First phase of idol immersion concludes
The Hindu
HUBLI: The first phase of the immersion of Ganesha idols that began on Thursday here concluded in the early hours of Friday with over 100 idols being immersed. The 11-day festivities would conclude on Saturday.
A large number of people participated in the procession of Ganesha idols with religious fervour that began from Durgad Bail in Old Hubli. In the first phase, mainly Ganesha idols consecrated at various pandals situated in Old Hubli were immersed in the Kapila Bavi.
Along the procession route people had lined up to have darshan of Lord Ganesha. Loud music and bursting of crackers continued throughout the night with several young men and children dancing to hit numbers.
The police had made elaborate arrangements at the well meant for immersion of the idols. The decorated vehicles carrying the idols were stopped at several points to avoid rush at the well.
Inaugurating the procession, Narayan Nadamani, Police Commissioner, Hubli-Dharwad, said the Ganesha festival gets more meaningful when people of different communities take part in the celebration without any inhibitions.
B.R. Ravikanthe Gowda, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), Ashok Katwe, former MLA, Ranga Baddi and Altaf Kittur, corporators, were present.
This year the immersion ceremony is expected to be completed early as a new artificial well has been constructed on the premises of the Mahatma Gandhi Garden which houses the Indira Glass House. According to the arrangements, some of the idols would be immersed at the new well and others at the Moorusaviramutt Well situated near the Basava Vana.
The procession of Ganesha idols would be inaugurated by Basavaraj Horatti, Minister for Science and Technology, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, at Durgad Bail. Sri Gurusiddha Rajayogindra Swamiji, S.R. Morey, Minister for Municipal Administration, Jagadish Shettar, MLA and BJP State unit President, and Pralhad Joshi, MP, would participate in the function.
The procession would taken out through Broadway-Myadar Oni-Dajibanpet-Kittur Chennamma Circle-Basavana/Indira Glass House, according to Amaresh Hipparagi, honorary secretary, Sarvajanik Ganeshotsava Samitigal Mahamandal.
Saturday, September 17, 2005
Only quality products, services will help industries prosper
Only quality products, services will help industries prosper
The Hindu
LIGHTING THE LAMP: Pralhad Joshi, MP, inaugurating the Workers Education Day programme in Hubli on Friday. S. Sandimani, Priya Pavate, Mahendra Ladhad and S.F. Bendigeri are seen.
HUBLI: In the present scenario of globalisation and liberalisation, those who produce quality products and give quality service only can prosper, said Pralhad Joshi, MP.
Inaugurating the Workers Education Day organised by the Regional Directorate of Central Board for Workers Education and Karnatak Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI), Mr. Joshi said for Indian industries to prosper, technology upgradation is a must.
Proper education needs to be given to workers and also young entrepreneurs so that they have a better understanding of the global market and consumer needs, he said.
If India has to emerge as a strong nation by 2020, entrepreneurs and workers have to join hands to make the industries to reach new heights.
Presiding over the function, Mahendra Ladhad, Honorary Secretary, KCCI, concurred with Mr. Joshi and underscored the need for producing quality products and make them available to consumers at affordable prices.
S.F. Bengeri, Regional Director, Central Board for Workers Education, traced the history of the Workers Education Programme and explained its benefits.
Priya Pavate gave a lecture on the "Role of employers, trade union leaders in achieving organisational excellence in the present industrial scenario". S. Sandimani welcomed the gathering. M.S. Mathpathi proposed a vote of thanks.
The Hindu
LIGHTING THE LAMP: Pralhad Joshi, MP, inaugurating the Workers Education Day programme in Hubli on Friday. S. Sandimani, Priya Pavate, Mahendra Ladhad and S.F. Bendigeri are seen.
HUBLI: In the present scenario of globalisation and liberalisation, those who produce quality products and give quality service only can prosper, said Pralhad Joshi, MP.
Inaugurating the Workers Education Day organised by the Regional Directorate of Central Board for Workers Education and Karnatak Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCCI), Mr. Joshi said for Indian industries to prosper, technology upgradation is a must.
Proper education needs to be given to workers and also young entrepreneurs so that they have a better understanding of the global market and consumer needs, he said.
If India has to emerge as a strong nation by 2020, entrepreneurs and workers have to join hands to make the industries to reach new heights.
Presiding over the function, Mahendra Ladhad, Honorary Secretary, KCCI, concurred with Mr. Joshi and underscored the need for producing quality products and make them available to consumers at affordable prices.
S.F. Bengeri, Regional Director, Central Board for Workers Education, traced the history of the Workers Education Programme and explained its benefits.
Priya Pavate gave a lecture on the "Role of employers, trade union leaders in achieving organisational excellence in the present industrial scenario". S. Sandimani welcomed the gathering. M.S. Mathpathi proposed a vote of thanks.
Kalasa-Banduri: leaders say people are getting restive
Kalasa-Banduri: leaders say people are getting restive
The Hindu
HUBLI: A sense of weariness appears to have set in among those who have been articulating in vain for over three years the need for early implementation of the projects for diverting water from the Kalasa and Banduri Nala, tributaries of the Mahadayi, to the Malaprabha Project. For, despite their consistent effort to impress on the powers that be at Bangalore and New Delhi the importance of the project for the region, nothing has happened.
"We have been trying to channelise people's anger through peaceful agitation. With the problem remaining unsolved, the people are becoming restive," Mr Pralhad Joshi, BJP MP from Dharwad North, and Basavaraj Bommai, Janata Dal (U) MLC and Chairman of the State Parliamentary Board of the party, who have been spearheading an all-party agitation, said in a chat with The Hindu. An agitation lasting over two months was given a breather before the onset of monsoon to take up the issue with the concerned with a view to get things moving.
In fact, the stumbling blocks have been the Union and State Governments. The Union Government has been dithering on the question of restoring "in principle" clearance given for the project which it chose to keep in abeyance at the behest of the Goa Government.
The power in New Delhi have not only failed to find a negotiated settlement between Karnataka and Goa but also have not constituted an inter-State water dispute tribunal as demanded by the riparian States.
Karnataka's case has been that it needs the projects for meeting the drinking water needs of the people in rural and urban areas. It has sought diversion of 7.56 tmcft of water of the yield of 200 tmcft of the Mahadayi. The State is of the view that depending on the geographical area of the catchment zone, it is entitled to nearly 40 tmcft of water and the share given could be adjusted against the share as and when it is determined.
Goa's main objection comes from the possible adverse impact of the diversion on its fragile ecology as the Mahadayi, which assumes the name of Mandovi there, is regarded as one of its lifelines.
The Prime Minister was non- committal when a delegation from the State, led by the Chief Minister, called on him a couple of days ago. And the silence of the Union Minister for Water Resources, P.R. Dasmunshi, who promised to find a positive answer to the issue, has proved to be an enigma.
Moreover, what has been shocking is the indifferent attitude displayed by the State Government in espousing the cause. The project received priority when H.K. Patil was the Minister for Water Resources in S.M. Krishna Government. But since then the projects have lost tempo and priority as the matter was hardly pursed till the recent all-party delegation to the Prime Minister.
Even when the farmers of the command area staged the agitation, the State Government chose to ignore it and came out with a belated response only to make the farmers give up the agitation.
Both Mr. Pralhad Joshi and Mr. Basavaraj Bommai say the situation calls for a bold initiative on the part of the State Government in meeting drinking water needs of the region.
The Hindu
HUBLI: A sense of weariness appears to have set in among those who have been articulating in vain for over three years the need for early implementation of the projects for diverting water from the Kalasa and Banduri Nala, tributaries of the Mahadayi, to the Malaprabha Project. For, despite their consistent effort to impress on the powers that be at Bangalore and New Delhi the importance of the project for the region, nothing has happened.
"We have been trying to channelise people's anger through peaceful agitation. With the problem remaining unsolved, the people are becoming restive," Mr Pralhad Joshi, BJP MP from Dharwad North, and Basavaraj Bommai, Janata Dal (U) MLC and Chairman of the State Parliamentary Board of the party, who have been spearheading an all-party agitation, said in a chat with The Hindu. An agitation lasting over two months was given a breather before the onset of monsoon to take up the issue with the concerned with a view to get things moving.
In fact, the stumbling blocks have been the Union and State Governments. The Union Government has been dithering on the question of restoring "in principle" clearance given for the project which it chose to keep in abeyance at the behest of the Goa Government.
The power in New Delhi have not only failed to find a negotiated settlement between Karnataka and Goa but also have not constituted an inter-State water dispute tribunal as demanded by the riparian States.
Karnataka's case has been that it needs the projects for meeting the drinking water needs of the people in rural and urban areas. It has sought diversion of 7.56 tmcft of water of the yield of 200 tmcft of the Mahadayi. The State is of the view that depending on the geographical area of the catchment zone, it is entitled to nearly 40 tmcft of water and the share given could be adjusted against the share as and when it is determined.
Goa's main objection comes from the possible adverse impact of the diversion on its fragile ecology as the Mahadayi, which assumes the name of Mandovi there, is regarded as one of its lifelines.
The Prime Minister was non- committal when a delegation from the State, led by the Chief Minister, called on him a couple of days ago. And the silence of the Union Minister for Water Resources, P.R. Dasmunshi, who promised to find a positive answer to the issue, has proved to be an enigma.
Moreover, what has been shocking is the indifferent attitude displayed by the State Government in espousing the cause. The project received priority when H.K. Patil was the Minister for Water Resources in S.M. Krishna Government. But since then the projects have lost tempo and priority as the matter was hardly pursed till the recent all-party delegation to the Prime Minister.
Even when the farmers of the command area staged the agitation, the State Government chose to ignore it and came out with a belated response only to make the farmers give up the agitation.
Both Mr. Pralhad Joshi and Mr. Basavaraj Bommai say the situation calls for a bold initiative on the part of the State Government in meeting drinking water needs of the region.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)