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City buses to boost Panambur beach tourism

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June 3, 2014

Mangalore, Jun 3: In a big relief for beachgoers in Mangalore, city buses will start taking them directly to Panambur beach from June 30 onwards. Currently tourists have to walk down 500 metres from the National Highway 66 to hit the sands so far.

beechAfzal Ahmed Khan, Regional Transport Officer, Mangalore, said that city buses, plying towards Surathkal, have been issued new route permits and they will now have to operate via the beach from June 30.

Informing this a meeting on tourism development, chaired by the by Deputy Commissioner A.B. Ibrahim here on Monday, Mr. Khan said that the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) had given permission for the buses plying to Katipalla, Mulki and Udupi from State Bank of India bus terminus to go via Panambur.

“Permits have been given. These buses will be given timings shortly. The operation of these buses might start by June 30,” Mr. Khan said in the meeting.

Tourism Department Assistant Director U Jithendranath displayed the works designed by three different agencies of which one brochure will be selected.

The colourful brochures comprise of basic information about the district, list of 40 tourist spots and their significance, will be distributed among the travel agencies, hotels and other stake holders.

Chairing the meeting, Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim directed the officials to upload the sample brochure and map in Mangalore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) website and invite suggestions from general public before June 10.

The brochure should be finalised and copies for distribution should be printed before June 15, he instructed.

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In its fresh bulletin, health and family welfare department today said that the throat swabs of a 51-year-old man from Boloor tested positive for the coronavirus.

Boloor is already declared as corona containment zone in the district after as this is the fourth coronavirus positive case reported from the area.

With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in Dakshina Kannada mounted to 25 including 19 residents of the district and six outsiders who have already left the district after getting treatment.

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April 15,2020

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Valsad is a district near Gujarat-Maharashtra border.

Ashik Hussain and Mohammed Takeen Maril, have been stuck at the RTO check post of Ambergaon for the last 21 days. The duo have been staying in their car, without proper accommodation or food.

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Bengaluru, Mar 12: Days after a video of an elephant being shot in Bandipur National Park went viral on social media, officials said that they have removed a staffer and initiated action against an employee of the Karnataka Forest Department in the matter.

According to officials, the incident took place on March 7.

"We have removed Rahim, temporary staffer, and initiated action against Umesh, a permanent employee of the Karnataka Forest Department, after an internal enquiry," Bandipur field director T Balchandra said.

While Rahim is said to have shot the charging elephant, Umesh reportedly made the video and shared it on social media.

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