Keri/Valpoi: Four days after the state government issued a proclamation intending to settle land rights issues of villagers inside Mhadei wildlife sanctuary, it was withdrawn citing a “clerical error”.
The document, which concerned the ownership of horticultural and agricultural land in the sanctuary, had to be rolled back following the intervention of health minister and local MLA Vishwajit Rane. The proclamation, which concerned at least 16 villages in Sattari.
Issued by Sattari deputy collector Rajesh Ajgaonkar, the proclamation also brought in some restrictions on activities inside the sanctuary to protect it. Villagers took objection to a condition that “no fresh cleaning or breaking of land for cultivation or any other purpose shall be conducted”.
Bullet mark on the wall of the house
KARWAR: A spurned lover allegedly opened fire at a house, where a bride was staying for her wedding, at Sakalabena area of Avarsa village in Ankola taluk in the wee hours of Saturday.
Rajesh Gaonkar was said to be in love with Geeta (name changed), a resident of Ramanaguli village in Yellapur taluk. The incident happened before the bride was to visit Lakshminarayana Kalyana Mantapa (marriage hall) at Avarsa.
The groom hails from Keni village in Ankola taluk. The wedding party comprising Geeta and her family members arrived at the house of her aunt in Avarsa on Friday. Around 4am on Saturday, a loud sound was heard outside the room where the bride was sleeping. Upon checking, the house inmates found a bullet mark it had pierced through a window and on to a wall.