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Monsoon rain throws life out of gear, uproots trees, raises river levels in DK, Udupi

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June 9, 2018

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jun 9: The southwest monsoon has intensified in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and other districts of Karnataka. Water-levels started increasing in prominent rivers in the region.

Gusty winds uprooted dozens of trees in the region in last 24 hours. In Manglauru city alone nearly seven trees fell causing inconveniences to people and motorists.

Giant tree branch falls injuring 4

Last evening, a huge branch of a peepal tree in front of the historic Mangaladevi temple in Mangaluru fell evening resulting in injury to four persons.

Surekha (63) is undergoing treatment at KMC Hospital Attavar, Praveen Suvarna (49) at Fr Muller’s, Naveen (45) and Tejaswini (20) at District Wenlock Hospital.

According to eye-witness accounts, the huge branch of the tree at the Nagarakatte fell at around 7 p.m. just after a spell of heavy rain of 30 minutes. There were brief spells of heavy rain throughout the day.

The branch fell on the portion of a metal roofing in the courtyard of the temple. The portion of the metal roofing came down along with the falling branch.

 The incessant rain in the last two days resulted in the collapse of the compound wall of the house belonging to Harish Poojary at Palike Annamoole in Vittal Kasaba. The asbestos sheet of the house has been damaged.

Rivers soar

The Dakshina Kannada district administration had alerted the disaster management team in Uppinangady to ensure that the communication links with the adjoining places are not snapped due to rain and boats were on standby in case of any emergency in Uppinangady.

The continuous rain has increased the inflow of water to River Kumaradhara. As a result, the snanagatta at Kukke Subrahmanya has been partially inundated. The Subrahmanya police have instructed devotees not to enter the river for bathing. With Hariharapallathadka, Kollamogru, Kalmakaru, Balugodu experiencing good rainfall, a rivulet near Padaka is overflowing.

Damages in Udupi

At least 10 structures were damaged and water inundated low-lying areas in some places on account of heavy rain that was accompanied by winds in Udupi district yesterday.

According to the information provided by the district administration, three houses were partially damaged in Kadekar village, when trees fell on them. The damage to all three of them taken together was estimated at Rs. 1 lakh.

One house was partially damaged in Kuthpady when a tree fell on it. The loss is estimated at Rs. 45,000.

A house was damaged when a tree fell on it in Karkala taluk and the loss has been estimated at Rs. 15,000. A house each was damaged in Kalavara and Katbelthur villages in Kundapur taluk, when trees fell on them. The loss to both the houses taken together was estimated at Rs. 70,000.

Tiles of a section of a building of the Government First Grade College were blown away due to rain accompanied by winds at Shankarnarayana village. The compound wall of the Vishnumurthy temple collapsed due to rain at Hermunde village.

Damages in DK

The compound wall of a house collapsed at Indira Nagara in Haleyangady Gram Panchayat. The house belongs to auto driver Usman. A compound wall collapsed on a road leading to Putrabailu SC Colony in Laila Gram panchayat jurisdiction.

With the uprooted trees falling on the electricity poles, power got disrupted in different parts of the district since Thursday night. As a tree fell on an electricity pole, at Ishwaramangala, the power supply was disrupted.

A huge tree fell on the road at Kumbhakkodu in Aletti of Sullia taluk and had disrupted the movement of vehicles for some time. Home Guards, Forest Department officials and local residents cleared the tree and helped vehicular movement.

A huge tree fell on a house at Bettampady in Puttur. The house belongs to Babu Mera in Koovenja in Bettampady.

With heavy rain lashing Belthangady taluk, the temporary road connecting Kakkinje-Neriya has collapsed at Bendrala. The villagers, therefore, had to travel six-kilometre more to reach their destination. As the work on a minor bridge to connect Kakkinge-Neriya is in progress, a temporary road had been built for the villagers.

Comments

Shahir
 - 
Saturday, 9 Jun 2018

Sir,

 

How to apply for compensation.

Danish
 - 
Saturday, 9 Jun 2018

Govt should come up with new plan. New compensation scheme

Kumar
 - 
Saturday, 9 Jun 2018

Govt should give compensation.. More people are suffering

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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 24,2020

Udupi, Jul 24: Udupi Power Corporation Limited (UPCL) has filed a complaint with the Cybercrime Police alleging that fake websites were created in the Corporation name and charging for registration to 1800 engineer jobs amidst covid-19 crisis. 

In a complaint submitted to Udupi Cyber Crime, Economic Offences & Narcotics (CEN) police station on Friday, UPCL Association General Manager K Shashidar alleged that four fake websites have been created in the name of UPCL and have claimed that 1,800 engineers posts are vacant in UPCL.

The fake websites have also been demanding Rs 500 fee for the registration of the job aspirants.

The FAKE websites are: www.udupipowerproject.com, www.upclindia.com, www.udupiproject.com, www.udupiproject.in. Helpline numbers +918046800985, +911149409800, +911149409807  too have been given in these fake websites.

Udupi CEN station has registered a case under Section 66(c), 66(d) of IT Act.

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Police barricades, yellow banners, walls with a fresh coat of paint and the sounds of bhajan mark parts of Ayodhya as the city awaits its big day Wednesday, when the first brick will be laid for the Ram temple.

Ayodhya is decked up for the bhoomi pujan that will be attended at the Ram Janmabhoomi by 175 people, who figure in a select guest list of seers and politicians topped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Concerned over the spread of coronavirus, the authorities are encouraging others not to come to the temple town, asking them to mark the occasion by celebrating at their homes. The groundbreaking ceremony will be telecast live.

Roads leading to Ayodhya display hoardings with the picture of the proposed Ram temple and of Ram Lalla, the infant Ram, the deity now housed in a makeshift temple.

Around the town’s Hanumangarhi area – named after a well-known temple which Modi will visit on Wednesday – both police sirens and ‘bhajans’ in praise of Ram are heard.

Most of the shops in the locality wear a new look, with their fronts painted in bright yellow. A large number of policemen were deployed there on Tuesday. Some sat in the sweet shops, waiting for their next instructions.

Roads leading into the area are barricaded. Yards of yellow cloth and marigold garlands were being hung on poles.

Even on the day before the event, security checks on vehicles heading to Ayodhya begin from adjoining Barabanki district itself on the Lucknow-Ayodhya road. Policemen take down details, including mobile numbers of the travellers.

Senior Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar said the focus of the force is on maintaining the Covid-19 protocol.

“So we are not going to allow any outsider to enter Ayodhya city,” he said. Prohibitory orders are also in force and not more than four people will be allowed to gather.

“The markets and shops will remain open but with strict adherence to the Covid protocol,” he said. Outsiders will be stopped from entering the city, but Ayodhya residents will be allowed in if they produce any identification document.

“We are also carrying out random checks on people living in Ayodhya to ensure that no outsiders are staying here,” he said.

The city’s temples and mosques will remain open, but no other religious event – except for the bhoomi pujan – will take place on Wednesday.

Pickets have been set up at sensitive points in the city.

Sub-inspector Ram Chandra Yadav and constables Avnish Kumar and Ankit Chaudhary man the Terhi Bazar Chauraha picket near the Ram Janmabhoomi site.

"We are here for the past some days, and were on duty on the Rakshabandhan day. Duty comes first and only after that come other things in life, like festivals," Yadav said.

Mayank Gupta, who runs a restaurant, was handing out food packets to policemen, his customers.

"For the last two months, I have been providing tiffin to them twice a day. There are around 100 policemen to whom I supply tiffin," Gupta said.

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