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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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March 5,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 5: The Karnataka government has advised city-based companies to allow their employees to work from home if they have flu-like symptoms.

"Those employees having flu like symptoms may be allowed to work from home with advice of standard hand hygiene and cough etiquette," the Health Department said in its advisory.

The advisory asked people to avoid non-essential travel to COVID-19 affected countries and refrain from travel to China, Iran, Republic of Korea, Italy and Japan.

"Employees other than those restricted countries arriving directly or indirectly from China, South Korea, Japan, Iran, Italy, Hong Kong, Maccau, Veitnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, the UAE and Qatar must undergo medical screening at airport entry," the advisory read.

The government advisory also mandated employees arriving through all international flights entering lndia from any port to furnish duly filled self-declaration form, including personal particulars - phone numbers and address in India, and travel history to health officials and immigration officials.

It also appealed to promote regular and thorough hand washing at work places and keeping sanitising hand rub dispensers (alcohol-based) in prominent places and provide access to places where staff can wash their hands with soap and water.

Companies have been asked to promote good respiratory hygiene and ensure the availability of surgical masks and paper tissues at workplaces only for those who develop a running nose or cough at work along with closed bins for their hygienic disposal.

Meanwhile, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Commissioner B H Anil Kumar chaired a meeting on Wednesday regarding the preparedness to deal with coronavirus.

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March 12,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Karnataka on Thursday confirmed another positive case of the deadly coronavirus, taking the total number of infected persons to five in the state.

According to a source from the State Health Department, the infected person, a 26-year-old patient had recently returned from Greece. He is currently under observation in an isolation ward in a city hospital.

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August 2,2020

Mangaluru/Udupi, Aug 2: The twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi witnessed sporadic movement of vehicles and relatively less commercial activities today in spite of the withdrawal of ‘Sunday lockdown’ by the state government. 

After the central government announced guidelines under Unlock 3.0, the Karnataka government has removed the complete lockdown concept on Sundays and done away with the night curfews too. So from today (August 2), there will be no lockdown on Sundays.

KSRTC operated its buses as usually. However, compared to other days, today the number of private and city buses on the roads in Dakshina Kannada was limited. 

In Udupi, city buses remained off the roads as the number of passengers was less. However, KSRTC and NARM buses were seen transporting passengers.

In containment zones ban on movement of people will continue till August 31 in Udupi. The Santhekatte market used to function on Saturdays, as there was Sunday lockdown on earlier Sundays. Now the market will be open on Sundays only.

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