All About Belgaum turns 2
6:18 PM Posted by ukmad
All About Belgaum turns 2 Giving you much more than just news
I want to take a moment to whole-heartedly thank the readers of All About Belgaum for contributing over the past 2 years. It is an absolute honor to share this milestone. This past year has been rewarding; let’s quickly review our journey until this point.
Highlights of the past year:
─ A significant achievement seeded and nurtured by the blog has been the formation of Information technology (IT) BELGAUM group, resulting in professional collaborations between Belgaum-based IT entrepreneurs.
─ Judging from the myriad comments each month, this blog has served as an important online source of news and information for thousands of Belgaumites scattered all over the world.
─ In the 2 yrs since its inception, there have been 1173 blog posts with 1247 comments (thanks for the overwhelming response!), resulting in 110000 visitors in the second year which is a 4-fold increase from the first.
Even during times of significant delay between posts, visitors have continued to exponentially increase the number of page views. To be honest (and maybe a little cheesy), the constantly improving visitor statistics are the biggest driving force that keeps the blog rolling—thank you so much! I remain grateful towards everyone caring to read, even if only once or on occasion.
I’ve met and covered many incredible people, both in person and online. The posts on this blog are constant reminders of these amazing people, many of whom have gone out of their way to help. This blog wouldn’t have existed without their passionate support. Even at times when visitors disagreed and left unpleasant comments, resulted in “teachable moments” challenging my assumptions about the world we live. Would also take this moment to appreciate the contributions of fellow bloggers; they continue to inspire with their knowledge and passion for writing.
Lastly, this blog exists because of you (THE READER), thank you for earnestly visiting and participating. Looking forward to many more conversations in the years to come! If possible, I would like to thank each reader individually, and this can happen only when you leave a comment. To sincerely acknowledge your contributions I have created a list of those who left comments on the blog in chronological order (from the first post until now). It was delightful to look back at all those who have transformed All About Belgaum into a two-way conversation! Thank you again for your support. You rock!
List of Visitors who left comments on AAB!
(Thanks Nitin Nimbalkar for the first comment!)
Top Commenter’s comments wise: (Comments only till 3rd August 2009)
1. Sundeep Sheri (33)
2. Satish Kumar (32)
3. Sujay Nimbalkar (29)
4. Mahantesh (23)
5. Praveen Bhagoji (21)
6. Shreyaz (15)
7. Vineet (14)
8. Aadil Bandukwala (14)
9. Sandeep (13)
10. Bramhanand Chipre (10)
11. Prasad Prabhu (9)
12. S M Naik (8)
13. Sachin Patel (8)
14. Sahir Kittur (8)
15. Sukrut (8)
16. Cinoj (7)
17. S M Katti (7)
Members inspect three sites along Pune-Bangalore highway near Belgaum for Vidhan Soudha
7:33 AM Posted by ukmad
Read orignal story on The Hindu here
There was no outcome of the visit tough, where it was decided that another meeting will be held to finalise the issue. “Sarkari Kaam” The farmers of Halga are opposing the land acquisition for the said Soudha, God knows WHEN & WHERE this will be built. Your thoughts on this are welcome.
Where do you want the Vidhan Soudha in Belgaum: Poll Results
10:48 PM Posted by ukmad
Tomorrow the committee constituted by the CM for site selection of vidhana soudha building is coming to Belgaum where this report will be submitted to them.
34% of the people who voted in the poll want the site to be Halga, next choice is Sambra followed by Vaccine Depot.
And I have fulfilled my promise made earlier that I will see that this site gets the results first.
Where do you want the Vidhan Soudha? Poll
10:01 AM Posted by ukmad
The results will be submitted to the CM, Yedurappa and then he would take a decision on the site of the Vidhan Soudha in Belgaum.
Click here to Vote
The poll is on a different website and the results are not visible to all. I will make it a point to get the results as and when they compile the same.
Don’t change site of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha
9:54 AM Posted by ukmad
Two MPs putting pressure on Government’
‘Change amounts to showing disrespect to the committee’
Belgaum: The Belgaum District Kannada Organisations Action Committee has threatened to launch an agitation if the Government yields to the demand to change the site of Suvarna Vidhana Soudha.
Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, action committee leaders Umadevi Topannavar, Raghavendhra Joshi, Kalyanrao Muchalambi and its President Ashok Chandargi said that the Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party Government had finalised the Vaccine Institute premises at Tilakwadi for setting up the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha.
Committee
This site was chosen by a committee that comprised Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and chairperson of the Legislative Council, among others. In August last, technical approval was granted and tenders invited for award of contract for civil works, they said.
On August 26 last, the former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and Deputy Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had performed “bhoomi pooja,” and promised to start construction work at the earliest. But work had been delayed despite the Government earmarking Rs. 250 crore for the purpose, they said.
After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government came to power, there was fresh hope that the Government would start construction work soon.
The committee members alleged that two MPs were putting pressure on the Government to shift the site of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha from the Vaccine Institute, to suit their interests that include protection of the interests of the Marathi vote bank. This was despite the fact that both of them had participated in the “bhoomi pooja,” the members said.
The anti-Karnataka Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi had also been opposing establishment of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, they said.
The Government should start work on the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha by ignoring the pressure being put by BJP leaders Prabhakar Kore and Suresh C. Angadi. Any change in the site would amount to showing disrespect to the committee that had finalised it, the committee members said. Mr. Joshi said that although the Krishna Government had appointed a committee to study the feasibility of holding a legislative session in Belgaum, the idea was dropped following the committee submitting an adverse report.
