Matka bidder's son held

chitradurga: the chitradurga police have booked one shafiulla, son of a matka bidder, from mandakki bhatti area under the goonda act. he has been sent to central prison at gulbarga on monday, sp s. murugan said here on tuesday. the sp said that as the database on other matka bidders in the district was ready, action will be against them too. as many as 200 cases were booked in five months against matka bidders, he added.five dacoits involved in two dacoities that took place in parasurampura police station limits (in challakere taluk), all from pathipalayam in andhra pradesh, have been nabbed and investigation on, he said. danida team in chitradurga: claudia from denmark, shamala abhaya ratne, a sri lankan and kullappa, all social scientists and sivaram comprising a team from danida was in chitradurga recently. accompanied by basavalinga karjagi, se, ganesh, ee, the team visited some villages including aladahally, kanguvally in hosadurga taluk where drinking water supply works assisted by danida was in progress. the team was satisfied with the response from the villagers on maintenance of the projects. ganesh, ee of chitradurga zp engineering, while talking to times news network on monday said till date 175 drinking water works assisted by danida were completed and handed over to villagers for maintenance. the danish government has contributed rs 10 crore as aid for four taluks in chitradurga district.