<p>Corruption has affected development of the country. The youth should raise their voice against corruption, said former Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaking at the golden jubilee celebrations of Madapura D Chennappa PU College recently, he said the 2G Spectrum scam, Commonwealth Games, mines scam, Krishna Godavari project scams have put the country in a bad light. The youth should wake up and bring changes in the society. The youth should develop questioning attitude, he said.<br /><br />“The citizens should outcast corrupt persons from the society, to put a check on corruption. <br /><br />If corruption continues at this pace, future generations will be at trouble,” he added.<br />Hegde said the government has been releasing crores of rupees for welfare of the people. <br /><br />However, the funds are not reaching the beneficiaries. Why has the country failed to develop despite releasing crores for development work? he asked.<br /><br />There are lakhs of villages which still do not have drinking water facility, toilets, and teachers for schools.<br /><br />The comptroller and auditor general (CAG) report states that there was no account for Rs 51,000 crore released for eight rural development projects, he said.<br /><br />Interaction<br /><br />The students raised several questions with the former Lokayukta. To a question on corruption, he said “corruption cannot be checked all of a sudden. However, it can be controlled in a phased manner.” <br /><br />Former minister B A Jeevijaya presided over the function. D Chennamma Old Students Association president M B Bopanna, seniors M G Bopanna, Leela Basappa and others were present.<br /></p>
<p>Corruption has affected development of the country. The youth should raise their voice against corruption, said former Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaking at the golden jubilee celebrations of Madapura D Chennappa PU College recently, he said the 2G Spectrum scam, Commonwealth Games, mines scam, Krishna Godavari project scams have put the country in a bad light. The youth should wake up and bring changes in the society. The youth should develop questioning attitude, he said.<br /><br />“The citizens should outcast corrupt persons from the society, to put a check on corruption. <br /><br />If corruption continues at this pace, future generations will be at trouble,” he added.<br />Hegde said the government has been releasing crores of rupees for welfare of the people. <br /><br />However, the funds are not reaching the beneficiaries. Why has the country failed to develop despite releasing crores for development work? he asked.<br /><br />There are lakhs of villages which still do not have drinking water facility, toilets, and teachers for schools.<br /><br />The comptroller and auditor general (CAG) report states that there was no account for Rs 51,000 crore released for eight rural development projects, he said.<br /><br />Interaction<br /><br />The students raised several questions with the former Lokayukta. To a question on corruption, he said “corruption cannot be checked all of a sudden. However, it can be controlled in a phased manner.” <br /><br />Former minister B A Jeevijaya presided over the function. D Chennamma Old Students Association president M B Bopanna, seniors M G Bopanna, Leela Basappa and others were present.<br /></p>
