Cong committed to implement recommendations of Sachar Committee report'

March 11, 2012

Udupi, March 11: AICC General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Oscar Fernandies has said that Congress led UPA government at the Centre has been committed to implement the recommendations of the Sachar Committee report, which has revealed the pathetic conditions of Muslims in India.

He was ddressing the leaders of the minority community at Congress Bhavan here on Sunday as part of the Congress party's campaign for the impending Udupi-Chikmagalur bypoll. “The Congress is committed to the welfare of the poor in general and minority in particular”, he said.

Former Minister Nazeer Ahmed urged the Muslim leaders to understand the hidden agenda behind JD(S) fielding its candidate thereby making all out efforts to split the minority and secular votes.

He also accused former PM H D Devegowda and former C M H D Kumaraswamy of helping BJP coming to power in the state.

Brushing aside the claims of BJP that it has more concern about minorities than Congress and JD(S), he said there was not even a single Muslim leader in the state cabinet. “With this you can understand how anti-Muslim this BJP government is” he said.

Congress leaders Hanumanth Rao, vinay Kumar Sorake, BA Moidin, Moidin Bawa, Ignatious D'Souza, Mohammed Sharief and Mangalore Mayor Gulzar Banu were also present.

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Why Mangaluru Could Become India’s Next Offshore Wind Energy Hub

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Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta has urged the Centre to give high priority to offshore wind energy generation along the Mangaluru coast, citing its strategic importance to India’s green energy and port-led development goals.

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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