HUBBALLI: Union minister Pralhad Joshi’s recent statement on installing a big statue at Unkal Lake has triggered a controversy with activists wanting the statue of Channabasavanna, one of 12th-century sharanas, at the waterbody.
The erasing of ‘Channabasava Sagar’ from a board there is the bone of contention. The lake was already named after Channabasavanna in January 2003. The erasing of his name form the board recently has left activists and the residents of Unkal and Hubballi upset.
Activist S V Patil said that he has a copy obtained under the RTI Act of the resolution taken at the HDMC general body meeting in 2003. “As per the proposal made by then BJP corporators, the lake has been named after Channabasavanna. However, Vivekananda’s statue was installed six months after the passing of this resolution,” he said, adding: “There are historical evidences suggesting Channabasavanna’s stay at the lake 900 years ago. He and other sharanas had spread vachanas fro
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With Dharwad recording an increase in COVID-19 cases in the last fortnight, the Deputy Commissioner of the district said steps would be taken for stricter implementation of COVID-19 protocol.
Speaking to mediapersons in Dharwad on Saturday after reviewing the situation, Deputy Commissioner Nitesh Patil said that a strict vigil would be kept on adherence to COVID-19 protocol. Several teams had been formed to ensure that face mask wearing and physical distancing was maintained. Shops that violate Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) will be locked till April 20 as per the Disaster Management Act, 2020, he said.
Mr. Patil said that considering the second wave, there was a need for everyone to be a Corona warrior, exercise utmost caution and sensitise others. As holidays had been declared for government hostels till April 20, parents had been asked to take them home after getting them tested, he said.
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HUBBALLI: It has been nearly a decade since a proposal to develop a dedicated protest zone in the twin cities, along the lines of Freedom Park in Bengaluru, was submitted to the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC), but it is no closer to being realised in 2021 than it was in 2012. It was the pressing need to prevent assemblies and demonstrations at Kittur Chennamma (KC) Circle at the heart of Hubballi that impelled the authorities to contemplate the creation of a dedicated zone for protests.
Demonstrations at KC Circle nigh invariably lead to traffic pile-up in most thoroughfares of Hubballi and Dharwad, since the circle is a nodal point connecting the twin cities to various national highways and the airport.
Encroachments on roads, pavements cleared
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In a drive against encroachments on roads and pavements, a team led by Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad Nitesh Patil carried out demolition in the central business district of Hubballi on Tuesday evening.
This is the third such drive against encroachments in the last fortnight initiated by the Deputy Commissioner of Dharwad in the wake of complaints over encroachments on pavements and roads. He was accompanied by Municipal Commissioner Suresh Itnal and other senior officials.
The drive was carried out at Durgad Bail, Shah Bazaar, Tabibland and adjoining roads where shopkeepers and petty shop owners had encroached upon public spaces. During the two demolition drives carried out earlier, the officials had warned the shopkeepers and vendors against doing business on public spaces. However, as they had again reoccupied the pavements and roads, the authorities removed the temporary structures erected by t