From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network
Bengaluru, Dec 8: The state government informed the Karnataka Legislative Assembly that police have booked 3,852 cases till November 2020 under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
Police have been given powers to crackdown drug peddlers, home minister Basavaraj Bommai told the Assembly on Tuesday.
The minister said police seized 5,049 strips of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) compared to mere 150 last year.
He said police had booked 3,852 cases till November this year under the NDPS Act against 1,126 cases in 2017, 1,031 in 2018 and 1,661 in 2019. Of the 3,852 cases booked, charge sheets have been submitted in 2,285 cases.
Replying to Eshwar Khandre and Priyank Kharge (Congress), Bommai said the government broken 21 dark websites where LSD strips among other drugs were being sold.
Respondint to allegations by opposition Congress members that there was a delay in filing charge sheets owing to shortage in the forensic science laboratory (FSL), the Minister said in some cases there has been delay and to overcome this, a new technology has been introduced at FSL.
Earlier, FSL used to conduct one sample at a time but now with modern technology, the FSL can now test more than 50 samples at one time, the minister said.
A separate narcotics section has been opened at the FSL and this would help the police in filing charge sheets, he said.
To crackdown drug peddlers, the government has proposed to bring in new rules under NDPS Act to enable enforcing agencies to conduct more raids and seizures. The amended rules would be implemented soon, he said.
BBMP establishes 5 waste energy power plants
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP has taken initiative to establish five waste to energy power plants on PPP model in and around the city.
Law and parliamentary affairs minister J C Madhuswamy informed the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday that around 5000 tonnes waste was generated daily in Bengaluru. This waste to energy plants was part of scientific disposal of solid waste.
The plants would start generating power after two years. Chief minister B S Yediyurappa laid the foundation to this plant last week virtually.
In a reply to N A Harris (Congress), the minister said the foundation stone was laid to the first waste to energy power plant in Bidadi, Ramanagaram district.
The plant would generate 11.5 MW power using 600 MT processed waste daily. This plant was built at a cost of Rs. 260 crore, out of which, Rs 130 crore each was borne by Karnataka Power Corporation Limited and the BBMP.
Satheram Enterprises would set up a 12 MW plant in Kannahalli by processing 1000 tonnes of waste. It would be completed in 24 months.
Firmgreen enterprises would daily process around 1000 tonnes of waste and produce compressed natural gas. The plant would come up at Mavallipura. NEG firm would establish an eight MW plant at Mavallipura by processing 500 metric tonnes of garbage.
Another private firm, Indium would set up a 4 MW plant for generating power by processing waste of 300 tonnes daily at Doddabidarakallu.
Similarly, the BBMP has proposed to tie up with Nexus Novus to set up two plants at Marenahalli for processing 600 tonnes of waste daily, the minister said.