Stakeholders upset over tourism curbs in Kodagu
The Hindu
They feel Kodagu is being ‘singled out’
A day after the district administration partially imposed restrictions on tourists during the Dasara season starting from October 7, the stakeholders in Kodagu are unhappy and want the Deputy Commissioner to reconsider her decision on imposing curbs on the entry of visitors to key sites such as Raja Seat, General Thimmayya Memorial Museum, Gaddige (Raja’s Tomb), Madikeri Fort, and Nehru Mantap. The ban has been imposed only on these sites from October 7 to 17.
The Cauvery Theerthodbhava is scheduled on October 17 and the district administration is yet to decide on allowing entry of devotees for witnessing the divine occurrence at Talacauvery, given the pandemic situation. Last year, the public was barred from witnessing the event, causing huge disappointment as it attracts tens of thousands of people, not just from Kodagu and other districts but also from other States.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.