The decision to cut hills at 90 degrees for road construction was the primary reason for landslide at the Shiradi Ghat, said Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Saturday, while travelling Mysuru to the Shiradi Ghat landslide site by road, inspected the ongoing construction of various highways projects in Karnataka and gathered information about it from the officials.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said that the state government will construct 100 houses for victims of the landslide-hit Wayanad in Kerala.
BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday targeted karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over his alleged involvement in MUDA and Valmiki Corporation scam saying that the state government has been drowned in corruption from day one.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya on Saturday targeted Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over alleged MUDA and Valmiki Corporation scams saying that the CM and his family have nowhere to hide.
Accusing the central government of misusing the Raj Bhawan to destabilize the state government, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said that the Governor is acting as a puppet of the Central Government, BJP-JDS alliance.
After the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that states have the power to sub-classify Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs), Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah welcomed the decision "wholeheartedly" and called it a "historic one".
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah hit out at the Centre and asked what moral authority the Union Government have to question stae government when it unjustly uses the budget funds meant for the rightful development of Dalits by not implementing the Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan/Tribal Sub-
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday expressed his condolences to the lives lost in the landslide in Kerala's Wayanad and announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh each to the deceased Kannadigas.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Tuesday that all kinds of humanitarian assistance are being provided for rescue and relief operations in Wayanad district of Kerala, which has been rocked by landslides caused by heavy rains.
The scam pertains to the alleged illegal transfer of funds from the Maharshi Valmiki ST Corporation, which is charged with implementing welfare programmes for scheduled tribe members.