HDK justifies his soft corner towards DVS

March 14, 2012

Udupi, March 14: “DV Sadananda Gowda, as the chief Minister, took the reigns of the state recently. We will give him a long rope and if he goes out of the way we will not hesitate to go against him”, said former CM and JD(S) state president HD Kumaraswamy.

He was replying to media persons query on Wednesday on his soft corner towards DVS.

Mr Kumaraswamy said JD(S) as the responsible opposition party did not oppose former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in the begining. “As long as he was doing a sincere job we did not oppose. But when he started looting the wealth of the state in the name of development we intervened. We took up the struggle against all his scams and scandals. It was the responsibility of an opposition party. We did it; whereas Congress failed in that too”, he said.

He also added that if Yeddyurappa, agreeing to their conditions, had not assigned the mining portfolio's to BJP ministers, he would not have faced this pathetic situation.

He said that the ongoing bi-election would be a platform for the JD(S) to face the next general elections and added that this byelection you can expect a surprise result.

Madhu Bangarappa, UR Sabhapathi, Deviprasad Shetty and others were present.

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

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February 3,2026

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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