WATER SOLD AT RS.150 PER HOUR!

There is a huge water tank built by the Zilla Panchayath at Konanakatte in South Kodagu.

The administration planned to provide irrigation water to around 2000 acres. Money has been pouring under different schemes since 1972.

But the agriculturists are hardly helped through this project as few individuals raised objection, legally. The administration did little to solve this problem. Today, the middlemen are busy lifting water from this tank by using generators. They sell it to the needy at rupees 150/= per hour!

The agriculturists living around complain that despite the fact that money is being released each year from the ZP, the water canals yet await completion. Even the tank built by spending lakhs of rupees is in ruins. They have demanded immediate action since people are removing boulders from the tank for their personal use, or that can even be sold like water!

5450 AIDS PATIENTS IN KODAGU;

District Health Officer Dr.Vishwanath has said that Kodagu has 5450 HIV positive patients.

Addressing AIDs awareness programme at Somwarpet, he said that the decease was found in many patients during blood check up. Dr Vishwanath stated that Karnataka has about five lakh patients while 52 lakh suffer from this decease in India.

Speaking on the occasion, MLA Mr.B.A.Jivijaya said that the TV media is spoiling the culture and misleading the youth about matters related to sex and passion.

Rotary president Mr.Maheshwar Rao, Dr.Shivram Nayak, Joint director Mr.Maheshwar Rao and representatives of Stree Shakthi groups took oath to eradicate the decease.

LAND FOR PG CENTRE;

The education minister Mr.Manjunath told that the government will acquire 120 acres of land at Chikka Aluvara in Somwarpet taluk and start a Post Graduate center.

Addressing the scribes before inaugurating college day of FMKMC college, Madikeri, the minister said that the ear markled land will be acquired for the purpose and Mangalore University will start the Course.

He also said that the government has held series of meetings with the education experts and ministers and CET hurdles are expected to be cleared.

Announcing that the government is spending money on higher education, he said that among the 166 colleges in the state, 42 of them do not own buldings.

Chancellor Dr.Hanumanthaiah, Registrar Mr.K.Sundar Naik, principal Pushpa Kuttanna was present.