Focuses on safeguarding environment, PM Modi’s vision, Centre’s transformative programmes Madikeri: The BJP candidate for the Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency, Yaduveer Wadiyar, has intensified his campaign in Kodagu. Venturing into remote areas of the district, he has opted for micro-meetings with party workers, leaders and residents alike, eschewing the traditional mass public gatherings typically held…
Kodagu DC Office retaining wall fiasco: MLAs visit spot, to raise issue in Petition Committee
July 21, 2022Action sought against contractor, consultants, engineers Madikeri: Lashing out at the contractors, project consultants, engineers and PWD officials, Kodagu MLAs K.G. Bopaiah and M.P. Appachu Ranjan have sought an inquiry into the work taken up to construct a retaining wall to protect the Kodagu Deputy Commissioner’s Office from future dangers. They demanded action against those…
Madikeri, Virajpet MLAs meet Union Minister with many proposals
June 14, 2022Madikeri: Madikeri MLA M.P. Appachu Ranjan and Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah took turns to meet Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari who was camping in Kodagu last week and placed a slew of demands to improve the district’s infrastructure and also for attempts to save the famed Coorg Oranges from extinction. After…
Forest Minister Umesh Katti chairs high-level meeting in Bengaluru
March 24, 2022Holds discussions on elephant menace in Kodagu and problems of daily wagers in Hunsur Forest Dept. Madikeri/Hunsur: Problems pertaining to elephant menace in Kodagu and issues of daily wagers of Hunsur Forest Department were discussed by MLAs at a high-level meeting held with Forest Minister Umesh Katti in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah…
Blackmail call to Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah: Rowdy sheeter Koratagere Anand arrested at Bengaluru Railway Station
January 14, 2022Madikeri: Siddapur Police have arrested a rowdy sheeter identified as 32-year-old Anand of Koratagere in Tumkur, who had made a blackmail call to Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah and demanded Rs. 1 crore ransom. The accused was arrested at Bengaluru Railway Station. The accused who called Bopaiah (who is also a former Assembly Speaker) over his…
Caller demands Rs.1 crore ransom from Virajpet MLA
January 7, 2022K.G. Bopaiah files Police complaint Madikeri: In an act of blackmail, Virajpet BJP MLA K.G. Bopaiah was demanded to pay a ransom of Rs. 1 crore by a caller who telephoned him in the guise of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) sleuth. The MLA has lodged a complaint with Madikeri Town Police in this regard. The person,…
Chorus to accord third language status for ‘Kodava Thakk’ grows
October 20, 2021To help the inclusion of language in Eighth Schedule of Constitution Mysore/Mysuru: Stating that the demand for third language status for ‘Kodava Thakk’ (language) is being considered at the Government level, Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah observed that such a status will help include the language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. He was speaking…
Take measures to increase oxygen bed capacity in Kodagu District
May 8, 2021Minister Somanna inspects Virajpet Govt. Hospital Madikeri: Kodagu District in-Charge Minister V. Somanna said that all measures will be taken for increasing oxygen bed capacity in the district in the wake of rising COVID cases. He was presiding over a review meeting on COVID Control and treatment measures at the ZP Hall here on Thursday….
Delegation seeks super-speciality hospital at Madikeri
March 28, 2021Madikeri: A delegation of Kodagu Institute of Medical Sciences Board Members recently met Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and demanded the setting up of a super-speciality hospital in Madikeri. There is no super-speciality hospital in Kodagu, a tourist hub in the lap of Western Ghats covering an area of 4,102 sq kms. Many Kodagu residents have…
Work on Kootupole Bridge on Karnataka-Kerala border resumes
January 20, 2021Virajpet: Virajpet MLA K.G. Bopaiah recently inspected the work on a bridge across Kootupole near Makutta which provides connectivity between Karnataka and Kerala. The bridge is at the Karnataka-Kerala border and is part of the Kerala State Transport Project (KSTP) road between Thalassery and Valavupara. The bridge work has resumed as Karnataka Wildlife Board has…
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