Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Problems galore before Khader


By CT reporter
MANGALORE: The Ullal by-elections are over and Khader has been elected as the new legislator of the land of Abbakka by a considerable margin of 8,032 votes over his BJP rival Chandrashekhar Uchil. Khader was administered oath as legislator at Bangalore recently.
Khader had in fact unofficially reigned as the legislator of Ullal for the past three years when his father the then legislator UT Fareed was ailing and bed ridden. Now that he himself is the legislator, a bountiful of problems in the constituency are awaiting him for redressal.
He was just a Congress leader till recently. Now as a legislator he has the onerous responsibility of functioning above party affiliations. When his father was the legislator he (Khader) was facing an allegation that he was coming in the way of development of non-Congress gram panchayats. All such allegations are a part of politics.
Now, as a legislator he should not allow politics to creep in developmental matters. A few of the problems confronting Ullal are enlisted below with the hope that Khader would consider the same.
1. Ullal reels under sea-erosion every year. The several studies undertaken, visits by leaders, and dumping of boulders into the sea have proved futile. Now there is a need for a permanent solution to the problem.
2. Ullal can definitely be developed into tourist spot. Ullal has the historic Darga, famous temple, church and beach.
3. Steps must be taken to distribute the Ashraya houses constructed at Ombattukere, to its beneficiaries.
4. There is a need to find a permanent solution to the drinking water problem of Ullal.
5. Steps must be taken to construct the Adyar -Pavoor Kadavu Bridge.
6. Steps must also be taken to provide housing facilities and ration cards to the thousands of people of Ullal.
7. First and foremost he has to give topmost priority towards maintaining communal harmony in the constituency.

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