The Hindu today reports, and we quote “Suresh C. Angadi, MP, and chairman of the Suresh Angadi Education Foundation, Belgaum, has admitted, although belatedly, that his foundation did not get a No Objection Certificate or consent from the Defence Department to establish an engineering college in the danger zone of an Army weapons firing range […]
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Firing Range, Civilians and What next?
Fully comprehending that firing ranges were incompatible with normal civil life in populated areas, the British in 1873, located the MLIRC’s firing range in Belgaum in a remote area far away from the city. On the eve of the 2nd World War, when it became apparent that military manoeuvres may also need to be practiced […]
GoK cancels land alloted to army for firing range
The Govt of Karnataka in its latest order No:RD:54:LGL:2011 dated 23-11-2012 has decided to withdraw the earlier Govt order RD:41:LGL:98 dated 24-05-2000 which was issued without following the prescribed law. This means the GoK will take over 722 acres 32 Guntas 13 annas of land of Turkarmatti land. The DC of Belgaum has been further […]
Firing range dispute intensifies
A complaint was filed by MP Suresh Angadi against Col Vinod Kumar of Infantry school for assaulting the college’s guard states the TOI. In the meanwhile the Tahshildar of Belgaum Preetam Nasalapure has stated that the disputed land of 16.8 acres belongs to the State Govt and revenue records say the same. This version of […]
Angadis college Firing range and Army tussle
Two time Belgaum BJP Member of parliament Suresh Angadi has made it to the news again in many papers after the Commander’s meeting held recently in Delhi, where the question of how a College was built near the Firing range in Belgaum came up for discussion and the PTI then published a story that the […]