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Cyclone Ockhi: Raging sea damages houses, uproots trees near Mangaluru

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December 3, 2017

Mangaluru, Dec 3: The fury of Cyclone Ockhi, that left a trail of destruction in neighbouring Kerala, has threatened the fishermen and people living the coastal areas of Dakshina Kannada district as the raging sea continued to batter the region on Sunday.

The retaining wall built by the government to prevent sea erosion at Peribail, near Uchila, on the outskirts of Mangluru city was washed away on Saturday night. Sea water entered a road, washing away a compound wall. The retaining wall built by a private resort at Ullal was also washed away.

In last 24 hours at least three houses were damaged and nearly two dozen coconut palms were uprooted in Ullal, Someshwar-Uchil areas in Mangaluru taluk.

The Dakshina Kannada district administration has shifted around 45 families to safer places on Saturday night as part of precautionary measures. Revenue officials including the taluk tahsildar and police personnel visited the area and were taking steps to help the affected people, the sources said.

According to A.C. Renuka Prasad, Assistant Commissioner, Mangaluru sub-division, they were accommodated in two nearby schools and a mosque where food was served. They returned to their homes on Sunday morning. If required they would be shifted again on Sunday night.

State Minister for Food and Civil Supplies U T Khader, who represents the Mangaluru constituency comprising Ullal, cancelled his programmes for two days and was monitoring the measures taken by the Dakshina Kannada district administration to tackle the situation.

Indian Coast Guard has warned tourists, fishermen and local residents against venturing into sea in beaches along the coastal belt at least till Tuesday.

Meanwhile, a senior scientist said it was unlikely to cause much havoc in coastal Karnataka as there was not much moisture in the Arabian Sea for the weakening cyclone to draw on. “I don’t think it will be like what is now seen in Kerala and Tamil Nadu,” he said.

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Abdullah
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Sunday, 3 Dec 2017

What they checking there? Is they checking any problem happened to sea?Help people for shifting the houses and financially help them to construct a new house in other place.

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June 13,2020

Chikkamagaluru, Jun 13: Deputy Commissioner Dr Bagadi Gautham said that movement of heavy vehicles has been banned from Tanikodi to S K Border on NH 169 (Mangaluru to Solapur) from June 15 to August 15.

In an official statement issued here on Friday evening, he said that due to heavy rain lashing in the District the minor bridges on the stretch at Umbalagere, Goravanahalli and Gulaganji are in a dilapidated condition. As a precautionary measure, the movement of heavy vehicles has been banned.

As an alternative, all the vehicles (below 15 tonnes) from Chikmagalur can travel via Baliho Nur-Magundi-Kalasa-Kudremukh-SK Border. The vehicles from NR Pura (below 15 tonnes) should travel via Koppa-Hariharapura-Bidaragodu-Agumbe.

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July 14,2020

Udupi, July 14: Due to rising COVID-19 cases in this district, Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesh on Tuesday, announced that the border will be sealed down from July 15.

Speaking to newsmen here on Tuesday, he said “Inter-district travelers will not be allowed to enter Udupi for 14 days from 8 pm on Wednesday, however, we won’t be imposing complete lockdown in the district.”

The decision was taken in the meeting held in his chamber in which Legislators Haladi Srinivas Shetty (Kundapur), Sunil Kumar (Karkala), Rghupathi Bhat (Udupi), Sukumar Shetty (Byndoor), among others were present.

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April 8,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 8: The Karnataka government is in favour of lifting the coronavirus lockdown in districts which remained free of the virus infection, subject to approval from the Centre, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Wednesday.

In an interview to, he also said the state intended to relax liquor sales, stopped since the 21-day lockdown was imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19, after April 14 in a bid to increase state revenues.

The chief minister said the state's legislators would take a 30 per cent salary cut.

According to officials, there were no COVID-19 cases in 12 districts of the total 30 districts in the state.

As on Wednesday, there were 181 COVID-19 cases in the state, including 5 deaths and 28 discharges.

"If the Prime Minister suggests to states to take decision (on lock-down) based on the situation in their respective states, my position is to take a call (on roll-back) in districts free from COVID-19", Yediyurappa said.

This is to allow people to go about their business and move about within the district and not from one district to another, after April 14, after taking the approval of the Prime Minister, he said.

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