Kashempur sore over slow pace of works

Bandeppa Kashempur, MLA, has urged officials to spend funds set aside under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) before the end of the financial year.

At a review of development programmes at the Bidar Taluk Panchayat on Thursday, Mr. Kashempur expressed shock at the slow progress of work. Only around 20 per cent of funds had been spent under the MNREGA in all gram panchayats; this was not acceptable, he said.

He urged officials to create awareness about the job scheme and ensure more labourers were given work under it.

They should try to spend at least half the funds set aside in each panchayat, he said.

He instructed Suryakant Phulekar, taluk panchayat executive officer, to take action against officials who don’t speed up works.

The MLA said he would visit two villages in Bidar taluk to inspect works and interact with residents on Friday.




source:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/kashempur-sore-over-slow-pace-of-works/article4343009.ece

Asst Prof commits suicide.

An Assistant Professor committed suicide by hanging himself here, apparently dejected over delay in awarding punishment to those who were responsible for the suicide of his son and on unkept promises of compensation by the government, police said today.

57-year-old Manikrao Suryavamshi, Assistant Professor of English in a Government College, in his death note on Sunday stated that the delay in punishing those who drove his son, a Panchayat Development Officer, to suicide as the reason for his taking the extreme step.

"The government officials and political leaders including the present Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who was Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister then, visited my residence in 2011, promised to bring the culprits to book and assured compensation to my family", stated in his death note.

"The culprits who are responsible for my son's death have secured bail and are leading a happy life now. This is the result of the failure of the system. I am dejected in life by the rampant corruption and harassment of sincere people", he stated.

Manikrao's son Vijaykumar who was serving as Panchayat Development Officer of Byalahalli in Bhalki taluk committed suicide by hanging on Noveber nine, 2011 as he was unable to bear the harassment of his seniors including a top official of the panchayat.

The suicide had triggerred off public outrage and even strike by PDOs then. (PTI)



source:http://echoofindia.com/bidar-ktk-asst-prof-commits-suicide-21858

Dairy development in Bidar

Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University (KVAFSU) will start diploma courses in hygienic meat production, packing and storage, said C. Renuka Prasad, Vice-Chancellor, here on Thursday.

He was speaking at a function organised to mark KVAFSU’s Foundation Day. A programme to adopt Bidar district for comprehensive dairy development was launched on the occasion.

“KVAFSU will organise training programmes for slaughterhouse workers and meat traders about hygienic waste disposal. We have already conducted such training sessions in Bangalore. A model slaughterhouse will be established here, on the lines of those set up by the university in Bangalore and Shimoga,” he said.

“The university will also take up preservation of the Deoni breed of cattle. Only 1,500 heads of cattle of this breed are there in the district. A separate programme will aim at crossbreeding Deoni with high-yielding exotic varieties of cattle,” he added.

“A long-term plan is being implemented to increase the district’s milk yield to 2 lakh litres a day. We also plan to urge the government to come out with total health coverage of all animals,” the Vice-Chancellor said.

K.N. Prabhudeva, Director of Extensions, was present.

source:http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/dairy-development-in-bidar/article4318304.ece