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All trains on Manglauru-Shoranur route to have electric locomotives

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December 11, 2017

Mangaluru, Dec 11: Railways will now be able to operate its traffic between Mangaluru and Kerala’s Shoranur entirely using electric locomotives with the long-awaited project to charge the electric feeder substation at the Uppala railway station to be executed by December.

The project gets a boost with the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) affirming that finishing touches are under way to charge the feeder substation by supplying 5 MW power.

It is expected to help Railways save up on fuel and augment speed of the trains moving along the 307-km-long Mangaluru-Shoranur stretch.

Having completed the complex 3-metre-deep horizontal pit to lay the high tension cables up to the feeder sub-station, the KSEB personnel are now working overtime to inspect the underground cable joint junctions.

The work was expected to be over by December 15 and the feeder sub-station, in all probability, could be charged by this month itself, P. Subbanna Naik, Assistant Executive Engineer attached to the KSEB’s Kubanur section, told The Hindu here on Friday.

“The Railway authorities concerned, on their part, are in regular touch with the KSEB unit here to ascertain the progress of the works and we have given firm assurance that the works could be executed by December,” he said.

A senior Railway official, in-charge of the track electrification works, had assured that the feeder substation at Uppala would enable Railways to run the passenger and freight traffic entirely on electric locomotives up to Mangaluru.

The power supply augmentation would also help Railways explore options to run more short-distance passenger and MEMU trains in future.

The feeder sub-station was scheduled to have been put into operational mode as early as May last, barely two months after the substation at Charvathur station got commissioned in March enabling Railways to run at least five pairs of express trains using electric locomotives.

The cable-laying works suffered a jolt after the National Highway Authority of India officials, in their bid to ensure smooth vehicular movement on the parallel road, urged the State electricity utility to suspend the works till end of monsoon period.

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May 31,2020

Bengaluru, May 31: With places of worship expected to reopen on June 8, the Karnataka State Minorities Commission has released guidelines for mosques and dargahs, that include social distancing, temperature testing and compulsory hand washing.

Abdul Azeem, commission chairman said, "Everyone will have to maintain one-metre distance and carry their prayer mats. They will all be scanned and Farz prayers will be held for 10-15 minutes. Friday prayers should be completed within 20 minutes."

Distribution of tabarukh, shaking hands, and overcrowding inside mosques will not be allowed.  The Muzrai department also issued guidelines for temples, like mandatory face masks, sanitisation of sanctum sanctorum and thermal screening.

In a letter, the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment Department mentioned that while temple authorities and devotees should wear masks, priests, helpers and workers are exempt, in the core area of the temple.

"Devotees should be scanned using infrared thermometers at the temple entrance, and must be given hand sanitiser. The temple trust is expected to bear the expenses," it added.

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April 9,2020

Gadag, Apr 9: An 80-year-old woman who tested positive for COVID-19 passed away on Thursday due to cardiac arrest in Gadag, the district's Deputy Commissioner said.

She also had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI). Her body was disposed of as per the protocol, officials said.

According to the Karnataka Government, 10 new positive cases have been reported in the State today, taking the total COVID-19 cases to 191, including 28 discharged patients and six deaths.

With an increase of 540 positive COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's tally of coronavirus cases has risen to 5,734, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

Out of the 5,734 cases, 5,095 are active COVID-19 cases and 472 patients have recovered while 166 have died.

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April 8,2020

Udupi, Apr 8: Six patients were admitted to isolation wards in the hospitals in the district on Tuesday.

While four people were suffering from symptoms of COVID-19, two were suffering from SARI (Severe Acute Respiratory Infection).

As many as 19 samples were collected and sent for Covid-19 testing to a laboratory in Shivamogga.

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