Poojary celebrates Sonia's birthday at old age home

December 9, 2011

Mangalore, December 9: Congress leader B Janardhana Poojary has demanded the resignation of Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda in the backdrop of the CM's confession in the Legislative Council Session on Thursday.

The CM had informed the Session that he is undergoing an enquiry pertaining to the two sites he possesses in HSR Layout and the commercial complex he has built violating the rules.

Speaking to media persons after celebrating the birthday of UPA President Sonia Gandhi at an old age home - Prashanth Nivas on Friday, Poojary said that if the CM has morality, then he should resign from his post. The High Court has ordered for an enquiry against several ministers of the BJP State government. The ministers and MLAs including Ashok, V Somanna, Renukacharya, Ramadev, Ramachandra Gowda, B S Yeddyurappa and his son Raghavendra are all facing probe.

The BJP which is demanding resignation of two Congress Union Ministers namely P Chidambaram and S M Krishna, should insist for the resignation of the ministers in the State against whom the Court has ordered for an enquiry, he said.

He alleged that the State government is trying to destabilise the post of Lokayukta in the State. “The BJP government has proposed the name of Bannurmat only because they expect him to dance to their tunes.

The BJP has shown its communal face by appointing Shankar Bidari as the Director General of Police because he is a Lingayat member and has sidelined a senior officer to the post as he belongs to minority community,” alleged Poojary and added that the Congress severely opposes such actions of the State government.

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Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha under Rule 377, Chowta said studies by the National Institute of Oceanography have identified the Mangaluru coastline as part of India’s promising offshore wind ‘Zone-2’, covering nearly 6,490 sq km. He noted that the region’s relatively low exposure to cyclones and earthquakes makes it suitable for long-term offshore wind projects and called for its development as a dedicated offshore wind energy zone.

Highlighting the role of New Mangalore Port, Chowta said its modern infrastructure, multiple berths and heavy cargo-handling capacity position it well as a logistics hub for transporting and assembling large wind energy equipment.

He also pointed to the presence of major industrial units such as MRPL, OMPL, UPCL and the Mangaluru SEZ, which could serve as direct buyers of green power through power purchase agreements, improving project viability and speeding up execution.

With Karnataka’s peak power demand crossing 18,000 MW in early 2025, Chowta stressed the need to diversify renewable energy sources. He added that offshore wind projects in the Arabian Sea are strategically safer compared to the cyclone-prone Bay of Bengal.

Calling the project vital to India’s target of 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030, Chowta urged the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to initiate resource assessments, pilot projects and stakeholder consultations at the earliest.

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