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HUBBALLI: A group of youngsters have come together to help cremate victims of COVID-19 in the twin cities of Hubballi-Dharwad as the pandemic has triggered panic among the poor when it comes to the last rites of their deceased family members.
Fears over spread of coronavirus, people are afraid to come forward and cremate those who have succumbed to the virus. They are also unable to hire and have been appealing to the government to make arrangements. Ettihad Foundation in Dharwad has cremated several victims since the first wave of COVID-19 using its own resources.
Two to three six-member teams hire earthmovers to dig pits and volunteer to shift and bury the bodies. The foundation has helped with the final rites of all communities according to the rituals of that particular religion in Dharwad.
HUBBALLI: Residents of the twin cities have much to be chafed about: On the one hand, dealing with the surge in Covid-19 cases is keeping them on their toes, while technical glitches are turning the process of paying property tax into an infuriating exercise.
The Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) has been unable to rectify the mistakes, and residents, eager to avail of the 5% rebate, have been struggling to obtain their receipts for payments made online, while visiting counters to get challans is proving a futile exercise too, since they are being directed to the zonal commissioners. Residents have only till April 30 to avail of the discount on the tax.
HUBBALLI: Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation’s decision to drop the idea of laying synthetic athletic track in Nehru Stadium has not gone down well with the city’s sport enthusiasts.
Sports enthusiasts are alleging that HDMC has dropped the project yielding to pressure from politicians. While the government is encouraging students to take part in sports activities by introducing Khelo India programme in all schools, the HDMC is trying to discourage sports enthusiasts from taking part in sports, they alleged.
Speaking to STOI, 15-year-old Arjun, whois preparing for Khelo India School games said, “I am deeply hurt with the decision of authorities. We do not have suitable infrastructure to prepare for athletic events here”.
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.
Fairs banned in Dharwad
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With Dharwad recording an increase in COVID-19 cases in the last week, the district administration has geared up to impose further restrictions on movement of people as per the direction of the State government.
Chairing a review meeting on Monday, Deputy Commissioner Nitesh Patil said the State government had on Monday has issued guidelines banning fairs and car festivals, urs, and to check crowding in public places and marriages.
Mr. Patil said that the guidelines would be implemented strictly and those not following them would be dealt with strictly. “Wearing masks and maintaining physical distancing in public places would be made compulsory. The violators will face criminal cases,” he said.