Bantwal: Village evacuated as gas leaks after tanker overturns; highway blocked

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April 19, 2016

Mangaluru, Apr 19: Over 50 families of a village near kalladka in Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district were evacuated after a bullet tanker carrying liquefied petroleum gas overturned and the gas spread in the locality in the wee hours of Tuesday.

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The tragedy that occurred at 1 a.m. blocked National Highway 75 at Surikumeru village for hours causing traffic chaos.

It is learnt that the driver of the ill-fated tanker, which was ferrying LPG from Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited to Bengaluru, lost control over his vehicle while negotiating a curve thanks to over-speed.

The villagers, who heard a loud noise at night moved out of their houses to find a topped bullet tanker. It is learnt that the driver and conductor had fled the spot. The villagers were panicked as the inflammable gas spread around the area emanating the pungent smell.

Since the accident took place near the village having around 50 houses, it was evacuated as precaution.

After receiving information from local residents the fire extinguishers rushed to the spot while the police cordoned off the area and diverted the vehicles on highway.

Over six dozen fire personnel from seven fire brigades including from Bantwal, Mangaluru East, Mangaluru West, Beltangady, Puttur took part in the overnight operation.

It is said that despite all the efforts the gas continued to leak till 8 a.m. and finally experts managed to plug the leak.

The vehicles moving towards Puttur from Mangaluru were stopped at Kalladka and diverted via Veerakmbha-Anantady-Kodaje route. Vehicles coming from the opposite direction were stopped at Kabaka and diverted via Vittal. Vehicles coming from the direction of Uppinangady were diverted through Mani-Anantady-Veerakmbha route.

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Mohammad.n
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Tuesday, 19 Apr 2016

Why not make pipeline supply and remove all these tankers out of road??!!

Rikaz
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Tuesday, 19 Apr 2016

I am surprised to see people are gathered around there without any fear...a little spark of fire will destroy everything up there...they should be away from that spot at least something around 200 meters.

pradeep Salian
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Tuesday, 19 Apr 2016

The PERNE incident remembered! But why MRPL is lethargic in implementing the safety in transportation??

Saleem Sawan M…
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Tuesday, 19 Apr 2016

This is result of \MAKE IN INDIA\". Poor design of roads, poor quality of roads, poor quality of safety procedures, poor quality of tanker drivers, poor emergency procedures and yet feku says make in india"

eshwar
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Tuesday, 19 Apr 2016

Mangalore Bantwal Highway is probably the worst 4 lane Highway in India!!
Such tight turnings on a highway results in such accidents.

Fayaz khan
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Tuesday, 19 Apr 2016

Ban all these bullet tankers moving on the road. Wherever it moves create problems. The public should aware the danger of these kind of tankers piling on the roads with hazardous materials. Instead of transporting these kind of hazardous materials/gas on the road let the companies use railway transport. Dear friends take this issue to the court directly. Banging govt dept doors is no use, because this system is a big lobby.

Priyanka
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Tuesday, 19 Apr 2016

This tanker drivers consume alcohol in the night and drive. Thats why such accidents repeatedly occurring in the night. Must cancel their license first.

Mahesh
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Tuesday, 19 Apr 2016

driver driving the tanker or cleaner ?

Kiran
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Tuesday, 19 Apr 2016

threat to the people, this s not first time. last time we lost 9 lives homes, terrible movement still this happening in a monthly interval time. this tanker should be banned to travel in the city.

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February 14,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 14: In a major embarrassment to the police, the Karnataka High Court has termed as illegal the prohibitory orders imposed under Section 144 of CrPC by the City Police Commissioner in December 2019 in the light of the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in Bengaluru.

The orders were passed “without application of mind” and without following due procedures, the court noted. Giving reasons for upholding the arguments of the petitioners that there was no application of mind by the Police Commissioner (Bhaskar Rao) before imposing restrictions, a division bench of the High Court said he had not recorded the reasons, except reproducing the contents of letters addressed to him by the Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs). 

The state government had contended that prohibitory orders were passed based on reports submitted by the DCPs who expressed apprehension about anti-social elements creating law and order problems and damaging public property by taking advantage of the anti-CAA protests.  

The High Court bench said the Police Commissioner should have conducted inquiry as stated by the Supreme Court to check the reasons cited by the DCPs who submitted identical reports. Except for this, there were no facts laid out by the Police Commissioner, the court said.

“There is complete absence of reasons. If the order indicated that the Police Commissioner was satisfied by the apprehension of DCPs, it would have been another matter,” it said.  

“The apex court has held that it must record the reasons for imposition of restrictions and there has to be a formation of opinion by the district magistrate. Only then can  the extraordinary powers conferred on the district magistrate can be exercised. This procedure was not followed. Hence, exercise of power under Section 144 by the commissioner, as district magistrate, was not at all legal”, the bench said. 

“We hold that the order dated December 18, 2019 is illegal and cannot stand judicial scrutiny in terms of the apex court’s orders in the Ramlila Maidan case and Anuradha Bhasin case,” the HC bench said while upholding the arguments of Prof Ravivarma Kumar, who appeared for some of the petitioners.   

Partly allowing a batch of public interest petitions questioning the imposition of prohibitory orders and cancelling the permission granted for protesters in the city, the bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Hemant Chandangoudar observed that, unfortunately, in the present case, there was no indication of application of mind in passing prohibitory orders.

The bench said the observation was confined to this order only and it cannot be applicable in general. If there is a similar situation (necessitating imposition of restrictions), the state is not helpless, the court said.

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July 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 2: A youth who was on job hunt committed suicide by hanging from the roof of his house in Maroli on Wednesday.

32-year-old Advaita Shetty taken pilot training and looking for a job, According to sources, he had come back to his native place, Maroli, three days ago.

The exact reason behind this extreme step is not known yet.

Kankanady town police have registered a case in this regard.

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April 20,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 20: The Dakshina Kannada district administration had declared certain areas in the district as containment zones after COVID-19 positive cases were detected from there.

A seal down has been declared in these zones, completely banning all movement of the people including leaving their houses.

In Ajjavara, Sullia taluk a one-kilometre containment zone has been set up on April 19.

The zone stretches from Ankotimar Road and includes Forest agriculture land and the residences of Savera and Achar.

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