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Bunts Hostel Circle, Karangalpady area wear a new look after cleanliness drive

Media Release
December 31, 2017

Mangaluru, Dec 31: Ramakrishna Mission’s Swacchata Abhiyan completed ninth week’s shramadan on December 31 at Bunts Hostel circle and Karangalpady area in the city. Srinivas Patil of KPES Institution, Dharwad and Madan, SI of Bunder Police Station jointly flagged off the drive. Dr Satish Rao, Dr Rajendra Prasad, Prabhakar Shetty and more than 100 volunteers were present on the occasion.

Cleanliness Drive: Volunteers under the guidance of Sri Shobhoday Alva & Dr Satish Rao carried out the drive from Bunts Hostel circle. They cleaned both sides of the road and removed the grass & weeds from the footpaths. Sri Prakash Garodi & team of volunteers removed the posters and handbills pasted on the walls and bus shelters of the Bunts Hostel and the walls were cleaned and painted anew. A spot in front of Karnagalpady market area was full of dirt & garbage thrown by the shopkeepers and public. That spot was thoroughly cleaned off the garbage & dirt and the wall was washed and cleaned. Flower pots have been kept in that spot and the shopkeepers have been urged not to throw garbage in that spot and to maintain the cleanliness and water the plants. Sri Dilraj Alva led the group of volunteers.

Erection of railings: The barricade put up in front of Karnagalpady Auto stand was badly maintained and was being shifted from time to time. It was occupying more space and was posing nuisance to traffic police & two wheelers. Dirt & garbage had piled up below the barricade and was an eyesore to the onlookers. Hence volunteers under Sri Kirankumar Poojari experimentally set up a thin railing which not only serves the purpose but also occupies less space.

Swacchata App Drive: Downloading & using Swacchata App is a major component of the public participation in the Swacch sarvekshan being undertaken by the Central Government. There was a very poor response from the citizens of Mangalore last year due to lack of awareness. Hence the volunteers of Ramakrishna Mission not only downloaded and started using themselves but are also urging all the public since last 4 days. Till last week, only 363 apps were downloaded and after the volunteers of Ramakrishna Mission took up the task, about 2500 apps have been downloaded till yesterday and the number may cross 3500 before the deadline of 31st December sets in. Today being the last day, volunteers are focusing public visiting City centre Mall, Forum Fiza Mall, Corporation Bank Head Office, Sahyadri College, SDM College and other places. They are also visiting door to door urging the public to download the app and start using. Young volunteers under the guidance of Souraj, Shishir Amin, Dhanush Shetty, Abhishek V S, Amit J, Anil and others were actively involved in this drive. Sri M R Vasudev & Sri Umanath Kotekar led and coordinated the efforts.

Swacch Gram: Ramakrishna Mission Swacch Kayarthadka was flagged off by Swami Jitakamanandaji at Kayarthadka. President of Village Panchayat, Smt. Sharada, President of Sri Umamaheshwara Temple Sri Balanna Gowda & President of the local mosque Sri Abdulla participated.  Members of Yuvashakti Kayarthadka, Kombashree Yuvaka Mandala & public participated in the cleanliness drive that lasted for nearly 3hours. Sri Yogish coordinated the drive. Drives were also carried out in Malavoor, Yedapadavu and other places. MRPL is sponsoring this drive.

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shahid
 - 
Monday, 1 Jan 2018

Kindly pressurise mangalore corporation to ban the film posters in the entire city and outskirts ....insted it should be advertised through newspapers, electronic media etc...... nowadays there is many options to promote a movie..... this theatre owners are still in 80s.....this posters are spoiling the beauty of city

zahoor ahmed
 - 
Monday, 1 Jan 2018

Clean and Green Mangalore.

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the state's health department issued fresh guidelines for the disposal of bodies of COVID patients.

"Although an increased risk of COVID infection from a dead body to health workers or family members who follow standard precautions while handling the body is unlikely, the lack of scientific data requires the utmost care to avoid the inadvertent spread of COVID-19 during these times," the statement from the health department's press release read, emphasising on the dignity of the dead and the religious and cultural tradition.

The 23-page press release elaborated on guidelines regarding testing, handling of dead bodies and other specificities in relation to the management of COVID-19 bodies.

"Testing should not be insisted in every case of death, but only when they have a recorded history of influenza-like symptoms. The body should be handed over to the family members/ relatives in a dignified manner immediately after swab collection and hospitals should provide handouts with a list of dos and don'ts in English and Kannada laying down relevant information," the statement said.

It added, "At the mortuary, health care workers, mortuary staff and the family of the deceased body shall not come in direct contact with the dead body and must wear full personal protective equipment (PPE). If the family or relative are for any reason unable to cremate or bury the body, the local health authority shall arrange for the dignified last rites as per the religious traditions of the family."

Regarding autopsies (post mortem) on COVID-19 bodies, the state department said that they should be avoided, except in necessary circumstances.

The statement also gave detailed guidelines regarding the appropriate recording of COVID-19 deaths in line with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines.

Additionally, the health department made a statement about the admission procedure for COVID positive patients referred by other district administrations saying, "It is now mandatory for all the referrals from the BBMP admission and discharge of COVID positive patients to be done through the online COVID Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS)."

The state's count of coronavirus cases was 1,51,449 in the past 24 hours.

So far, a total of 2,804 people have died due to COVID-19 in the state, while the average recovery rate in Karnataka is 49.3 per cent.

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May 23,2020

The decision of the Indian government to ease the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions imposed on those having OCI cards has given a big relief to many stranded overseas citizens of India across the world.

OCI card is issued to people of Indian origin globally which gives them almost all the privileges of an Indian national except for the right to vote, government service and buying agricultural land. The OCI card gives them a visa-free travel to India.

On Friday, the central government allowed certain categories of OCI card holders, who are stranded abroad, to come to the country. Earlier, according to the regulations issued by the Indian government in April, visas of foreign nationals and OCI cards were suspended as part of the new international travel restrictions following the COVID-19 pandemic.

This privilege of visa free travel to India was causing distress among a large number of people of Indian-origin and Indian citizens in countries like the US whose children were OCI card holders as they were born in this country.

Many Indian parents, several of whom lost their jobs as a result of the economic crisis due to coronavirus pandemic, but were not allowed to take the special evacuation flights of Air India from various US cities, took to social media and urged the Indian leaders to allow them to travel to India.

“This is a big relief for the OCI card holders. It was a humanitarian crisis in the making. I am pleased that the Indian Government listened to their voices,” said social activist Prem Bhandari, chairman of Jaipur Foot USA, who has been taking up the cause of the OCI card holders.

Dr Arathi Krishna, former deputy chairperson of NRI Forum of Karnataka government, who had been demanding this relaxation, many of the thousands of stranded OCI card holders in defferent parts of the world were in pursuading her to exert pressure on the authorities concerned for this much needed relaxation.

The restrictions on traveling of OCI card holders to India was issued by govt of India on March 13 in the wake of global outbreak of coronavirus pandemic. 

She said: "Many parents who are Indian nationals could not travel for emergency purpose to India after repatriation flights started due to their minor children being OCI card holders. Many children who were OCI card holders could not travel to India to perform last rites when there was death in their family due to these restrictions"

"I was constantly pressurising and bringing these issues to the attention of ministry officials in External Affairs and Home Affairs departments. I was following up with Mr Dammu Ravi who is heading the COVID task force  task firce in the ministry of overseas Indian affairs who took interest in solving this problem through his consistent efforts with MHA. Iam thankful to Fireign Secretary too for his efforts and concern and to MHA for making it easier now for OCI card holders to travel in repatriation flights with emergency reasons," she said.

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July 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 5: In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic and the fear of layoffs lurking everywhere, the state government is holding a first-of-its-kind virtual job fair on July 10, to help people find jobs commensurate with their skill sets.

Co-ordinated by the Karnataka Skill Development Corporation (KSDC), the job fair will see participation of more than 40 companies for about 6,000 job openings.

The government will connect companies with job seekers who have registered on the recently-launched Skill Connect portal or on the Kaushalya Karnataka’s portal for migrant workers from the state who have returned home.

A candidate can either directly apply to a company, or await the portal to match their skills with available jobs. There is also a self-evaluation section on the website which will suggest whether a candidate needs to further skill oneself or whether they are eligible for jobs with their current set of skills. 

Firms such as Life Insurance Corporation, Barbeque Nation and Arvind Mills are among the participants.

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Sheela Anagolum
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Friday, 10 Jul 2020

Looking to build literacy, numeracy and basic life skills for students in the ages of 14-19

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