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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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February 14,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 14: Bengaluru Police on Friday said that it has busted a gang engaged in e-commerce fraud over the online marketplace who were involved in 200 of the 316 cheating cases registered last year.

"We registered 316 cases for cheating through online marketplaces last year. We have busted a gang operating from Rajasthan's Bharatpur and arrested 5 people. They are responsible for 200 out of 316 cases. We are questioning the accused," Bhaskar Rao, Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru told reporters here.

Explaining their modus operandi, the Police Commissioner said, "There were fictitious buyers and sellers on the online marketplace. These people used to call up prospective buyers and sellers. The products that were shown were two-wheelers, four-wheelers, electronic items and furniture."

"People used to send their money to these fraudsters using their QR code. The fraudsters were operating from Bharatpur in Rajasthan. A police team of 15 was sent to the place from where they were operating. Rajasthan police gave us full cooperation and we were able to arrest five persons," he added.

Rao said that these fraudsters had an idea about the loopholes in the e-commerce sector and exploited them.
"Some of those arrested were employed in the e-commerce and banking business and they had an idea about the loopholes in this sector," he said.

"We warn the citizens to ensure that they verify the antecedents of the buyers and sellers in this sector before spending money on these platforms," he added.

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May 4,2020

Mangaluru, May 4: As the coronavirus lockdown norms have been relaxed in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada, people will be able venture out for essential activities from 7 a.m to 7 p.m.

The lockdown was imposed in the coastal district on March 22 midnight to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Initially it did not apply to essential services such as sale of food, groceries, milk, vegetables, fruits, and meat and fish. Gradually the administration had to intensify the lockdown and allow those shops to remain open between 7 a.m. and 12 noon. However, today (May 4) onwards there will be relaxation of lockdown between 7 am to 7 pm. 

Precautionary measures like maintaining social distancing has been urged and use of face masks has been made mandatory.

Permitted activities

• Permission for plying of auto-rickshaws, cabs, private vehicles and bikes has been given. However only three occupants, including the driver will be allowed and no pillion rule is applicable for two-wheelers.

• OPDs, medical clinics are permitted to operate.

• Standalone shops, shops located in neighbourhood colony, residential complex will be allowed to operate.

• Private organisations can function with 33% staff capacity while allowing work from home for rest of staff.

• E-commerce activities only for essential goods permitted.

• In site construction activities in urban areas, rural areas including MNREGA works.

• Permission is only available to open the shop in the market and in the market complex.

Prohibited activities:

• Movement of individuals is not permitted for all non-essential activities.

• Travel by air, rail and inter-State movement by road.

• Functioning of schools, colleges, and other educational and training/ coaching institutions.

• Hospitality services, including hotels and restaurants.

• Cinema halls, malls, gymnasiums, sports complexes, bars, clubs, swimming pool, entertainment parks, assembly halls, etc; barber shops, spas and salons, textile and apparel(clothes) shops.

• Social, political, cultural, academic, entertainment, religious and other kinds of gatherings; and, religious places/ places of worship for public. 

• Shops in urban and rural areas, for non-essential goods not allowed in malls, markets and Market Complexes.

• All types of traffic movements will be prohibited after evening (7 pm to 7 am)

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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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