Corridors of Power

Filmy marketing campaign in opposition to drunken driving

The Mangaluru City Police, who’ve been campaigning vigorously in opposition to folks driving inebriated, have used a clip from the superhit Kannada film Su from So to buttress their marketing campaign. Using the clip on their Facebook web page, the police urge folks to not drive drunk. In the clip, a drunk Raviyanna (Shanil Guru) comes out of a wedding celebration and makes an attempt to trip his scooter.

As he applies the primary gear, the scooter instantly strikes ahead and Raviyanna, unable to manage the automobile, falls. When others ask him what occurred, he tells them he simply wished to park the scooter on a facet in order to not impede others. Another man is heard sniggering, “Idu tumba facet ayta anta…” (Looks prefer it went a bit an excessive amount of to the facet). The police finish the reel with the message, “If you drink and drive, the automobile veers off the highway an excessive amount of. Don’t drink and drive, comply with site visitors guidelines.”

Study tour cancelled

The Sagar City Municipal Council (CMC) in Shivamogga district, which had deliberate to take all elected members (31) on a research tour of Delhi and Haryana, cancelled the journey below public strain. The objective of the tour, as disclosed by the members, was to check strong waste administration in among the well-maintained cities in North India. This resolution attracted criticism from the general public. The time period of the elected physique ends on October 25, 2025, hardly two months away. The public questioned the need of conducting a research tour on the fag finish of the tenure and argued there could be no time to implement one of the best practices witnessed in different city localities in Sagar.

The estimated expenditure for the tour was ₹40 lakh. Knowing the general public sentiment in opposition to the tour, the BJP members, who maintain energy within the council, determined in opposition to becoming a member of the journey. Similarly, the chief of the Congress within the CMC, Ganapati Mandagalale, introduced that he wouldn’t be a part of the journey. Finally, council president Mythri Patil on August 8 declared that the CMC wouldn’t take the members for the journey. The quantity meant for the journey could be utilised for improvement works within the metropolis, she introduced.

Amusement park opposed

The proposed amusement park at KRS in Mandya district has drawn flak from former Minister BK. Chandrashekar. In a letter to Tourism and Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister HK. Patil, the Congress chief mentioned that the proposed park would hurt the setting across the dam. 

The authorities is predicted to accumulate 500 acres for the proposed park which isn’t far-off from the dam, and it’ll result in the mushrooming of accommodations and different enterprise institutions and can turn into a dumping yard for plastic baggage and meals waste, he mentioned. Mr. Chandrashekar, who hails from the area, mentioned that the proposed park would adversely have an effect on the historic city of Srirangapatna and appealed to the federal government to drop the venture within the curiosity of the general public and to safeguard the setting.