />
* Belgaum was later ruled by the Yadavas of Devangiri and then became a part of the great Vijaynagar Empire.<br />
* Belgaum is a Karmabhoomi of Rani Chennamma (First woman freedom fighter of the India, In 1824, ignited the spark of the freedom struggle) of Kittur.</span><br />
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<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">Mahajan Commission </b><br />
The Central government in 1966 constituted a commission, headed by third CJI Meher Chand Mahajan<br />
, to solve the border dispute between Karnataka and Maharastra. Mahajan Commission had recommended exchange of several villages between Karnataka and Maharastra, but rejected Maharashtra claim on Belgaum.</span><br />
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<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">Politicising the issue </b><br />
Belgaum Kannada Marathi people are peace loving, Marathi people know Kannada and Kanndiga also speak Marathi and respect each other. But<br />
generally during elections time MES and Shivsena activities again and again raked the border issue.<br />
There is no point in politicising the issue, Belgaum is an integral part of Karnataka and has been<br />
accepted by Government of Karnataka as per the Mahajan Commission report.</span><br />
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<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">Goa Claim </b><br />
Claim made by Goa Konkani Rajya Ekikaran Manch, on Karwar, Supa and Haliyal in North Karnataka<br />
<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">Fact from History</b><br />
* So many Kannda words are in use in Konkani.<br />
* Goa was ruled by Kadamba Dynasty Kannada kingdom, having its capital at Halasi in Khanapur taluka of Belgaum District.<br />
* Konkani was written in Kannada script in Goa historically for a long time.<br />
* Kadambas of Banavasi won over some parts of Goa. The province of Goa was later occupied by two important Kannada dynasties, the Badami Chalukyas and Rashtrakutas. Goa saw a great development during this period and established itself as an important business center. Subsequent rulers of Goa, the Kadambas of Goa, actually had Chandavar in Uttara Kannada District as their capital.</span><br />
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<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">Regional Imbalance </b><br />
Due to the Development activities are concentrated around Bangalore and Mysore.<br />
North Karnataka remains underdeveloped. Due to this, the migration into Bangalore<br />
and to other parts of India increasing. A High Power Committee for redressal of regional imbalances had been set up to study this issue.<br />
It had made several recommendations. The report had stated that at<br />
least Rs 31,000 crore had to be spent for North Karnataka.</span><br />
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<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">Nanjundappa Committee report </b><br />
S.M. Krishna constituted the Nanjundappa Committee, to study and recommend a comprehensive development programme<br />
to remove regional imbalance in North Karnataka districts.<br />
Nanjundappa Committee report recommended investment of Rs. 16,000 crore over the 5 years to boost development.<br />
No major action taken on the report after promises were made for the development of North Karnataka.</span><br />
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<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">History and Tourism </b><br />
With the grace of the Dynasties like Kadamba, Rashtrakuta, Chalukya, Vijayanagara Empire, Deccan Sultanates. North Karnataka region has Thousands of group of monuments that include Temples, Basadi, Stupa, Gumbaj, Tomb.<br />
Due the negligence of the Government of Karnataka, Government of India, Archeological Survey of India and Tourism Department, the places like Sannati Lakkundi, Aihole, Anegundi, Bidar, Gadag, Sudi, Hangal, Halasi, Chaudayyadanapura, Galaganatha many more are still waiting for the basic facilities like Compound, Garden, Guard.<br />
North Karnataka would have been the Tourism Paradise of India, but still waiting for the basic facilities.</span><br />
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<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">Neglected in Railway and Union Budgets</b><br />
In Every Union and Railway budgets North Karnataka successively neglected.<br />
A budget comes and goes with no positive news for North Karnataka.<br />
Karnataka particularly North Karnataka's railway infrastructure is pathetic. Last 5 years Indian Union and Railways budgets are just meant for North India, Tamilnadu and Bihar.</span><br />
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<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">North Karnataka emerges as terror hub </b><br />
North Karnataka has emerged as the hotbed for terror activity, according to intelligence sources.<br />
North Karnataka is looked upon as a safe haven by terror groups. There is a huge SIMI presence in North Karnataka, and it has emerged as the most preferred destination after Hyderabad. After the heat was stepped in Hyderabad following blasts there, SIMI gradually moved into North Karnataka. Hubli-Dharwad and Bijapur as key destinations for SIMI.<br />
A majority of the sleeper cells in Karnataka are in this region, These areas have huge populations of migrants, mainly from Kashmir, Bangladesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. While it is unfair to generalise that all migrants are into terrorism.<br />
North Karnataka has been a preferred hub for terrorist for many years now. Terror training camps had been set up in the forests of North Karnataka. North Karnataka also played host to the crucial meeting termed as the Castle Rock meeting in Hubli.</span><br />
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<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">North Karnataka representative’s negligence </b><br />
Politicians visit people of North Karnataka every time during elections and make huge castle election promises. But no representative and no party has ever done any significant development for North Karnataka. It is still the forgotten and neglected part of the state even after 50 years. Opportunist politicians and all burning issues which politicians are not even having a glance on them.</span><br />
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<b style="font: normal normal bold 0.95em/normal Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif;">North Karnataka as a separate State </b><br />
Karnataka the moderately developed State, but the districts of<br />
North Karnataka severely lag behind South and Coastal Karnataka.<br />
In terms of Education, Health, Infrastructure, Economy, Drought.<br />
Karnataka government has itself recognised this many times but not done much to develop.<br />
The reasons for backwardness is Negligence.<br />
In other words, historical neglect and continuing neglect by successive State Government. Packages have not helped, because development doesn’t come in Packages. Development requires a set of leaders dedicated to the cause of their respective constituencies.<br />
North Karnataka’s problem has been a governance deficit that has led to North Karnataka as a separate State.</span><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 15px;">The decision of IBTPL and the samiti has come as a surprise to many. The samiti members hurriedly called the press conference and declared that they would withdraw all the criminal cases of forgery and cheating that they had filed against IBTPL. Mr. Vasurao said that IBTPL would withdraw the cases filed against the samiti members. The samiti leaders who had been accusing the company all along for using money and muscle power to curb the agitation against the proposed thermal power plant, lauded IBTPL for deciding against the project. Samiti leaders and Mr. Vasurao said that there was a misunderstanding and communication gap because of which there were problems.<br />
</div><div style="line-height: 15px;">Blaming the forest officials for providing the wrong information about the distance between Hanakon and Curtogoa Wildlife Sanctuary, Mr. Vasurao said that IBTPL relied on their report and went ahead with the project. He said IBTPL had no role in the atrocity committed by the police on the agitators on July 30, and said the guilty should be punished.<br />
</div><div style="line-height: 15px;">Asked whether it was a “give and take arrangement” between IBTPL and the few leaders of the samiti, Mr. Vasurao said there was nothing murky in the whole deal and it was done purely in the interests of the people of Karwar. The samiti offered full cooperation to IBTPL if it sets up an “eco-friendly” industry.<br />
</div><div style="line-height: 15px;">Mr. Vasurao said IBTPL would chalk out an alternative plan to develop the land it had purchased in Hanakon. Later, the samiti leaders and Mr. Vasurao went to the Deputy Commissioner’s office and signed an agreement with regard to the decision not to set up thermal power plant in Hanakon.<br />
</div><div style="line-height: 15px;">The sudden decision of some of the leaders of the samiti has created resentment among the other leaders who stayed away from the press meet. Some leaders who were imprisoned in Bellary Central Jail during the agitation were found arguing outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office with those who signed the pact with IBTPL without informing others.<br />
</div><div style="line-height: 15px;">A committee member, seeking anonymity, said that some leaders who were out to take the political mileage out of the agitation had called the press meet without knowledge of others. He said only the leaders from the Congress party were present and other leaders belonging to different other parties were informed in the last minute deliberately so as to keep them away from the press conference.<b> Source - <a href="http://www.24dunia.com/english-news/shownews/0/Hanakon-thermal-power-plant-project-shelved/4848288.html">The Hindu</a></b><br />
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In 2004, Karnataka had initially proposed to build a 300 MW thermal power project in Hanakona but subsequently due to power crisis in the state, raised the capacity to 400 MW project. The company had obtained a clearance from the state and the Centre and was awaiting a nod from the Pollution Control Board.<br />
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The locals and environmentalists had strongly opposed this project. In early 2009, events took a serious turn when police fired in the air to disperse the mob which was protesting during the shifting of the essential materials in the project site.<br />
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This had kicked off sporadic incidents of violence and the leader of the agitators and 17 women had been arrested. Even the reported police atrocity on several of the agitators had created a controversy.<br />
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Later, noted activist Medha Patkar and other political and non-political leaders joined the agitation. “We have already written a letter to the ministry of environment & forests about the plans to shift the thermal power plant from Karwar to Tuticorin,’’ Rao said, adding that they will also withdraw all the cases slapped against the agitators. As an alternative plan, he said the company now plans to start an eco-friendly project, including health resort, golf club, engineering or medical colleges with super speciality hospital at the land purchased by it in Hanakona to set up the power plant.<br />
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Meanwhile, sources said the company was also miffed with the Goa government for giving them false information which they had sought before initiating steps to set up the project. “The Goa government in a letter to the company had claimed that the distance between the project site and the Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary was over 17 km. Later the company on verification realized that the wildlife sanctuary was within 5 km from the project site,’’ company officials said. <b><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/State-loses-power-plant-to-TN/articleshow/5408431.cms">Source</a></b></span></b><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0253b7; font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold;"></span>While company officials refused to comment, government sources confirmed the development. They said the company was planning to set up 3x150-Mw, coal-based, thermal power project, which was first planned for Hankon in Andhra Pradesh.<br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The land requirement is estimated at 220 acres and is likely to use a blend of imported and Indian coal, in a ratio of 80:20. The imported coal requirement is estimated to be 1.28 million tonnes per annum and will be sourced from Indonesian collieries, added sources.<br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">The project may use the port of Tuticorin to import coal, which is in the process of investing Rs 538 crore to increase the draft at main berths, entry channels and turning circles. Currently, the port is handling around 7.5 million tonnes of coal every year, which is expected to increase to 12.5-13 million tonnes by 2012.<br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">Ind-Barath Power currently has an operating capacity of 375 Mw and is setting up plants with 3,000 Mw of capacity. It has also tied up debt of Rs 2,600 crore for a 800 Mw coal-based power plant in Orissa. Its other projects are coming up in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.<br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">In October, the company raised $100 million in funding from Sequoia Capital India, Bessemer Venture Partners and Citi Venture Capital International (CVCI). The troika would be getting an 18 per cent stake in the power generation company, which is valued at over Rs 2,100 crore, according to agency reports.<br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;">This was the second round of funding for Ind-Barath, which raised Rs 300 crore in 2007 from CVCI and UTI Ventures.<br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><strong>Ind-Barath's power plant was originally planned for Hankon, which is in Karnataka, and not Andhra Pradesh, as mentioned in the story. </strong><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><strong>Source - <a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ind-barath-to-shift-projectap-to-tn/381585/">Business-Standard</a></strong><br />
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</div><b><h1 style="color: #105a80; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Georgia, arial, verdana; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblStoryHeadline1" style="color: #105a80; font-size: 22px; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal Georgia, arial, verdana; line-height: 23px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Hankon thermal plant moves to Thoothukudi</span></h1><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">It’s now official. Ind Bharat Power (Karwar) Limited, a private company based in Hyderabad, which proposed the establishment of a 3x150 MW coal-based thermal power project at Hankon near here, officially declared here on Saturday that the proposal had been dropped and the proposed project would be shifted to Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', verdana; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">H</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;">e said it was pointed out in the letter that the company was not able to implement the project due to political, environmental and other unforeseen reasons. He said the materials brought for the project were being shifted to the new project location in Tamil Nadu.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', verdana; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><b style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">GOLF CLUB, HOSPITAL PROPOSED</b>: Rao said the company is proposing to establish eco-friendly projects such as a health resort with golf club and a medical college with a hospital on the site at Hankon. The local people had welcomed it, he said. The necessary environment impact assessment study would be carried out in this regard, he added. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', verdana; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Hankon+thermal+plant+moves+to+Thoothukudi&artid=gO3ADkXQqWY=">Source - Express Buzz</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', verdana; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span id="ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_lblDetailNews1" style="font: normal normal normal 13px/normal Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', verdana; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">The Hyderabad based Ind- Bharath Power (Karwar) Limited has decided to shift its 450-MW coal-based thermal power plant project to Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu from Hanakon in Uttara Kannada district. It is the victory for the people of Hanakon and surrounding villages, who have been fighting against the thermal project for the last two years.</span><br />
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</div>These people had waged a war against the project on all fronts - legal, social, cultural, emotional and political. From the small village of Hanakon, they took their complaint to Delhi, woke the authorities up and convinced them how dangerous the project would be if implemented. They even roped in environmentalists like Medha Patkar to oppose the project. They were so emotional that the Gabit community had even gone to the extent of returning the palanquins the Asnotikar family had donated to a temple in their village.<div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>What is more important here is that these Gabit community members preferred to return the palanquins — a spiritually and sentimentally important symbol for these innocent villagers — to antagonising the politically influential Asnotikar family.<div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>Only those who know the influence of deities in an Indian rural situation can understand how hard it is to take such a daring decision in a remote and conservative village of Uttara Kannada district. During the annual fair of Sateri Devi in Hanakon, the only prayer the villagers had made before the deity was to stop the thermal power project from being implemented.<div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>When the company announced its decision to shift, the first thing the villagers did was to offer special puja and to burst crackers to thank the deity. Had the company not shifted its project to Tamil Nadu, these villagers were ready to launch a Singur style of protest in Hanakon.<div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>The success here is a lesson for the people of Uttara Kannada: Unity and active participation of local leaders can prevent an authority — be it government or a private agency — from implementing any anti-people project.<div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>But what pains at this juncture is when the union government decided to set up a nuclear power plant in Kaiga in the late 1980s there was no similarly satisfactory local support for the people who opposed the project. The protest was led by mostly the outsiders to this region. People from Sirsi and other places used to go there for protest. But Karwar people did not participate. Local people involved in the protest only at the end of the decade-long struggle against the nuclear power project.<div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>The then octogenarian litterateur and Jnanapeetha award winner Dr Shivarama Karanth, who hailed from the neighbouring Dakshina Kannada district, had contested Lok Sabha election in 1989 as a symbolic protest against the Kaiga nuclear power project.<div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>He suffered a humble defeat in the election. The environmentalists protested against the project because the location was situated in an ecologically sensitive area of the Western Ghats and the site of the project had seismic faults. There were many more reasons to protest the Kaiga nuclear power plant.<div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>The nuclear power project would not have come up in Kaiga if there had been an active local participation against that project then, as in the case of thermal power plant in Hanakon.<div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>Going by the list of projects the state government now has on its hand, taking a respite from similar protests seems to be a distant dream for the people of Uttara Kannada. A diesel-based thermal power plant in Tadadi, development of Tadadi into an all-weather port and a large scale steel plant somewhere in Uttara Kannada are under serious consideration of the state government.<div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div>Without conducting a study of the ecological bearing capacity of Uttara Kannada district in particular and one of the 12 biodiversity hotspots of Western Ghats in general, will it be feasible to have so many projects in one district? People of Uttara Kannada district will have to question the governments. Hanakon success is in front of them as a model.<b>Source</b> <b> -</b> <b><a href="http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=What%20Hankon%E2%80%99s%20success%20means&artid=Osh2TJur03s=&SectionID=7GUA38txp3s=&MainSectionID=7GUA38txp3s=&SectionName=zkvyRoWGpmWSxZV2TGM5XQ==&SEO=">Express Buzz</a></b><br />
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<div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;">Once again a “mischief-maker” is able to expose colleagues to radiation doses at an Indian nuclear power plant. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px;"><b>The Kaiga Atomic</b> Power Station, where 65 NPCIL employees were found to have received radiation doses in excess of prescribed limits in November.</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Tarapur, about 130 km from Mumbai, then had two nuclear power reactors. (It has four now.) Liquid waste from these reactors is stored in underground tanks. Liquid waste is categorised as high-level and low-level. Solid waste is vitrified (converted into glass) and stored in capsules.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Five and a half years later, on November 24, 2009, at the Kaiga Atomic Power Station on the banks of the Kalinadi river in Karwar district of Karnataka, bioassay tests of the urine samples of 65 employees working in the first reactor building revealed that they had received radiation in excess of the prescribed limits. They were all employees of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), which designs, builds and operates nuclear power reactors in the country. They had drunk water mixed with tritiated heavy water from a water cooler kept in the operating island of Unit-1. Tritiated heavy water is a radioactive fluid in the heavy water. The three operating reactors at Kaiga use natural uranium as fuel and heavy water as both coolant and moderator.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Two of the 65 employees received radiation doses above the annual limit of three rem (or 30 millisieverts) set by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), the watchdog organisation that monitors safety in nuclear installations in India.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">A top DAE official blamed the incident on “an insider’s mischief”. He said “an insider had mixed tritiated heavy water in the drinking water kept in the cooler in the operating island of the reactor”.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">S.K. Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, NPCIL, also called the incident “possibly an act of mischief”. He explained that there was heavy water in the reactor’s moderator system and primary heat transporter. During the reactor’s operation, a part of the deuterium in the heavy water gets converted into tritium. (Deuterium and tritium are isotopes of hydrogen.) While light water contains two atoms of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen (H<sub>2</sub>O), heavy water contains two atoms of deuterium and one atom of oxygen (D<sub>2</sub>O). Tritium oxide, or super-heavy water, contains two atoms of tritium and one atom of oxygen (T<sub>2</sub>O). “Trained, qualified workers” took out vials of tritiated heavy water from the sampling points in the reactor building to the chemical laboratory (which, in this case, was situated outside the building) for analysis, Jain explained. This is done every day. When urine samples of 250 workers were tested on November 24, it came to light that 65 of them had received tritium radiation. Investigation revealed that water in the water cooler had been contaminated with tritiated heavy water. “Preliminary inquiry does not reveal any violation of operating procedures or radioactivity release or security breach,” he said.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Jain was confident that since the “computerised access control system has a record of all the personnel who have entered the operating island”, it was only a matter of time before the mischief-maker would be identified.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">The DAE/NPCIL do not seem to have become wiser after the incident at the WIP at Tarapur. No closed-circuit cameras have been installed in the corridors/passages leading from the sampling points in the reactor buildings to the chemical laboratories, which are generally situated outside the reactor building.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">With touching naivete and implicit faith in their staff, top NPCIL officials explained away the absence of closed-circuit cameras. Their unanimous argument was: “The workers are our staff. Their antecedents were checked before they were appointed. So there is no need to monitor every movement of a worker.” Besides, they argued, it was not feasible to install cameras all over the nuclear power plant “from end to end”, and that cameras had been installed in what they called “strategic areas”, “sensitive spots” or “vital points”.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">But all of them declined to reveal what were the “strategic areas” or “sensitive spots” where closed-circuit cameras had been installed. An AERB official frankly admitted: “The closed-circuit cameras have been installed at strategic locations so that nothing is removed without authorisation. But who would have thought a fellow would go out of his mind and mix tritiated heavy water with drinking water?” One NPCIL official said that the vial containing tritiated heavy water would not be detected by radiation-monitoring counters if it was covered with a piece of cloth.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">A top DAE official said, “There are a large number of places where closed-circuit cameras have been installed. There were no cameras here because it was a corridor [in Unit-1 at Kaiga]. The cameras were not installed then because the decision at that time was based on a [particular] scenario. Now you have to factor in this scenario [of an employee spiriting away the vial containing tritium and mixing it with drinking water in the cooler].”<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">The AERB sent two of its officers to Kaiga. They concluded that a drinking water cooler was the source of the tritium contamination. The water tank of this cooler, like other water coolers, was kept locked. “However,” said Om Pal Singh, AERB Secretary, in a press release, “it appears that a mischief maker added a small quantity of tritiated heavy water to the cooler, possibly from a heavy water sampling vial, through its [cooler’s] overflow tube.”<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Officials of NPCIL and the AERB also played down the gravity of the ingestion of tritiated heavy water by the 65 employees. An “update” on the incident from Jain on November 29 said: “Any contamination caused by heavy water inside the human body is quickly flushed out through natural biological processes like urination and perspiration. These processes can be hastened through simple medication. The contamination detected in this incident has been brought down quickly and one worker is currently close to the limit specified by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.… No worker is hospitalised.”<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Om Pal Singh argued that the “administration of diuretics accelerates the process of removal of tritium from the human body by urination” and said the personnel who ingested the tritiated heavy water were referred to hospitals for the administration of diuretics.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">But according to an article in <em>Science and Democratic Action</em>, published by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, United States, in its August 2009 issue: “As radioactive water, tritium can cross the placenta, posing some risk of birth defects and early pregnancy failures. Ingestion of tritiated water also increases cancer risk.” These observations form part of the lead article, “Radioactive Rivers and Rain: Routine Releases of Tritiated Water from Nuclear Power Plants”, by Annie Makhijani and Arjun Makhijani. They observed: “The problem of routine tritium emissions is, in our opinion, underappreciated, especially because non-cancer foetal risks are not yet part of the regulatory framework for radionuclide contamination and because tritium releases constitute the largest routine releases from nuclear power plants.”<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px;">Although the Kaiga incident came to light on November 24, it was not before November 30 that the Kaiga station officials “formally” requested the Mallapur police for an investigation. Notwithstanding the NPCIL top brass’ confidence in the computerised access control systems, biometrics and the list of 250 employees who work in Unit-1, neither the State police nor the Central intelligence agencies had zeroed in on the “mischief-maker” as of December 7.<br />
</div>yogesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310938120922838943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836050504292462710.post-83273683166913983302009-12-08T19:24:00.002+05:302009-12-08T19:24:00.200+05:30Karwar cuisine- a tradition - Sourced from www.karwar.eu<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Source - <a href="http://karwar.eu/Karwar%20cuisine%202.htm">karwar.eu</a></i></b></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Cuisine of Karwar, a small town on the western coast of India, just south of Goa, is unique in its taste, flavour and variety. People of</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Karwar have spread over different parts of India and the world in search of employment and livelihood. But the karwar Diaspora, no matter where it exists cares for the food of the native land. Their mouth waters the moment somebody mentions the Karwari dishes.</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>There are books on Goa cuisine which is therefore well advertised but Karwar cuisine is less known. Though it may have similarities to Goa cuisine, it is distinct. Goa was under Portuguese rule for five hundred years and this inevitably affected the content and the style of cooking with the inevitable impact of the Portuguese food style. But Karwar cuisine has retained its pristine purity and traditional favour. the Malwani food in south Konkan is similar in some respects. But Karwar food has its own tongue- tingling and mouth-watering quality. It is quite distinct from the food of the neighboring Karnataka and Maharashtra states. Karwar food deserves to be widely known and its dishes made accessible to not only the Karwar Diaspora but also all the lovers of good food the world over.</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Rice: rice is locally grown since the crop requires heavy rains, which Karwar is blessed with. The locally grown parboiled rice ( </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>ukado tandul</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>) is used for rice gruel ( </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>pej)</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> for mid-morning meal. Rice ripens around Dasara-Diwali time (month of October) and appears in the market. It is stored in the house in huge</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>moodos</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> (baskets made of dry paddy stalks) for use through the rainy season till the next crop is available.</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Cocoanuts:</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Every Karwari house would normally have a grove of cocoanut trees in the backyard. Cocoanuts are used in abundance in Karwari cuisine to produce a variety of curries, chutney and sweet dishes like </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>patoli, </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>modak</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> and madgane.</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> A traditional house has a </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>ragada,</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> a stone artifact that is used to mash cocoanuts flesh. Cocoanut milk is an input to sweet dishes like </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>payas and madgane.</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> It is mixed with jaggary made from local sugarcane which serves as</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>ros </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>cakes made of rice are dipped and eaten. Cocoanut when dried up becomes copra which when crushed becomes oil which is a medium for cooking. Fish fried in cocoanut oil gets an aroma and taste of its own.</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Fish:</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>A wide variety of fish is the treasure provided by the sea the estuaries. Karwar fishermen spread the early in the day and the fisherwomen bring the fresh fish to sell in the morning bazaar. The head of the household personally goes to buy the fresh fish according to the liking of his family members. Often he successfully bargains with the fisherwoman about the price. A successful purchase of quality fish at a bargain price becomes a matter of boast in an animated morning conversation with friends and neighbours. Bangada ( macharel) Tarala (sardine) are the fish most abundantly available as reasonable prices. Paplet( pomphret), Visvan or Surmai( king fish) Ravas, Shevate are bigger fish each with its own taste. Nagali found in estuaries are a delicate fish and is aptly called Lady’s Finger. Sungata (prons), Tisryo (shall fish) Kalwa (rock fish or mussels) and Kurlyo (crab) each has its own flavour and taste. Winter (November to January)</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Is the best season for fish-lovers? The fish is abundant and appetite is demanding. During the rainy season, fishermen cannot enter the turbulent sea to catch fish. So fresh fish – bangada, sungata and mori (shark)- is dried in the summer season on the road under the hot burning sun and stored for use in the rainy season. They are carried in bundles by visiting Karwaris who live in places where fresh fish is not available. </i></span><u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Kismore</i></span></u><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> made of dried bangada, sungata and mori is more delicious.</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Fruits: mango is rightly called the king of fruits. Everybody knows about Ratnagiri Alfanso (hapus), which is exported to up country market of Mumbai and from there to Dubai and other foreign lands. American president Bush relished the alfanso mango during his visit in India and hoped that the mango will be exported to US also. But Karwar varieties of mangoes are quite different and are unique in taste and flavour. Karwaris will not exchange them for any other variety. First are </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>ishadth</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>, </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>kalo</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> (black) and </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>dhavo</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> (white).They are full of sweet pulp. There is </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>musrad </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>big in size and with special flavour. Third is </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>fernad</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>firm in flesh and easy to cut into pieces. Karwar meal cannot conclude in the summer season without a plateful of pieces of these mangoes. Summer is the season when mangoes arrive in abundance in the market. </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Amras-puri</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> is a favorite dish in a summer season meal. Beside there are also small juicy mangoes, which are used to prepare </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>sasav, </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>a special dish of Karwar. Mango curries flavoured with </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>ghalani </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>are also a favorite. Wild mango trees, grown in forest provide an abundance of raw mangoes, which are collected in early season to produce whole mango pickle besides a variety of other pickles. Mango juice is dried in the sun and made into flakes –</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>sath </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>for relishing the taste of mango long after the mango season is over.</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Jackfruit: Like mangoes, jackfruits also ripen in summer. Huge jackfruits hang in bunch from the jackfruit trees. Every household compound has a tree or two. The green exterior with small spikes hides a treasure of golden ( </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>garas</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>) that is sweet flesh covering large seeds neatly packed inside. The huge fruit is ripped open with a knife and with oil smeared hands, lest the glue</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>( cheek</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>) sticks, the</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>gara</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>s are taken out to be consumed at leisure. There are two types of jackfruits –</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> kappa</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i> and </i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>baraka</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>. Garas of kappa are crisp and delight to relish. Those of baraka are juicy and are used to prepare relishing patolis – a pancake steamed in a covering of haldi (turmeric) leaves. Patolis are eaten steam-hot with dollop of ghee melting over it. The jackfruit seed ( bikan) is used as an additional input to curries.</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Cashews: Summer is also the season for cashew nuts. Very few know that cashew nut appears on the top of the cashew apple resplendent in its red hue. Cashew apple is nice in taste but can hardly compete with mangoes and bananas. It is the cashew nut that is more coveted. A thick exterior covers the nut which is roasted on fire (nowadays it is done in cashew factory) the cover removed and the nut taken out for eating. The nut has a crisp brown cover, which is easily removed with fingers. There is hardly any nut as delicious as cashew nuts. It is eaten as it is or salted or spiced. It is also mixed with variety of preparations like sweets such as madgane and kheer or savouries like phov and muga- ambat( green gram curry). Cashew nut is the ingredients of katli sold by the famous Chitale shop in Pune.</i></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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</div>yogesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310938120922838943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836050504292462710.post-23151428438413202952009-12-07T19:15:00.001+05:302009-12-07T19:15:00.176+05:30Karwar Beach in 1933 - sourced picture<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This picture of Col Gosnell was taken at Karwar in 1933. Came across this Web Page while Image Searching/browsing "Karwar Law" here - <a href="http://ocotilloroad.com/geneal/gosnell1.html">http://ocotilloroad.com/geneal/gosnell1.html</a><br />
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The earthy red of manganese dust around Karwar port, echoed in the colour of the fish curry served here, dominates your visual experience of this slumbering coastal Karnataka town. If the tangy curry, cooked with the wild spice jummana kalu, is a taste of the past, the red dust is all about the pressures of the present.<br />
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<a href="http://www.outlookindia.com/images/karwar_fish_market_20070115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="http://www.outlookindia.com/images/karwar_fish_market_20070115.jpg" width="320" /></a>And the pressures are many. The landmark Amruth Hotel now has fish tikka and butter chicken. But the authenticity of its Konkani fare still survives. <br />
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They have all come in the name of development. The Kadra dam, the Kaiga nuclear power plant, the caustic soda factory and most recently, the Seabird naval base. These projects have led to bustling new settlements and have inexorably altered the traditional palate of a town where even Brahmins survive on a daily diet of fish. In the last couple of decades, jummana kalu (zanphoxylum rhepha) has had to fight the advances of ajinomoto and tandoori masala.<br />
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Ecologist Pandurang Hedge, who lives in Sirsi nearby, says he came to Karwar regularly once upon a time just to feast on its staple Konkani shellfish varieties, rice bakri (thin crusted rice-rotis) and shagoti (chicken in gravy) and the wild spice fish curry served with boiled rice at the city's most famous landmark—Amruth Hotel. "But now Amruth serves everything from chicken Manchurian and fish tikka, to fried rice and butter chicken masala. The Punjabification of food is an indicator of the changes the city has seen," he says.<br />
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Local editor Ashok Hasyagar says that Kaiga saw an influx of 8,000 families and Seabird brought another 3,000 in its first phase. A vegetarian, he came to Karwar as an employee of the caustic soda factory in 1975. "I struggled at that time because we did not get vegetables and milk in Karwar. Fish was the staple and fish-eaters hardly needed another calcium supplement. But now we have three streets selling vegetables and milk," he says. The same, he points out, is true of sweets—they came in with the Gujaratis and Marwaris, and almost swept away kaju miji, a local sweet made of jaggery and ginger.<br />
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S.R. Neelavar, the 87-year-old patriarch who started Amruth, admits to having diversified, but swears by the authenticity of his Konkani dishes. "I was inspired to start Amruth in October 1978 after the shagoti and rice bakri that I used to sell in Karwar twice a day, on my cycle, became very popular. Then, my wife Amruti was the cook. Now we have grown big, but my wife still keeps an eye on the cooking." To prove the point, he treats us to some delightful estuarian fried fish, a rare variety found where the river Kali meets the sea, and bangda (mackerel) curry rich with coconut milk, another important ingredient of this coastal cuisine.<br />
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Neelavar is a Daivagna Brahmin, traditionally a goldsmith. Just as the cuisine seems to be under attack, the jewellery, too, is facing pressure from competitors. "Karwar-style jewellery has a very special place but with Bengali goldsmiths coming into town, their style has begun to dominate, and perhaps their fish masala too," says Deepak Shenvi, a jewellery exporter.<br />
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But nobody can take away the teesra sukka (a small clam) delicacies from the Karwar people. This is evident when you visit the fisherfolk of the Kali riverbed. "We prepared teesra biriyani yesterday," say members of the Waingankar family. But Ashok Hasyagar rings an alarm bell: "Land erosion, sand mining and Seabird's break-water wall to stop waves have altered the undercurrent, and affected the abundance of shell fish."<br />
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A good number of the Saraswat Brahmins, another important community in the Karwar region, have migrated to Maharashtra. But their food survives, as we discovered at Shweta Homely Food, run by Shyam Sundar Basrur, a Chitrapur Saraswat. He served us delicious thoy, a yellow dal tempered with coconut oil and mustard and solkadi, a drink made of kokam and coconut milk, which tastes divine after a good karli or surmai fish curry. There are other wonderful fish curries, but also Chinese fried rice and kebabs. "We added chicken and mutton to cater to the demands of my clients, mostly bank and government officials transferred here," explains Shyam.<br />
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Amidst this torrent of seafood, there is a small pocket in Karwar untouched by fish, called Habbuwada. The Habbus are strict vegetarians who migrated from Bijapur during the Adil Shahi reign. In this 'wada', the talk is about rice porridge, the spicy saru, local greens, papaya, cucumber and sweet gourd. "Other vegetables were alien to us until recently," says Ramachandra Habbu, a college principal.<br />
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Tagore, who visited Karwar in 1873, when his uncle was the first Indian judge in the area, wrote of the sea beach: "It reflects the joy of the infinite and thus draws us to lose ourselves in it." But the universe of Konkani cuisine is not exactly infinite, at least not any more.yogesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310938120922838943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836050504292462710.post-3561701959423726002009-11-26T21:02:00.000+05:302009-11-26T21:02:20.523+05:30Homage to the Heroes and Victims of 26-11 at Karwar<span style="font-family: monospace; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: monospace; line-height: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span> </span><br />
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</div>We, as small Group of Lawyers friends at Karwar paid Homage to the valiant Heroes and the innocent victims of the 26-11 Mumbai Terror Attacks, at the residence/office Mr. Pradeep M Naik Advocate. <br />
<blockquote>Mumbai's prominent landmarks like the Leopold Cafe, Cama Hospital, Oberoi Trident, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Nariman House fell prey to the Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Toiba operatives. Several brave officers of the Mumbai Police force like Joint Commissioner of Police, Anti-Terrorist Squad, Hemant Karkare, Police Inspector, Anti Extortion Cell, Vijay Salaskar and Additional Commissioner of Police Ashok Kamte fell prey to the bullets. National Security Guards and Marine Commandos were summoned to bring the situation under control. The NGS also lost its two personnel, Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Commando Gajendra Singh. The day is a tribute to all those martyrs who gave up their lives to ensure others could live to tell their tales and a salute to the bravery of those who survived. <a href="http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-pays-homage-to-2611-victims-martyrs/105987-3.html?from=tn"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">CNN-IBN</span></span></a> <br />
</blockquote>Attending the Homage ceremony at Karwar Lawyer Pradeep M Naik's house, were Anil Mayekar, Anirudh Haldipurkar, Jagadish Harwadekar, Ramnath Bhat, Yogesh Naik, Nagaraj Deshbhandari, Varada Naik, Vinayak Naik, A. D. Naik, Ramnath Parulekar, Jyoti Mirashi, Gajanan P Tarikar, Ashwini Gowda, etc. Advocate Kiran Naik sang patriot songs and 2 minutes of silence was observed. <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; white-space: pre;"><object height="150" width="200"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HwxWxQwxwjA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"> </param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> </param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HwxWxQwxwjA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></span> <br />
<blockquote>The first anniversary of the horrific 26/11 Mumbai terror carnage was also the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the Indian constitution but sadly, this did not get the attention it deserved, a Rajya Sabha MP lamented Thursday. ‘This morning, when we assembled, we paid tribute to the victims of the 26/11 attack. But we have forgotten that our constitution was adopted on 26th November 1949. Today is the 60th anniversary of that momentous event,’ Bharatiya Janata Party member S.S. Ahluwalia said during zero hour. ‘Sadly, there is no mention of this in the media. Parliament too has forgotten about it. There was not even a bouquet placed in the Central Hall where the constitution was adopted,’ Ahluwalia added. <br />
</blockquote><blockquote><a href="http://trak.in/news/2611-anniversary-is-also-60th-anniversary-of-constitutions-adoption/28117/"><strong><span style="color: black;">Source</span></strong></a>: <a href="http://trak.in/news/2611-anniversary-is-also-60th-anniversary-of-constitutions-adoption/28117/" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black;">26/11 anniversary is also 60th anniversary of constitution’s adoption 60th anniversary, ahluwalia, indian constitution, rajya sabha</span></a> <br />
</blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><em>A year later, the entire nation has come together to observe the first anniversary of the 26/11 attacks and pay homage to the 166 people who lost their lives. <strong><a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/nation-observes-first-anniversary-of-26-11/546477/"><span style="color: black;">Indian Express</span></a> <a href="http://www.indianexpress.com/news/nation-observes-first-anniversary-of-26-11/546477/2"><span style="color: black;">Nation observes first anniversary of 26/11</span></a> </strong> </em> <br />
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</div><div style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">The negotiations leading up to Copenhagen have been something of a fiasco. But this is not, as some would have it, wholly the fault of balky American senators who have refused to pass a cap-and-trade bill fast enough. It is true that a lot of the blame does indeed belong on Capitol Hill; the Senate has taken its time mulling over its version of a climate-change bill, not helped by the protracted debate over health care. John Kerry, one of the Senate’s cap-and-trade champions, now says only that he hopes the bill will make it to the floor in the spring.<br />
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</div><div style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://media.economist.com/images/20091121/D4709US1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://media.economist.com/images/20091121/D4709US1.jpg" width="320" /></a>But this is far from the only reason that a full, binding deal at Copenhagen had to be scratched. Each round of successive negotiations leading up to the conference lengthened, rather than shortened, the list of matters up for debate. The negotiating text is a snarl of bracketed material that the parties cannot agree on. There is now no hope of getting legally binding targets for emissions-reductions—a “son of Kyoto” treaty that would extend plans to cut greenhouse-gas emissions when the targets laid out in the Kyoto protocol end in 2012.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Big developing countries have been as immovable as America, at least publicly. China’s president said in September that his country would cut the amount of carbon dioxide it emits per unit of output by a “notable amount”, but has provided no actual figure. India, another big poor-country emitter, has steadfastly pushed back against any binding targets for poor countries at all. Many in Washington, DC, continue to believe what they did at Kyoto: no deal is acceptable in America that requires nothing concrete of the big poor-world emitters. China, after all, puts out more carbon dioxide than America does.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Yet a number of climate-watchers in Washington breathed a sigh of relief when Mr Obama and Mr Rasmussen said what everyone involved had long known. Not only will Mr Obama now not sign a bill before Copenhagen; the Senate is not even expected to vote on one. But at least that means that the several committees that get a crack at the bill will be allowed to get on with their work.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Climate change was at the top of the agenda when Mr Obama arrived in China late on November 15th. A few Copenhagen-watchers still held out hope that Mr Obama and Hu Jintao, China’s president, would announce something that could break the deadlock. Instead, they announced a raft of practical measures on energy—both its production and its use. Some were more aspirational than operational. But they may show the way forward, by focusing on concrete measures to be taken today rather than distant goals.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">The measures announced include the creation of a Sino-American clean-energy research centre and an electric-vehicles initiative. They also include a plan to increase energy efficiency, especially in buildings. This was a big part of America’s stimulus bill, and an Energy Department official says that China will add housing and office space equivalent to America’s entire stock in the next 20 years.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Another promise, to work together on “cleaner coal”—meaning capturing and storing the carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants—is important as both countries sit on mountains of the stuff. Finally, the two agreed to co-operate on extracting natural gas from shale. America has much more extractable gas in shale than previously thought, and the same geology pertains around the world. Gas power emits just half the carbon dioxide of coal.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">Back in Washington, such talk may help a cap-and-trade bill’s chances. Boosters now talk more about energy production (from natural gas or solar), and cost-saving (like keeping buildings just as warm with less energy) than about hair-shirt measures like turning out the lights. Lindsey Graham, a Republican, has joined forces with Mr Kerry, saying he will support a cap-and-trade bill if it includes production of more low-carbon energy from nuclear power, as well as offshore oil-and-gas drilling in America. On the Senate bill, E&E Daily, an energy and environmental news website, counts 27 of 100 senators “on the fence”, along with 41 “yes” and “probably yes”. That fence-sitting group has grown, though 60 votes are still needed to ensure passage of a bill. Some talk of abandoning the idea of a cap-and-trade system that covers the whole economy in favour of one that covers power companies (which are reconciled to the idea) plus tighter fuel-efficiency standards for vehicles.<br />
</div><div style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-left: 0pt; padding-right: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt;">The interplay between international negotiations and the Senate’s deliberations is delicate. Senators are unwilling to vote for caps in America without a commitment from China, China is unwilling to make one without an ambitious target for cuts from America, and the administration is unwilling to antagonise the Senate by seeming to cave in to foreign pressure. But there are ways round the impasse. America may offer up numerical targets based on the legislation that it hopes will pass next year, and China might put a number on the “notable” cuts in the energy intensity of GDP it has promised. That could be the basis for an outline deal at Copenhagen—details to be filled in next year.<br />
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</div>yogesahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17310938120922838943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4836050504292462710.post-11719249842477542292009-11-20T11:04:00.001+05:302009-11-20T11:04:00.520+05:30THE FUTURE OF ENERGY: INSIGHTS FROM THE 2009 WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK<div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"></span></span></span><br />
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