December 1 was the muhurat for the breaking ceremony for the new Commissioner of police office in Belagavi and Shri Basavaraj Bommai, Home Minister of the state was here to do honors at the police lines site.
But as per the report of the Praja Vani the minister was not happy with the design.
After seeing the design and maps the minister was disappointed on the over all plan and said
You are not constructing any govt hostel here, it is prestigious Police Commissioner office, Plan could have been better
He also suggested a few changes to the design approved.
Mysuru got it’s new Commissioner office which was recently inaugurated in November has attractive architecture and is constructed on the lines of Lalitha Mahal Palace. The building has six small domes on its sides with a big dome in the centre and the new ivory white coloured building is spread over 4,268 sq. ft. Simon and Associates are the architects and the building was constructed by Manipal Energy and Infrastructure Limited. The new eco-friendly building is constructed in the 19th century heritage style.
As Belagavi is home to various defense and para military training institutions the state Govt is contemplating of establishing a training school for mid-level police officers on the grounds of the National Defense Academy Khadakvasla model, said Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Mid-level police officials who serve in the department up to the rank of Additional Superintendent of Police for about 30 years require advanced training on the lines of defense officials and hence this idea has been conceived.
The Citizens council members met Home minister Shri Bommai and shared their thoughts about a better traffic management system in Belagavi city.
Over the years the traffic has seen exponential growth but infrastructural development to support the same has not been upgraded. Parking has come up as the biggest headache for both citizens and law enforcement authorities.
1. Parking Space
Currently, the Citizens are being fined and their vehicles are towed away due to indisciplined and wrong parking but we think that this is not the permanent solution as one has to provide the parking spaces for the citizens visiting the city. Without the provision of parking places by the administration simply penalizing the vehicle holder seems unethical.
At present, our City is having only one Parking lot with a small number of Parking Spaces. A multilevel parking place is proposed long back but at present nothing comes to reality. With the present traffic conditions, a minimum of 4 multilevel parking complexes should be built with the war footing effect.
Belagavi has geared up its image as a Commercial Hub as a maximum number of Customers from Goa, Konkan, Kolhapur, Hubballi Dharwad visits Belagavi for their purchases and with the same trade commerce and industry of City is Benefited a lot resulting in revenue generation to the state.
But as per the media reports as well as the people from other states are complaining that their vehicles are being targeted for routine paper verification once they enter the city. We understand that our traffic police are doing the same with the intention of the safety of the city as Belagavi is situated on the border of two-state, but we think some liberal attitude is must boost the trade commerce and industry of the city.
With no Ring Road and all the heavy vehicles, traffic is moving through the city which causes hindrance to the existing traffic resulting in traffic congestion. We request you sir to build a Truck Terminal at Desur as well as near Kakti to streamline the traffic problem.
Interstate Highway Patrolling Squad.
As you are aware of the fact that Goa is fully dependent on commodities of daily consumption on Belagavi, everyday around 400 trucks are on way to Goa from Chorla Road. Recently as per media reports, near Kinaye Village to Chorla many transit thefts have been taken place on moving vehicles. Kindly install Highway patrolling squads from Kinaye to Chorla to stop the same.
Installation Of CCTV in the Market Business Centers.
We request you, Sir, to install the CCTV Cameras in the Business and residential sensitive areas of City. This will definitely curb the crime in the city.
Public Grivance Cell
We request you Sir, to start a Ward wise Public Grievances Cell for bringing better governance in the city and for the Citizens.
We earnestly request your good selves to please look into the above issues which we are confident will transform the City into a much better place to live-in giving the Citizens, Working Class ,Children’s, Traders and the Industrialists an opportunity to compete in the commercial world using the best infrastructure made available by the Government through your personal efforts in Belagavi City.
Born in the beautiful city of Belagavi, Rati Hulji aspires to become a leading model. With her roots in Karnataka, she wants to spread her branches across India and around the world.
Even though she was brought up in Mumbai, Rati has spent most of her childhood in Karnataka, which is why the place is so close to her heart.
She has done her Bachelors in Mass Media, and is currently pursuing modelling as she has always been passionate about it since her childhood. She had won the rank of 1st Runner Up of Bombay Times Fresh Face 2014.
Rati has pursued activities in a variety of fields: from learning Bharatnatyam for 7 years, learning no little bit of tabla to karate and horse riding. She is an avid camper, having camped in a number of national parks till date. After getting into college, she decided to work towards modelling and took part in fashions shows.
She took the effort to groom herself and train herself on how to ramp walk. It was while she worked in a corporate job that she realised that modelling is where her heart lies, and it was something she couldn’t let go of easily. She knew she could try her hand at modelling again at that age and was sure about not wanting to face regrets for not giving her passion another go.
So, after getting back again, she did multiple collaborations with photographers and started building her profile. She got an agency to represent her and worked with well known brands, and finally started living her dream ever since.
Please give it up for Rati Hulji who has won the title of VLCC Femina Miss India Karnataka 2020! Many congratulations to you on your success and we wish you all the best in your journey at VLCC
Belagavi has a Cricket stadium and also a Hockey stadium would be built near the KSCA circket stadium, and now MLA Abhay Patil has envisaged an National Level indoor stadium near Yellur
The idea is to make way for other sports like Volleyball, Basketball, cycling, Gymnastics,wrestling, boxing, table tennis and athletics and many more sports.
MLA Patil has already visited the Indoor stadium in Pune a couple of times to know what all can be included and has envisaged a Indoor stadium of National level near Yellur village as per sources.
Representaional pic
Some where around 40 acres of government land has been identified for the said project and it would be constructed in collaboration with the state and Central Govt.
The plan is to encourage other sports and provide state of the art facilities for the sports persons so that they will win more laurels for the nation in the time to come.
The BJP state core committee will meet over dinner at UK27 here on December 4 and on December 5 leaders will address the State executive committee members at the Gandhi Bhavan College Road.
B.S. Yediyurappa the Chief Minister of Karnataka will be in Belagavi for a two-day visit to the city on December 4 and 5.
National general secretary in-charge of Karnataka Arun Singh, State unit president Nalin Kumar Kateel, vice-president Nirmal Kumar Surana and other members of the State core committee will be in Belagavi over the next 2 days along with other BJPO leaders.
The city has been almost painted in teh colors of the BJP with buntings, flags, Banners on all major roads and circles.
The main aim of this meeting here is the short listing for the candidates for the Loksabha by-polls and also for the upcoming Gram Panchayat election.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made, including the deployment of additional police personnel across the city, especially to prevent untoward incidents and ensure law and order is maintained during the 12-hour shutdown called by pro-Kannada activists in protest against the formation of the Maratha Development Authority by the government.
In Belagavi there was no response to Bandh call with almost normal life.
The BJP State level committee is meeting at Gandhi Bhavan today and elaborate arrangements have been made for the same.
Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha Vatal Nagaraj and Karnataka Rakshana Vedike had called for a 12 hour bandh against the formation of the Maratha Development Authority by the government.
Responding to public demand South Western Railway has decided to run the following 28 additional special express trains with normal fare with effect from the date mentioned against each as detailed below.
Train No. 06589/06590 KSR Bengaluru -Miraj -KSR Bengaluru Daily Express Special will run with effect from 07.12.2020 to 16.12.2020 from Bengaluru and from 08.12.2020 to 17.12.2020 from Miraj.
Image Courtesy: Shridhar Hulikavi
The timings will be same as that of Train No.16589/16590 KSR Bengaluru-Kolhapur -KSR Bengaluru Rani Chennamma Express upto Miraj. The stoppages will be same as that of Train No.16589/16590 KSR Bengaluru-Kolhapur -KSR Bengaluru Rani Chennamma Express upto Miraj except Ammasandra.
The train composition will have 18 coaches comprising of ONE First Class AC Coach, ONE AC 2-tier Coach, ONE AC 3-tier Coach, TEN Sleeper Coaches, THREE Second Class Coaches and TWO Second Luggage-cum-Brakevan coaches.
Two persons were nabbed by the Tilakwadi police who on the pretext of repairing a washing machine entered a home and tied the woman in the house and robbed her cash, gold, mobiles worth 3.45 lakhs.
On 30/11/2020 at 9 PM in Shivaji Colony 2 persons on the pretext of repairing washing machine entered the home of Smt Shobha and they tied her and took away cash, gold jewellery and mobiles.
Police have arrested Maruti Jadhav of Kangrali KH and Shubham of Vaibhav Nagar and have recovered cash, gold worth 3.2 lakhs from them.
by Rajeev Doddanavar I have lived all my life in Belagavi, with climate that would make it feel like an air conditioned city, and am proud of it to the core. Every day when I take my morning walk, one thing that strikes me is the tendency of burning waste on the street side.
The City Corporation cleaning staff collects and piles up garbage, usually comprising leaves, twigs and plastic, to one side of the road. Then one they light a matchstick to this pile every day. The whole pile of dried leaves, twigs along with plastic burns, emitting smoke (mostly toxic owing to the plastic within. I keep a tab on the Air Quality Index of Belagavi on my mobile app and many times I find it to be bad. When we blame the farmers of Punjab for the worsening Air Quality of Delhi, we must not commit the same mistake.
As an engineer and entrepreneur myself, I understand that one can’t find a solution by being part of the problem. I would like to narrate my experience during one of my visits to America where my daughter resides with her family. The trees there shed massive amount of leaves in the autumn and fall seasons ( cold regions don’t have evergreen trees).
The city council staff also regularly trims these trees. That makes a huge pile of leaves and twigs, much more than what we see in India. But they have devised a way to fruitfully use this organic waste. In the accompanying pictures, you will see a truck attached with a shredder.
The cleaning staff piles up this organic waste from the sidewalks and inserts it inside the shredder which turns it into tiny bits. A large part of these shredded bits is laid on the open spaces in gardens and sidewalks itself. What remains is then taken away. These bits now serve two purposes- they can be packed in large volumes in trucks and also they are then transported to dumping bins where the waste is turned into compost.
My suggestion to the City Corporation to make Belagavi a Smarter City, would be to procure at least two such shredders or try and get them made in Belgaum and use it- one for the South and one for the North part of the city. I would also urge the citizens of Belagavi to try and use these leaves and the twigs from trees nearby by turning it into compost wherever possible. That way, what comes from the earth goes back to the earth to enrich it.
Cycling from Belagavi – to – Bengaluru – Dharmavaram – Anatapuram (A.P.) a Total distance of 800 Km.
Master Shubham Naarayan Sakhe aged 17 from Belagavi’s Bhartesh Polytechnic College Kudachi, Belagavi is said to undertake cycling expedetion from Belagavi to Bangalore and Bangalore to Dharmavaram to Anatapuram (A.P.) covering a total approximate distance of 800 km.
The theme of Cycling is “FIT INDIA – STRONG INDIA”, the said event will take place on 6th December 2020 to 13th December 2020.
He will begin cycling from Belagavi on 6th December 2020 morning 7.00 am and will reach Bangalore on 7th December 2020 evening 7 pm from 8th December 2020 he will create awareness in Bangalore City for 7 days and depart to Dharamavaram (A.P) on 13th December 2020 from 20th December 2020 to Anatapuram.
The main aim of this cycling awareness is to promote “FIT INDIA – STRONG INDIA MOVEMENT” to keep everyone healthy and strong. Also to motivate all the families of India to perform exercise daily and keep themselves fit.
The said event is supported by Indian Oil Corporation Limited Belagavi, Venugram Cycling Club Belgaum, Shriangari Colony Group Belgaum, Giants Group of Belgaum (Pariwar), Bhartesh Polytechnic College MLBP ,Shri.Ravi Dhotre, Shri.Satish Patil, Shri. Pradeep Telsang ,Shri.Santosh Shringari.
The Route for the said Cycling FIT INDIA – STRONG INDIA Awareness is as Follows
• Day 1 Date- 6th December 2020
• 7 am flag off Cycling at Basaveshwar Circle
• 11 am Reach Hubballi.
• Hubballi to Haveri 3 pm.
• Haveri to Davangeeri 6.30 pm.
• Halt
• Day 2 Date- 7th December 2020
• Davangeeri 5.30 am Cycling Start
• 8.30 am Chitradurg.
• Chitradurg to Shira 12 noon.
• Shira to Tumkur 3 pm.
• Tumkur to Bangalore 7 pm.
• Halt and 7 days FIT INDIA – STRONG INDIA Awareness in Bangalore City.
• Day 9 Date- 13th December 2020
• 5.30 am Cycling from Bangalore to Dharmavaram.
• 12.30 pm reaching Dharmavaram.
• 1 week Cycling FIT INDIA – STRONG INDIA Awareness in Dharmavaram.
• 20th December reach to Anatapuram (A.P.)
• 1 week Cycling FIT INDIA – STRONG INDIA Awareness in Anatapuram (A.P.).
R. Ashoka, Minister for Revenue in the Government of Karnataka speaking to the media in Belagavi said that public celebration of New Year would be banned, fearing a second wave of COVID-19, although he ruled out imposing a night curfew.
The state’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for COVID-19 has indicated the possibility of a second wave of the pandemic by January-February, recommending a ban on public New Year celebrations till January 1 and imposition of night curfew during the period.
Representational Pic – Photo by Nick Kwan on Pexels.com
Hotels/Bars would be open as per COVID guidelines but there won’t be any scope for Public celebrations like yesteryears.
Sometime next week after a meeting in Bengaluru new fresh guidelines for the same would be issued.
We always feel that Belagavi does not offer any places of historical value which are worth visit (as one visits the city of Vijapura/Mysuru), but in fact, there many places which have definite historical value. We often move around these places but never try to see and learn about their when/who constructed them, any other major events or personalities related to them, sculpture, wooden carvings, paintings, and most importantly if any old photographs available with them which may throw light on the city of old Belagavi.
Vitthal Dev Galli temples: There are 6-7 Vaishnavite temples are situated here. Some temples are in good condition because still some Brahmins and Marwadi’s visit and perform poojas, except one which I guess (Murlidhar temple) adjacent to Dr. Javali’s hospital is in a dilapidated condition, which certainly seems most ancient. Also, in Shahapur Khade Bazar we find Mahadev temple and Maruti temple.
Balaji Mandir Belagavi
Adjacent to the Nucleus Mall there is a small temple and an old well (which is not visible from the outside).
Jattimath at Ramling khing Galli Belagavi
The name of that well is Baragada Bhavi (12 pulley well ) at Hutatma Chowk and people used to fetch water from that well as far as they lived in Ganapat Galli as well.
Lokmanya Granthalaya Khanapur Road Belagavi – Now Demolished)
2.
Old stone-built houses in Tilakwadi, Hindwadi, near BogarVes, Shahapur, and Hosur (especially Rangubai palace in Ramling Khind and a house near Nath Pai garden on Deshmukh Road)
Rangubai Palace Ramling Khind Galli Belagavi
Rangubai Palace Ramling Khind Galli Belagavi
3. Ganapat galli watchtower, school nearby.
General Library Tower Ganpat Galli Belagavi
4. Jain basti’s in Kore Galli Shahapur (looks ancient), Hosur Basavn Galli, Shetty Galli. Remarkable about these basti’s are the towers built in front of these, stone carving is beautiful.
Jain Basti’s in Belagavi
Jain Basti in Sheri Galli Belagavi
Hindwadi
5. Saraswati Vachanalay and Kreeda Bhavan, Kore Galli Shahapur.
Saraswati Vachanalaya Shahpur
6. There is some old Maths, like Kalmath in Kalmath Street. There was one math called Karanji Math in Kore Galli Shahapur, but today this is completely extinct and is being replaced by a new building.
Kalmath on Kalmath Road Belagavi
Poornananda Bhavan Tilakwadi Belagavi
Raghvendra Swamy Math Tilak Chowk Belagavi
7. Rajwada compound in Madhavpur Vadagaon. I have heard some interesting things about the people who lived here who were Sansthanik’s. I have also heard that still today there are some war weapons and some structures can be seen.
8. Dak bangla, near goaves. People talk about various strange things about this place (like, some say this Bangla was used by dacoits). No one knows exactly about this place. Looks like a haunted house. Today this place is being used by the government irrigation department. Also, in Kacheri Galli there is one old building which people say was used as a jail in old times, these days this is being used for government offices.
Ram Mandir Acharya Galli Shahpur Belagavi
9. Shahapur saraf katta. This is now completely extinct, as it was removed as a part of the master plan some 15 years back. There used to be a number of old Jewelry shops there. I have heard people from all over India used to come to Shahapur saraf Katta to buy Jewelry in old times.
10.Masjid’s and Darga’s. The prominent one which comes to my mind is Belagavi Khade Bazar masjid and Darga besides DCC bank and another darga near police headquarters.
Dargha-e-Hadhrat sayed umar al-Basheban at Bhendi Bazar Belagavi
Jamiya Masjid – Khade Bazar Belagavi
11. There are many structures and monuments in the Cantonment Area and places of worship.
St.Mary’s Church Camp Belagavi
This list can be comprehensively updated by citizens. I am sure these will an eye-opener for everyone about Belagavi’s glorious past. People must learn about the preservation and restoration of these invaluable structures.
Rangubai Bhosale was born to Ramachandra Rao and Balabai Bhosale,a farmer family,in 1895 in Balekundri village. Rangubai lost her father at the age of 5 and this fateful event brought Balabai with little Rangu to Belgaum.
With no place to stay,they took shelter at the steps of the Basavanna temple for over a month. Rangubai was enrolled in a school at an early age and was a seeker of knowledge.
Shree Rangubai Palace, Ramling Khind Galli
Balabai started selling butter in the weekly Saturday markets to make ends meet. Business flourished and Balabai would travel frequently to Pune to deliver butter to Chiman Shethji, sometimes accompanied by Rangubai.
During one of their visits,Rangubai was intrigued with Shethji’s other business of assessing the genuinity of pearls and diamonds. He taught her the art and also helped in setting up her own shop in Pune. She was appreciated for making her mark in the otherwise male-dominated profession.
In 1920, Laxmanrao Bhosale of Nagpur visited Pune and was impressed with Rangubai’s skills of assessing the pearls/diamonds. He invited her to settle in their Wada in Nagpur. During their stay, Laxmanrao’s mother fell ill and Rangu started studying Ayurveda and later started her own manufacturing unit producing Ayurvedic medicines.
Few personal events led to Rangubai returning to Belgaum. She started her own ‘Maharashtra Aushadh Kaarkhaana’ in 1924.
As the business grew, Rangubai started planning a bigger space and with the help of Engineer Raosaheb Aaraas, the foundation stone of the present-day Rangubai Palace was laid in 1927.
Rangubai Palace Ramling Khind Galli Belagavi
The building has an eclectic nature with elements of neo-Gothic and neo-classical coming together. The cast iron railings were custom made with the name of the palace and Rangubai’s portrait. The construction is in a combination of black basalt and beige coloured stones with jack arch slab construction.
The palace was set within a compound wall with a pair of marble lions stationed at the gate. The compound was taken over during road widening. The second floor was planned as a Diwaankhaana with galleries for women to sit and hall for various cultural programmes.
Rangubai also had her own theatre company ‘Chittarkarshak Naatak Company’ for a brief period. On 8th June 1929,Laxmanrao Bhosale inaugurated the palace. However,work in the palace was over only by 1932.
A printing press was set up in the palace by the name ‘Lokamitra’ during the election period in 1937 in which she contested. She lost the elections but was the first woman to be elected in the Belgaum Municipality later.
The palace was used as a recruiting centre by the Maratha Light Infantry during WWII.
12th October 1962 Rangubai passed away in Miraj and was brought to Belgaum for her last rites. She believed that only education can empower citizens and eradicate poverty. Rangubai Saheb Bhosale Trust was made in 1937 and she kept her promise of donating her life savings to the betterment of the Bahujans. Since 1966, Rangubai Bhosale Girls Schools runs in the palace.
Source – T. B.Pingat’s ‘Tyagamurti Rangubai Bhosale’
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had challenged the High court order in the Supreme court where the SC dismissed a petition filed by the NHAI challenging the High Court of Karnataka’s stay order restraining the widening of NH-4A in Belagavi to Goa.
The 82 odd kms stretch from Belagavi to Goa is planned to widen to 4/6 lane. Work had also commenced, but noted environmentalist Suresh Heblikar and Joseph Hoover had filed a PIL before the High Court of Karnataka over the felling of trees and the road passing through the reserved jungle.
The High court of Karnataka had ordered a stay over the felling of trees for the project.
The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices L Nageshwar Rao, Hemant Gupta, and Ajay Rastogi dismissed the petition and granted liberty to the NHAI to approach the High Court of Karnataka. Due to the stay, the work has been stopped and in some places, the roads have un motor-able like from Khanapur to Ramnagar.
The Farmers from nearby villages have also taken a stay on the by pass road from Halga to Macche which is part of this project has also been stalled due to the HC order.
The Belagavi Urban Development Authority Belagavi has floated various tenders for developmental works in Ramteerth Nagar.
The total of the works amounts to 28.77 Crores
Construction of RCC Drains for Roads in R.S. No 629, 630 & 644 in Sch No 35, Ramteerth Nagar, Belagavi – 43616391.05
Construction of RCC Nala, Development of Roads & Providing Decorative Lights to Main roads in Sch No 35, 43 & 43 A, Ramteerth Nagar, Belagavi – 47103742.55
Construction of RCC Drains for Roads in R.S. No 571, 609 & 611 in Sch No 35, Ramteerth Nagar, Belagavi- 40297847.56
Providing Pavers for Road Shoulders to Main Raods in Sch No 35, 43 & 43A, Ramteerth Nagar, Belagavi – 49868572.94
Development of Garden ( Fencing Pavers & Garden Lights) In R.S. No 607,608, 611 & 612 in Sch No 35, 43 & 43A, Ramteerth Nagar, Belagavi – 19576211.90
Construction of RCC Drains for Roads in R.S. No 542, 543 & 568 in Sch No 35, Ramteerth Nagar, Belagavi – 47371022.80
Construction of RCC Drains for Roads in R.S. No 549, 532 & 533 in Sch No 35, Ramteerth Nagar, Belagavi- 41750828.61
Team of Doctors of Indian Medical Association, Belagavi branch submitted a memorandum to Hon’ble Prime Minister of India through Deputy Commissioner of Belagavi on 8th Dec, 2020. It was part of Nationwide protest by various IMA branches. The memorandum has taken an objection to allow certain select surgical procedures to be performed by Ayurveda doctors of Shalya Tantra.
The gazette notification issued by the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), a statutory body under the AYUSH Ministry, specifies, a total of 58 surgical procedures that PG scholars of Shalya Tantra can perform encompassing specialties of Surgery, Orthopaedics, ENT, Ophthalmology & Dental surgeries. Allowing PG students to perform the defined surgeries after completion of their PG Degree (Ayurveda), the notification of 20th November has irked IMAs across the country.
The IMAs across the nation have taken strong objection to the notification of allowing Ayur doctors to perform surgical procedures. IMA Belgaum memorandum calls it as a retrograde step of unscientific mixing of system of medicine which will produce hybrid doctors and will not be at par with the medical specialists of modern medicine. The memorandum also highlights the repercussions of such a step will endanger the safety of public health.
The memorandum demands for maintaining the legacy & sanctity of each system of medicine and safeguard purest form of these ancient treasures.
The memorandum demands;
No to Mixopathy
IMA demands purity of all the different systems of Medicine
Research & Development should happen in their respective fields of medicine and each should follow their system of medicine.
The IMA appealed to Government of India to either scrap or thoroughly modify the Government Order for the greater benefits to the community.
The IMA protest was lead by Dr. Anil Patil, President, Dr. Devagouda, Secretary, Dr. A S Godhi, Former Principal, J N Medical College, Dr. Sashikant Kulgod, Dr.Ravidnra Angol, Dr. Sudhir Bhat, Dr. Vijay Patil, Dr. Yalaburgi, member of ASI & IMA members were present in the protest.
