Hmar Sikpui Ruoi

2 DECCANHERALD
B Monday, December 7, 2009
Citisense
Acharya’s gunman
Rajarajeshwari Nagar
accused of forgery. P3 »
Plaguedbylackofcivicamenities Flyoverdenies
accesstoresidents
Fromtrafficchaostoland
nectivity to this area. “The bus Rashmi Menon
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mafiaandfromwatersup-
frequencytowardstheevening
ply problems to sanitary
is extremely negligible. Be-
NAGABHUSHANA,
woes,RajarajeshwariNagarhas
tween 6.15 pm and 8 pm there
Secretary of Residents’
seems to be only one bus that
ply in R R Nagar,” rues Parth- S undarNagar,aresidential
areawithabout600hous-
been plagued by lack of civic
es, was a content locality
amenities. This constituency
until the construction of a fly- Association:
comprising of nine BBMP
sarthy.
over that connected Gokula Sometimes, the trains
wards was identified with dust,
with Mathikere. While the fly- stop here for hours
dirt, garbage, open drains and
Law and order?
over,whichwasinaugurated in blocking our entry to
lackofstreetlights.WhileBan-
The land mafia is active in this September2008,haseasedthe Mathikere.
galore grew by leaps and
area. In Laggere, IOB colony, traffic situation in the area, it
bounds, the fruits of City’s
locals state that the same site has caused several shops lined |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
growth could not reach many
has been distributed to nearly onbothsidesoftheroadtoshut
areas of the R R Nagar con-
four or five people. “While the down.Asaresult,theresidents over does not make their lives
stituency.
land will be in somebody’s areforcedtotraveltoMathikere any easier. While crossing the
Ithasasizablerevenuepock-
name, the registered GPA will for any kind of shopping, railwaytrackwasillegal,associ-
etwhencomparedtoanyother
be given to someone else,”said lamented Sundar Nagar Resi- ation's secretary Nagab-
part of Bangalore. Five of the
Venkatraju, a bank employee.
dents'WelfareAssociationpres- hushana said that they did not
nine wards namely Jalahalli,
Residents in the area seem ident S B Ramachandra Rao.
really have a choice. ‘The rail-
Yeshawantapur, Lakshmidevi
tohavenorespiteascrimerates
Another problem is access- wayofficialshaveputmetalbars
Nagar, Laggere and Kot-
havebeenontheriseacrossthe ing Mathikere. “There are no topreventpeoplefromcrossing
tegepalya were in a pathetic
constituency. “Last Sunday a service roads. The BBMP had the tracks. So we have to sneak
state a couple of years back.
chain snatching incident took told us that they would make it throughandcross.Sometimes,
Theresidentsoftheareasay
placeintheneighbourhood.Itis on both sides of the flyover but the trains stop here for hours
thattherewerenoeffortstode-
extremely dangerous for nothing has been done yet. blocking our entry to
velop these areas. For decades
women and elderly to walk on There are also no streetlights, Mathikere,” said Nagab-
many of these revenue pockets
the streets after dark,” said so walking on the muddy, un- hushana. Instead, he suggest-
had open drains running
Venkatraju.
even footpath become even ed that the railways deputed a
through the mud roads.
moredifficult,”Raosaid,adding watchman there, who could
“Until five years ago people
Lack of direction
that the BBMP could have close the gate when the trains
hesitatedcomingtoourlocality.
As the water and sanitary pipe made a footpath on the flyover wereabouttocome.“Thereisa
The entire area used to stink,
replacementprogrammeinten- to avert this problem. With the room provided for them. It will
being flooded with dirty water. HINDRANCE:ThebarricadewhichpreventsthefreemovementoftheresidentsofSundarNagarinJalahalli.DHPHOTO
sifies,thecuttinganddiggingup shopsgettingclosedduetolack prevent mishaps,” he pointed
In the last one-and-half years,
of roads have increased many of business post the construc- out.
road laying work is done. We tershortage.Wehavebeenap- flow through the taps.
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proachroadsthatexist,Mysore fold.
tion of flyover, the residents
However, repeated com-
have come to know that soon pealing to the engineers from People in Laggere ward
Road, has been in a neglected
However,peoplesuggestthat havetocrossovertoMathikere plaintstoBBMPhavealsofallen
Wards
under ground drainage (UGD) the civic agencies to provide us havebeendependingupon
state,” said Parthasarthy, resi- the works have only caused even for buying a small house on deaf ears. Rao said that in
and storm water drains would the relief, but to no vain,” said tankers at Rs 400 per
dentofRRNagar.Thepotholes more trouble for the people.
item.
spite of calling and sending
be constructed,” said M Sidda- Siddegowda, owner of a mar- trip and the few
16 Jalahalli
and craters that exist on the
“They first dig up the road
Inadditiontothis,therailway letters they never get any reply
iah,aresidentofKempegowda riage hall in the area. Locals borewells for drink-
17 J P Park
roadhavedisruptedthesmooth remove the old pipes and then track that runs under the fly- from the BBMP.
Nagar, a revenue pocket.
suggestthatthemostcommon ing water.
37 Yeshwantpura
flow of traffic in and out of close it for the time being with-
excuse given by the authorities
There also ex-
38 H M T Ward
R R Nagar.
out any replacements. Author-
Water Shortage
is: “The pipelines are over 100 iststheproblemof
42 Lakshmi Devi Nagar
Even as the city receives ities have been suggesting that
Water shortage is the most years old. we will provide you traffic chaos and
69 Laggere
morefundsundertheJawahar- the work will commence once
haunting of problems faced by with water when they are re- congestion.“Withthe
73 Kottegepalya
lal Nehru National Renewal there is water supply available.
the five ailing wards in the con- placed as soon as possible.” growthoftheCity,the
129 Jnana Bharati
Mission(JNNURM)schemefor they will once again dig the
stituency.
Whilethepipelinereplacement traffic volume has also
160 Raja Rajeshwari
publictransport,therehasbeen same road to relay the sanitary
“There is acute drinking wa- drive has begun, water is yet to increased. The only ap-
Nagar
a minimal change in the con- pipes,”laments Venkatraju.
Why is water crisis so grave
let the water flow towards the
shminagar. In the next six
has been released for the de-
will be demolished and new
In Conversation inmanyareasofyourcon- uppercatchmentareasunless monthsweintendtosolvethe velopmentofBangalore.In oneswouldbeconstructed.
stituency?
their sumps are filled. By the
problem.
the next six months all rev-
Besides it, around 350 people
At least three areas of our con- time their sumps are filled the
enue layouts will have good
who are losing houses to the
stituency are facing acute wa-
timing to supply water comes
Many localities of your con-
roads, sanitary lines, enough
Metro Rail project would be
ter problem. They are Yesh-
to an end. This is how the up-
stituency still have with
drinking water and street
given Rs 7 lakh each at Lag-
wanthpur, parts Mattikere
per catchment areas remain
mud roads. What is your
lights.
gere and Siddharthanagar.
and Laggere. The primary
empty on many a occasions.
take on that?
We are developing JP Park
reason is that we do not have
Singhapur Layout is facing
My constituency has a large
Any remarkable achieve-
with unique features. We are
reserve tanks in all these three this problem for the last thirty number of revenue layouts
ments in the last one-and-
bringing a musical fountain,
locations.
years.
and people lived there without half years you would like to international level swimming
We are now laying thick
We are trying to solve the
roads, sanitary lines, water
share with the people?
pool and undertaking the
pipelines and digging more
crisis by constructing water
lines, and streetlight. The
We are constructing 960
beautification of the tank bed
M Srinivas , MLA
borewells to supply water. The tanks at Jalahalli and Mat-
scene remained the same for
houses for the urban poor
inside the park. We are also
Rajarajeshwari Nagar
problem is that the people liv- tikere and are digging 15 new
decades but this is for the first with a budget of Rs 23 crore.
focusing on tree plantation in
constituency
ing in low lying areas do not
borewells at Laggere and Lak- time that so much of money
Under this scheme old houses our area.
A newly laid road dug up for laying underground drainage
pipe. DH photo
In brief
Rotarians promote eco-cycling Natakotsava ‘No more cut in entertainment
BANGALORE, DHNS: As many ipants traversed across a dis- ordinator said the youngest of BANGALORE, DHNS: Bhaga-
Film festival on
as 120 Rotarians joined hands tance of 12.5 km in groups of the participants, all of six years vatharu, a theatre group is or-
on Sunday to promote cycling five. “The fun rally was organ- oldrodeforsevenkm.Kannada
human rights today
ganising a festival of plays of tax on non-Kannada films’
asaeco-friendlymodeoftrans- ised to promote bicycle-riding cine actor Bhavana flagged-off artiste Umashree from Dec 11 to
portintheCity.Withcycleman- as a good alternative to fuel- the event near Saklavara Vil- 14. Harakeya Kuri, Odalala and NEW DELHI: Karnataka has tax exemption, while for non- cententertainmenttaxexemp-
ufacturingmajorBSApartner- driven vehicles. It also encour- lage. The cyclothon went up to BusConductor-willbestagedon ruledoutanyfurtherreduction Kannada films, it was reduced tion for the initial three years.
»JainUniversity’scommu-
nity radio - Radio Active
90.4 MHz, in association with
ing-in, the participants in the ages physical fitness, besides Bannerghatta National Park.
Dec 11, 12 and 13 at Ravindra in entertainment tax on non- from 40 to 30 per cent.
Referring to Kannada cine-
SICHREM, an NGO is organ-
agegroupof6to68rodeinthe conservingnatureandpreserv-
BSAhadprovided60geared Kalakshetra at 7 pm. A seminar Kannadafilmsfromthecurrent
“Thiscannotbereducedfur- ma’s 75th anniversary celebra-
ising a one day film festival on
‘Cyclothon’ rally near Ban- ingtheplanetforfuturegener- cyclesfortheeventthatwasor- on ‘Women and Theatre’ will be 30 per cent, saying any such ther.TheKannadafilmindustry tions, he urged the Centre to
human rights issues on Mon-
nerghatta National Park here. ations”said Kumar.
ganised by Rotary Bangalore heldonDec13.Umashreewillbe movecouldbestronglyopposed maystronglyopposefurtherre- grant50percentofthecostfor
day, 7 December. For registra-
RtnVijayKumarsaidpartic-
Rtn Vivek Prabhu, event co- District 3190.
felicitated on December 14.
by the local film industry.
duction of entertainment tax the construction of the com-
tions contact: 22355490.
Thecurrentlevelofentertain- on non-Kannada films in the memorative Amrutha Mahot-
Movie Guide
menttaxonnon-Kannadafilms State,” Naidu said. “Regional sava Bhawan in Bangalore.
alsohastobemaintainedsothat language films in Kannada,
TheBangaloreDevelopment
No water
local films, produced on low Tulu, Kodava, Konkani and Authority has already allotted
supply
budgetsandhavinglimitedmar- Banjara are produced on low 2.5acresoflandfortheBhawan,
ENGLISH
Ek Niranjan: PVR Cinemas: 12.30;
kets,couldcompetewiththem, budget and also have limited whichwillhaveafilmmuseum,
The Informant: Inox Magrath Road:
Kailash: 4shows;
the State Government said.
market. They cannot compete alibraryandfilmscreeningthe-
»Watersupplywillbe
stalled on Dec 9 and 10
10, 1.05, 6.55; PVR Cinemas: 1 pm.
Magadheera: Padma Amrutahalli:
throughout the City except
Karnataka’spositioninthisre- with mega-budget films of oth- atres under one roof.
Ninja Assassin: Inox Magrath Road: 3
2.30, 6.30, 9.30 pm; PVR Cinemas: 9
western parts due to emer-
pm; Fun Cinemas: 10 am; PVR Cine-
pm; Rajarajeshwari Mallathalli:
gard was articulated by Infor- er languages. It is, therefore,
Earlier, during the day-long
gency repair works in Cauvery mas:10.20,4pm;
4shows; Kapali;
mation Technology Minister notappropriatetoconsiderthe SIMCON,therewasconsensus
1 to 3 stages, said BWSSB
2012: PVR Cinemas: 10, 1, 6, 9 pm;
HINDI
Katta Subrahmanya Naidu at suggestionoffurtherreduction ontheneedfordigitalisationin
sources.
Rex: 7pm; Vision Cinemas: 10, 12.45,
Radio: PVR Cinemas: 10.10, 3.10,
the27thStateInformationMin- in entertainment tax rates for the broadcasting sector, espe-
3.45; 4shows: Eashwari, Mukunda
7.40, 9.50, Inox Magrath Road: 10.10,
isters’Conference(SIMCON)in non-Kannada films,”he said.
cially the cable sector, amend-
Maruthi, Sevanagara, Lakshmi
7.45, 9.55; Fun Cinemas: 10, 6.30;
thenationalcapitalonSaturday.
He pointed out that newly- mentofthePressandRegistra-
Water adalat
Taverekere, Thribhuvan; Innovative
Fame Forum Value
Under the State Govern- built theatres, which exhibit tion of Books Act, and effective
Multiplex: 10, 1, 4, 7, 9.45 pm; Inox
Paa: PVR cinemas: 10.15, 1, 3.45,
today
Jayanagar: 10, 12.55, 6.25, 9.15; Inox
ment’sfilmpolicy,Kannadaand Kannada films more than 75 laws for curbing piracy right
6.30, 9.15; ; Inox Magrath Road:
Magrath Road: 10.10, 1, 3.15, 6.10,
10.15, 12.20, 12.55, 3.40, 5, 6.30,
regionallanguagefilmsaregiv- percenttimeoftheyear—over from the source.
»BWSSBisconductinga
water adalat for South-1
9.10; Fame Forum Value Mall: 12, 3,
9.20; Inox Jayanagar: 10.15, 12.30,
en 100 per cent entertainment 39weeks—weregiven100per DH News Service
and 2 sub-division to redress
6, 9.05; Fame Lido: 10, 12.10, 3.10,
3.55, 5.30, 6.30, 9.25; Fame Lido:
6.10, 9.05, Fame Shankarnag: 3.30
grievances on Dec 7 from 9:30
10.15, 1, 3.45, 6.30, 9.15; Fame Fo-
pm; Fun Cinemas: 11.30, 5.30, 8.45;
rum Value Mall: 10.15, 1, 2.30, 3.45.
am to 11 am in the office of the
Navarang: 7.15, 10 pm; Puspanjali B N
5.15, 6.30, 8, 9.15; Symphony: 10,
Assistant Executive Engineer
Pura, Veerabhadreswara
12.45, 6.30, 9.15; Rex: 10.45, 1.30,
at Banagiri. Disputes of cus-
Lorrystir
Kamalanagara; Urvashi: 6, 9.30 pm;
4.15, 9.45; Fun Cinemas: 12.10, 3.10,
tomers under Banashankari,
Twilight: PVR Cinemas: 5.20 pm;
6.10, 9.15; Innovative Multiplex: 11,
Kumaraswamy Layout, Poor-
mayaffect
KANNADA
1.45, 4.30, 7.15, 10 pm; Vision Cine-
na Pragna Layout service sta-
Malebhille: 4shows: Triveni,
mas: 10, 12.45, 3.30, 6.30, 9.30; Cau-
tion limits will be redressed.
construction
Veeresh Magadi Road, Siddeshwara J
very: 11.30, 2.30, 6, 9.30; Vaibhav:
Call EE on 22945143.
P Nagar, Ullas Yeswantpura, Srira-
11.30, 2.30, 6, 9.30; Apsara: 11.30,
jarajeshwari Mallathalli; PVR Cine-
2.30, 5.45, 8.45;
BANGALORE:Constructionac-
mas: 1, 6.15 pm; Navarang: 10.15,
De Dana Dan: Everest: 11.30, 2.30,
City weather
tivityacrosstheStateislikelyto
1.15, 4.15; Venkateshwara Avalahalli:
6.30, 9.30 pm; Inox Magrath Road: 10, be affected from mid-night on
MS;
2.55, 6, 9.05; Inox Jayanagar: 10,
Monday,withtheFederationof
Nirudyogi: 4shows: Movieland, Veer-
3.25, 9; Fame Forum Value Mall:
abhadreswara Kamalanagara: MS;
10.30, 3.45, 9.05; Fame Lido: 9.10, 1;
KarnatakaStateLorryOwners
Fun Cinemas: 2.15, 9; Abhinay, Vision
Forecast: Partly cloudy.
Ravana: 4shows: Bhoomika, PVR Cin-
and Agents Association (FK-
cinemas; Parimala, Urvashi: 2.30,
Fog/mist likely in some areas.
emas, Pramod, Nandini, Nalanda. Sid-
SLOAA) announcing a indefi-
9.30; Cauvery: 6, 9.30 pm; Shankar-
Minimum temperature will be
dalingeshwara, Gopal Yesawantapura,
nag: 6, 9 pm; PVR Cinemas: 10, 3, 6, 9
nite stir by sand transporters.
around 16 deg cel.
Venkateshwara Avalahalli, Adarsha
pm; Shoba-Bapujinagar; Prithvi Na-
G R Shanmugappa, presi-
Ulsoor, Balaji Taverekere, Mohan
gavara.
dentofthetruckfederationsaid FESTIVE SPIRIT The Hmar community in thier traditional
Sunkadakatte, Vijayalakshmi Garu-
Temperature
sand and jelly transporters dress at Kammanahali, in Bangalore on Saturday.
dacharpalya, Krishna K R Puram,
Kurbaan: Multiplex Innovative:
DH photo
Maximum:
26.3 deg C Bharathi Peenya, Kamakya Ka-
A still from the movie Ravana
5shows, Fun Cinemas: 3.30; Vision
wouldbeonanindefinitestrike.
triguppe, Narasimha Hosur Road, Va-
Cinemas; Parimala; Inox Magrath
Minimum:
16.4 deg C
“We have already held many
rounds of talks with officials Sikpui fest celebrated
jreshwari Ullal, Manasa Konankunte,
Rajani: Savita Malleswara, Maruti,
Kanadein Kadhalai: PVR Cinemas:
Road: 3.55, 9.05 pm; Fame Lido: 4 pm;
Rainfall:
Nil
Rajamurali Kodigehalli, Prithiv Na-
Rajagopalanagara;
12.30 pm; Puspanjali Shivanagara:
Ajab Prem Ki Gazab Kahani: Vaib-
from the Mines and Geology
Humidity:
54 per cent gavara,
TAMIL
2.30, 6, 9 pm;
hav: 11.30, 2.30; Radhakrishna;
Department, including one BANGALORE,DHNS:The300- (Sikpui Father) the Reverend
Gokula: 4 shows: Aparna, Uma, PVR:
Ade Neram Ade Idam: 4shows:
Aadhavan: 3shows: Aruna,
Everest Frazer Town: 11.30, 2.30;
Sunrise: (Tue)
06.30 am
withChiefMinisterBSYeddyu- memberstrongHmarcommu- Lalsandam Songate said ,
12.20, 6.20; Prasanna: 10.15, 4.15,
Sampige, Sharada, Chowdeswari Ka-
TELUGU
PVR Cinemas: 1, 6.50; Inox Magrath
Sunset: (Mon)
05.53 pm
rappa. But, authorities have nity of Bangalore celebrated “Sikpuifestisobservedtokeep
7.30; Siddeshwara: 11.30;
triguppe, Laksmi Rammurtinagara,
Addala Kota: Puspanjali Sultanpalya:
Road: 12 pm; Fame Lido: 7 pm; Fun
Cinemas: 12.30 pm; Fame Forum Val-
Moonrise: (Mon)
11.06 pm
Jeeva: 4 shows; Santosh, Govardhan,
Narendra K.G. Halli; Sri Balaji Van-
3 shows;
turned a deaf-ear to our prob- Sikpui Ruoi, (Sikpui festival) alive the traditions of our fore-
ue Mall: 6.45;
Vishal Kamakshipalya;
narapet: 11.15, 2.30; Ajanta: 10.30,
Pravarakyudu: 4shows: Kapali, Vaib-
lems”he said.
here in the City on Saturday fathers.”
Moonset: (Mon)
10.59 am
Devru: 4shows: Nartaki; Pramod:
1.30; Lavanya: 4.30, 7.30; Maheswari:
havi Uttarahalli, PVR Cinemas: 4 PM;
MALAYALAM
“We have been for long de- with pomp and show.
Among the special items on
1.30, 4.30, 7.30 pm;
10, 1.15; Amrut: 10.45, 2; Vijay
Innovative Multiplex: 11, 4.30, 10 pm;
Anjel John: PVR Cinemas: 9.40 pm;
manding to issue a single per-
‘Sikpui’festival is the colour- showwerethefamousbamboo
Mysore Road: MS.
Parichaya: 4 shows; PVR Cinemas:
Arya-2: Pallavi, PVR: 11, 2.15, 5.30,
Innovative Multiplex: 2, 7.30;
mit to transport, construction fulwinterfestivalsoftheHmar dance in which the dancers
10.05, 3.15; Kailash;
Yogi: 4shows: Nataraj; Poornima:
8.45; Venkateshwar-K R Puram,
Sangeetha: 11.30, 2.45, 6.15, 9.30 pm;
1.30, 4.30, 7.30; Ajantha: 4.30, 7.30;
materials,buttheissuehasnot tribe of Northeast India and is move between the ‘clappings’
Yaradhu: 4 shows; Swapna
Radhakrishna-RT Nagar,
Kerala Cafe: Manoranjan: 11.30,
Lavanya: 10.30, 1.30; Balaji Vannar-
beenresolved”addedShanmu- celebrated on December 5.
of the bamboo sticks. Hmar
Manasare: 4 shows: Sagar, Inox
Renukaprasanna-JP Nagar, Chandro-
2.45, 6.15, 9.15; Innovative Multiplex:
pet: 6, 9.15; Vijay Mysore Road:
gappa.
Thepurposeofthefestivalis rapperPuiaSakumandfriends
Jayanagar: 12.50 pm; Prasanna: 1.30
daya-Vidyapeetha Circle, Vaishnavi-
4.15 pm; Galaxy: 3 shows;
3shows; Maheswari: 5.15, 8.15;
Thefederationsaidithastold tobuildastrongerbondamong performed special numbers to
pm; PVR: 10, 3.45; Lakshmi Gottigere:
Uttarahalli; Vinayaka-Marathalli; Mu-
Pazhassi Raja: PVR CInemas: 3.10.
Madeshwara: 11.15, 2.15; Amruth:
4 shows;
rali-Gokula; Rajeshwari Laggere;
all goods trucks to stop trans- members of the community”, kickupthemoodofthefestival.
5.30, 8.30; PVR Cinemas: 12.20, 9 pm.
Fame Forum Value Mall: 11.30, 2.45,
Abhi: Vijayalakshmi Chikpet: 2, 4.45,
*Movie timings are subject
porting sand and jelly from according to organising presi- Participants danced late into
Peranmayi: 4 shows: Vinayaka
6 pm; Fame Lido: 11.30, 2.45, 6 pm;
7.30; Tirupathi: 11 am;
to change
Monday midnight.
dent, Randolf Amaw.
the evening.
Mysore Road; Aruna: 3 shows;
Anjan Magadi Road;
DH News Service
Speaking as ‘Sikpui Pa’ DH News Service
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