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Footbridges to be built in coastal and malnad districts of Karnataka to avert tragedies

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July 24, 2018

Bengaluru, Jul 24: The Public Works Department is in the process of drawing a list of areas in Malnad and coastal regions where small bridges would be constructed to provide connectivity to villages during monsoon.

Currently, residents use wooden rafts called ‘sanka’ during monsoon to establish connectivity to mainland when the level in the river/rivulets rises.

Speaking to presspersons in Bengaluru on Monday, Public Works Minister H.D. Revanna said that a meeting will be held on Monday and Tuesday to decide the approximate number of small bridges to be constructed in these areas. “The proposal is to construct bridges measuring between 2m and 5m that can accommodate two-wheelers and three-wheelers. This will be taken up this year on a priority basis,” he said.

The issue came to the fore after a girl was washed away in Tirthahalli recently and Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy had assured to address the problem. Mr. Revanna also said that he has asked 32 legislators of constituencies in Malnad and coastal areas to help identify the problem areas.

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Naresh
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Jul 2018

Tragedies are already occured and monsoon going to end soon. This govt has no supervision. Thinking only after happened something

Sandesh
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Jul 2018

New way to loot some money. It wont be practical till this year end of monsoon

Ibrahim
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Jul 2018

Concrete bridges in all area are not practical. Govt should form emergency action team they should work accordingly to the rural places. Each rural landscapes are unique

Danish
 - 
Tuesday, 24 Jul 2018

Concrete footbridges are safe. Wooden bidge may cause serious tragedies

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July 5,2020

Tirupati, Jul 5: The Karnataka government will soon build a massive pilgrim amenities complex and marriage hall at Tirumala, the hill abode of Lord Venkateswara, at an estimated cost of Rs 200 crore, a temple official said here on Saturday.

The state would soon submit a blueprint for the construction of the Rs 200 crore mega complexes to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) that governs the hill shrine, the official said.

Consequently, based on the designs, TTD would construct the complexes with the given fund and after completion, they would be handed over to the Karnataka government, he said.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa would lay the foundation stone for the mammoth complexes on the hills some time next month, he said.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is likely to take part in the programme, he added.

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Ahmed Ali k
 - 
Sunday, 5 Jul 2020

Dear Sir,   

 

 

Keep aside all these type of extra expenditure like spending for statues, monuments, pilgrim amnesties etc.

 

During this period of virus pandamic, please use all these amount for medicines, medical facilities, food and development of the state.  We are facing shortage of medical facilites and the people are dying on the road by not getting a bed in the hospital.  Please use these amounts for the same.  During this Pandemic not even hindu brothers also accept this offer.  Leave all vote politics and concentrate to develop the state.

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May 7,2020

Bengaluru, May 7: Karnataka Minister for Labour Shivaram Hebbar, on Thursday, ordered issuance of notice to employers who have not paid salary to the workers during lockdown period amid Coronavirus threat in the state.

The Ministry has also directed serving notice to those employers who have reduced the wages of the workers in April '20, official sources told UNI here.

State Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa had appealed to the employers not to retrench any employee from the job because of their failure to attend to work because of Coronavirus which is spreading like wildfire and since they have been asked to remain in the house.

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July 23,2020

Mandya, Jul 23: Upset over contracting Covid 19, a 55-year-old man, ended his life by hanging himself, at the designated Covid hospital, in Mandya, on Wednesday night.

The deceased patient is from Kandegala village, Malvalli taluk, Mandya district. He was ailing from renal problems and was under treatment. 

However, he contracted the virus and tested positive for Covid-19. Upset over this, he ended his life by hanging himself on the window grill, in the hospital bathroom, midnight. The incident came to light when other patients went to the toilet.

His last rites were conducted as per the designated Covid-19 protocol, on Thursday, said District Health Officer Dr H P Manchegowda.

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