Bangalore: CM Orders Cancellation of 'La Tomatina' Fest

Fri, Sep 16 2011 07:34:47 PM

Bangalore: CM Orders Cancellation of 'La Tomatina' Fest

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Bangalore, Sep 16: Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has ordered cancellation of ‘La Tomatina’ fest scheduled to be organized at Bangalore Palace Grounds on September 18 and also at Mysore.

The Chief Minister has directed the Police Commissioners of Bangalore and Mysore to take appropriate steps to ensure that the cancellation order was strictly enforced.

Representatives of Kolar district tomato growers, environmentalists and few NGOs, who called on the Chief Minister in Bangalore on Friday, appraised him that, ''Tomatoes grown by farmers with huge effort is wasted by throwing on each other which represents Western Culture."

''In the name of organising 'La Tomatina’ fest, tomatoes should not be allowed to go waste," they demanded.

The delegation led by Jayanagar BJP ML B N Vijayakumar impressed upon the Chief Minister that a minimum 5,000 people were expected to participate in this fest. ''If 80-100 tomotoes are thrown by each individual 5 lac tomatoes go waste. Nearly 60,000 kgs. Tomatoes will be destroyed for the entertainment of the affluent," they said.

Responding ito the request, the Chief Minister directed the Police Commissioners of both the cities to take appropriate action.

DVS Urges Centre to Withdraw Hike in Petrol Prices

The Chief Minister urged the Congress-led UPA regime to take immediate steps to withdraw the latest steep hike in petrol prices as it will affect the common man and demanded that the Centre should not resort to increase in the prices again and again.

He also told reporters, who met him this morning at the Home Office Krishna, that he will examine reduction of sales tax imposed on Petroleum Products by the State Government.

Gowda also announced that he will be touring Koppal and campaign for the ruling BJP for two or three days after September 20. ''I will participate in the campaign as an ordinary worker and visit all the villages to campaign for the BJP candidate Karadi Sanganna," he said.

Govt to Give More Encouragement to Sports

The State Government will give more importance to sports and give priority to building sports facility and infrastructure along with training the sports persons.

The Chief Minister made the announcement during his interaction with trainees and employees working in Karnataka Sports Authority, who met him and requested new Pay Scales and C&R Rules for Karnataka Sports Authority.

Gowda said sports trainers were given as much importance as sports persons. Stadiums were being constructed in all districts. The trainers are responsible for creating excellent sporting talent. The revision of their salaries will be considered, he said promising talk to the officers in this regard.

A cash reward of Rs5 lac each has been sanctioned to four Hockey players who represented the State in the Indian Team which won the Asian Hockey Trophy recently.

Vikas Gowda, who is representing India in 2012 London Olympics, will be given Rs 50 lacs in the first installment for his training. All this is done to encourage sports in the State, the Chief Minister said.

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Ramya, Bangalore
Fri, Sep 23 2011
It was good decision to stop the event. We are not yet ready for such events in India, especially when farmers are still suiciding and there are lot of starving citizens in India.

I wonder whose idea it was to conduct such an event He or She must be filthy rich and found out a way to become popular.

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Nisha, Mangalore
Mon, Sep 19 2011
Nancy, you need not bother or scratch your head because you are in USA. You can play with tomato there without any trouble. Let us to be here as we want.

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Judith L, Mumbai
Mon, Sep 19 2011
I suppose these are all man made rituals,food in any form whether it is milk,rice,honey,fruits should not be wasted. especially when there are so many starving.

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Judith L, Mumbai
Mon, Sep 19 2011
in this context, I agree with Mr. Bhat and appreciate CM's gesture. India has no right to waste food where millions especially children are starving and malrnourised. It is okay for a Country like Spain, which is having sufficient food to feed its people. But still food should be respected and not wasted.

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Nancy, USA
Sun, Sep 18 2011
Mr. Bhat, that is because India was a part of western country once. England is the mother country of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and Portugal is the mother country of Goa.

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Cynthia, Moodbidri
Sun, Sep 18 2011
M.Bhat, Dubai
That's coz, some people belongs to majority community... think India is their father's property.

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venu, mangalore
Sun, Sep 18 2011
All those criticize Hindu culture of abhisheka , whatever is poured as abhisheka is distributed among the devotees as prasada...All the friends who criticized hindu culture here , u are free to eat the spoiled , soiled tomatoes used in this event if it happens

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M.Bhat, Dubai
Sun, Sep 18 2011
Most of the readers here think themselves that they are from Europe & any thing if we talk againdt western culture, they comment like as if they are attacked.

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Sherif, Kuwait
Sun, Sep 18 2011
Very good decission. Appreciated CM.

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Shan, Kundapur, UAE
Sun, Sep 18 2011
Good decision by CM.

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IMRAN, MANGALORE
Sun, Sep 18 2011
After all they are spending their own money not from government treasure or any one else money. Who will answer for expenditure of Politicain (ex: dananjaya kumar etc)

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Santhosh pandit, Howrah
Sat, Sep 17 2011
I paid a lot of money to get tickets. Will I get my money back. (btw CM's decision rock)

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Maria, Moodbidri
Sat, Sep 17 2011
During some wedding.. people throw rice at the couple n the newly bride has to kick the rice bawl sometimes during the wedding. In sikh culture throw money n dance. It's the high time to stop this sillyness too.

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james, mangalore
Sat, Sep 17 2011
For Gommateshwara masthakabisheka people use lot of milk and other things.. CM saheb it's not a waste?? What is Indian culture?? can anyone give a correct explanation!! Use the gold which found in Kerala temple. Atleast poor people will get food for atleast one year... Think about it.. Farmers will get the value for their crops.. That's enough these youngsters will not loot farmers or our motherland like how our own leaders from BJP did!!! Jai Ho..

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RAJ, udupi
Sat, Sep 17 2011
Nancy, USA........Is it ULLAL SANKAD APPALU (USA)........

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Lawrence, USA
Sat, Sep 17 2011
Geoffrey Hathill, no demo needed. You can do it yourself with simple instructions I provided.

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Nancy, USA
Sat, Sep 17 2011
If wastage is the issue, the CM should also ban the Mahamastabisheka and Maha Yagnas where truckloads of milk, honey, ghee, turmaric and other food items are wasted just to get some spiritual pleasure while kids next door are hungry and malnurished.

I doubt any tomato grower wanted to ban this feast. If he does, he must be educated in common sense of basic demand and supply economics.

In the western countries, several million tonnes of excess food is dumped into the sea in order to maintain fair market price for the farmers. I have seen on the TV truck loads of milk poured into the river in order to balance the demand and supply as well as to support fair market price for the ranchers.

If there is any shortage of tomatoes, I agree with CM's decision. Otherwise, his decision is politically biased.

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ISMAIL.K.PERINJE, PERINJE-YANBU/KSA
Sat, Sep 17 2011
Common sense of CM prevailed....This festival is a AHANKARA and imported from foreign culture.DIKKARA ANTHAHA JANARIGE...CM's intervention is appreciated.

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A. S. Mathew, U.S.A.
Sat, Sep 17 2011
It is a good action by the CM.
As MR. LANGOOLACHARYA has stated,
a few dozen must be spared to use
for special occasions to honour the crooked politicians, which is far cheaper than rotten eggs.

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Prasanna Rao, Mangalore
Sat, Sep 17 2011
The cancellation is welcome. I am glad that now our CM ( or that team visited CM) is going to distribute 60,000 kgs of tomatoes to the poor and needy to feed them. I am also glad to know our cm has so much of concern of wastage of food in our state. I heard now lots of crores of money wasted on some celebrations. our kind CM can redirect that money to the poor and needy. It feed lakhs of people. I also heard the intellectuals of Karnataka have decided to stop sammelanas to redirect that money to poor and needy. Our CM is going to visit and inspect Govt run warehouses to check how much food is being wasted there. Excellent work by all the intellectuals. Congrats.

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syed Ilyas, Dubai
Sat, Sep 17 2011
Good decesion by Mr DVS. We Welcome it.

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Dr. Abdul Aziz, moodabidri
Sat, Sep 17 2011
good decision by CM....

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ABU BAKKAR, PUTTUR/QATAR
Sat, Sep 17 2011
I appreciate CM, Right time Right action.. wastage of food is "haraam" in Islam and i believe in other religion also.

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Durgadas Suvarna, MLORE/BLORE
Sat, Sep 17 2011
Manjunath, Mangalore in a year so many functions are organized in many places and it's not the CM's work to keep an eye on each and every funtions as he is the CM of our state. If you are very much concerned food wastages from such functions please advise the organisor of the respective functions to take care of such things and not our CM. Also please dont blame CM if you have any personal problem also. Try to resolve by yourself. Also learn to appreciate good things done by others and not on the basis of political parties to whom you support.

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geoffrey, hathill
Sat, Sep 17 2011
Brilliant suggestion by Lawrence, USA on organic manure. If he can hold some demo sessions on the subject, it'll be a great service to the nation.

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vivian, dubai
Sat, Sep 17 2011
y copying western culture....guys u can try with other vegetables also...bitruit, carrot, basale, thauthe, bendi, badane, potato also na...think different b diffrnt....then u will come 2 knw pain of common people ...hw difficult to buy even tomatoo also....u can use tomatto sauce bottle also..

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SRIDHAR SHETTY , DOHA /BARKUR
Sat, Sep 17 2011
ella evan gowdara rajadeli edilla nadakila hushar.....grt move by CM.

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Fr Harry Pereira, Bangalore
Fri, Sep 16 2011
Instead of cancelling the Tomatina'Fest it could be celebrated in different way like free distribution of tomatoes for the poor.

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dev, mangalore
Fri, Sep 16 2011
mr Rolnado,
u right lots of tomatos go into waste. similarly even in the month of december lots of human lifes goes into waste by drunken driving in the name of festival. lots of crackers n candles too goes inot utter waste. bread, wine, blood, biscuits n also sugarcane goes inot waste.

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VJ, bangalore
Fri, Sep 16 2011
Instead of having the Tomatoe fest now lets have it in April - May. The tomatoe prices hit Rock bottom during this period and the same farmers throw them to drains or road as it doesn't fetch them money. atleast by having it in the month of April May atleast these farmers can get some value for their product...

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Dinesh Poojary, Kundapura/Bengaluru
Fri, Sep 16 2011
It is a good move...
This kind of entertainments should be shown end.

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Sunny, Bangalore
Fri, Sep 16 2011
The decision is welcome. In a country where million of people die because of malnutrition, people waste 60k KG of food just for entertainment. Sick idea!

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Manjunath, Mangalore
Fri, Sep 16 2011
In every festival or any function we see waste of food and materials. Is CM sleeping. Even Reddy uses helicopter for meal No one raises voice Why???

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Antony Fernandes, Mangalore / USA
Fri, Sep 16 2011
Alwyn, Mangalore - USA
Very good explanation. Our people will just blame the western culture... that's what they know. As I once saw on a TV interview in India between youngsters and old people, the young generation was saying that because the Britishers came to India, we developed this much. Or else, our males would have still worn dhothi and females would have been wearing the sari. But, the old men said that the Brittishers took everything from our country.

I appreciate your strong decision CM and strictly enforce this. Don't let the tomatoes go waste at any cost.

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justin, kinnigoli/melbourne
Fri, Sep 16 2011
Lawrence USA, Right idea but this festival can be held only in Bihar as they got huge stock of cow and cow dung. But only rule should be participants are all from Political parties. Lets see who wins CowTINA

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janardhan, mangalore
Fri, Sep 16 2011
These youngsters copy / imitate from the movies...in India we can't afford to do this...these youngsters r getting easy money...and do not knw the value of money...when we can't provide proper nourishment to all our citizens..we can't afford for this type of circuses...

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Ummer KunhiMK, Perinje/Dubai
Fri, Sep 16 2011
Welcome move, Right decision taken by our CM,IT IS NOT OUR CULTURE!!!!!!

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Alwyn, Mangalore - USA
Fri, Sep 16 2011
LA TOMATINA FEST IS NOT WESTERN CULTURE, good job CM
In 1945, during a parade of gigantes y cabezudos, young men who wanted to participate in the event staged a brawl. Since there was a vegetable stand nearby, they picked up tomatoes and used them as weapons. The police had to intervene to break up the fight, and forced those responsible to pay the damages incurred.
The following year the young people repeated the fight, only this time they brought their own tomatoes from home. They were again dispersed by the police. After repeating this in subsequent years, the party was, albeit unofficially, established.
At around 10 AM, festivities begin with the first event of the Tomatina. It is the "palo jabón", similar to the greasy pole. The goal is to climb a greased pole with a ham on top. As this happens, the crowd work into a frenzy of singing and dancing while being showered in water from hoses. Once someone is able to the ham off the pole, the start signal for the tomato fight is given. The signal for the onset is at about 11 when a loud shot rings out, and the chaos begins.
Several trucks throw tomatoes in abundance in the Plaza del Pueblo. The tomatoes come from extremadura, where they are less expensive and are grown specifically for the holidays, being of inferior taste. [1] For the participants the use of goggles and gloves are recommended. The tomatoes must be crushed before being thrown so as to reduce the risk of injury.
After exactly one hour, the fight ends.

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Charles D'Mello, Pangala
Fri, Sep 16 2011
It is surprising that tomato growers are against this festival... It is none of their business how the tomatoes are used once bought from them paying the required price.. It is sad that tomatoes are wasted in such a manner...we do such stupid things in many ways in our life... we burst crackers, we immerse Ganesha Idol into water...we make Abhisheka with milk, ghee, honey etc....we waste food in our functions..etc etc.

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abu mohammed, riyadh
Fri, Sep 16 2011
Very well dome CM, it is not our culture.

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Ronald D, Udupi
Fri, Sep 16 2011
Order on la Tomatino is fine!! About the petrol price hike....control the cheating on tax by Reddys and Yeddys!! Thats the best development!! Karnataka is scared for votes, power and cash money!! For Andra..& CBI well done!! Go ahead!! Next year there may not be a hike on petrol!!

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rajesh, mangalore/dubai
Fri, Sep 16 2011
good moove by the CM.we should think of those people of our country who dosent afford to have single meal a day.by wasting our food products like these is a insult to those people.organising these kind of festival is good for the people to get some entertainment.but wasting our valuable eatables in the name of entertainment is totally wrong..why we should imitate the westarn by the way..lets enjoy in our own style like how we use to enjoy holi n other festivals.

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Melwyn, Udupi, B'lor
Fri, Sep 16 2011
Great order from our chief minister. I dont know y today's youth following western culture. These guys don't know the effort of farmers to grow tomato or any other vegitable. Are these guys are ready to play with the notes wnich they earn? No.... Then what right they have to waste the tomatoes grown by our farmers?

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RUKSANA, KC ROAD
Fri, Sep 16 2011
good action by CM..

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Lawrence, USA
Fri, Sep 16 2011
They should use cow dung instead, and dance on a pile of leaves which in turn create a good manure for cultivation!This will also purify them. Is it not a fun? Happy La Cow-tina!

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Raj, Udupi
Fri, Sep 16 2011
First kick the organiser of this Tomatina Fest.........People are dieing without food.
These kind of western fest never ever allowed in India.

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v s ajith kumar , mangalore
Fri, Sep 16 2011
very good decision. congrats..

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M.SHAMEEM ANSARI, BAHRAIN
Fri, Sep 16 2011
congrulatiion to our honourable chief minister of karnataka Mr.Sadananda gowda for banning La tomitana fest. he action shown favourable to poor farmers and leads to stoppage of our wasting the agriculture product.it is the lesson to the poeple who waste the farmers product.it can be used by all the poeple.

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prem, mangalore
Fri, Sep 16 2011
let them collect only spoiled and rotten tometos from all over india for their festival ..... it will be nice to see.

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shobitha, bengaluru
Fri, Sep 16 2011
Good decision by our CM ..:)

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M.Bhat, Dubai
Fri, Sep 16 2011
Good move by CM.It served the purpose of respecting both food & its grower

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Westor, Kallianpur
Fri, Sep 16 2011
Good move by the CM. Spain can afford to conduct the festival as they have plenty of tomatoes at the time. But we can't ape them blindly, when many go without a square meal a day.

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prakash, Bangalore
Fri, Sep 16 2011
India is free country. And if someone is practicing why to stop that?

Tomatos are being disposed by farmers for not getting proper price.

At least by this way farmers would have been benefited.

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Langoolacharya, Belman/USA
Fri, Sep 16 2011
People,

Spare the tomatoes in Tomatina' Fest,,, and use them aginst Corrupt politicians of CONgrees/BJP/JDS along with your footware....

Jai Hoooooooooooooooooooooooo

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