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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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April 7,2020

Wayanad, April 7: The Kerala government has allowed people from border villages of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to use medical facilities at Wayanad.

"We have opened our borders to people from neighbouring states who require medical facilities in Kerala. Twenty-nine people from Bairakuppa in Karnataka have used medical facilities in Wayanad and 44 from Tamil Nadu," Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday.

Bairakuppa, a small village in Karnataka, is separated by the river Kabini from Wayanad district and the residents there depend on the healthcare facilities available in Wayanad.

Speaking to news agency, Adeela Abdulla, District Collector of Wayanad, said that instructions have been issued to allow people from neighbouring states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, who need medical facilities, to cross the border.

"Right from the start of the lockdown, we have not restricted individuals from Bairakuppa region in Mysore district to use the medical facilities in Wayanad as people in that region depend on medical facilities in Wayanad," she said.

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July 30,2020

Manglauru, July 30: There will be no congregational prayer on Eid Al-Adha at the historic Eidgah mosque in Mangluru’s lighthouse hill this year due to covid-19 pandemic. 

The decision to suspend the Eid prayers in Eidgah was taken as per the guidelines issued by the State Board of Auqaf, said Haji Y Abdullah Kunhi, president of Zeenat Baksh Central Juma Masjid and Eidgah Masjid.

However, Eid prayer will be held at Zeenat Baksh Central Juma Masjid on July 31 at 7 a.m.

Muslims in coastal Karnataka will be celebrating Eid al-Adha on July 31 whereas Muslims in other parts of Karnataka and India are celebrating the festival on August 1.  

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February 6,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 6: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa inducted 10 BJP MLAs to his Cabinet here on Thursday. They are among the 17 Congress-JD(S) MLAs who defected last year.

The much-delayed expansion came almost two-months after the MLAs won the bypolls held in December. During the period, the defectors camp exerted pressure on Yediyurappa to expand the Cabinet and include all the MLAs who contested the bypolls.

The new ministers sworn in are S T Somashekar, Ramesh Jarkiholi, Byrati Basavaraj, K Gopalaiah, B C Patil, Dr K Sudhakar, Shivaram Hebbar, Anand Singh, Narayana Gowda and Shrimanth Patil.

One of the 11 MLAs from the defectors camp, Mahesh Kumathalli was not inducted as he hailed from the same constituency as Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi. Three others, MTB Nagaraj, H Vishwanath and R Shankar are likely to be inducted in June.

Governor Vajubhai Bala administered oaths to the new ministers at Raj Bhavan, where hundreds of supporters came to witness the event. Authorities had also beefed up security arrangements outside Raj Bhavan for the ceremony.

Earlier, Yediyurappa was to induct 10 newly-elected MLAs and three old-timer BJP MLAs. But on Wednesday evening, the BJP's central leadership stepped in to decide that only 10 newly-elected MLAs should be inducted after disgruntlement surfaced among BJP MLAs over former minister C P Yogeeshwar's induction.

Several MLAs led by chief minister's political secretary MP Renukacharya had raised a hue and cry over allotting berths to those who lost Assembly polls. A group of 13 to 15 MLAs had also demanded adequate representation to Kalyana Karnataka region, alleging that the new Cabinet had excess representation from few districts of Karnataka, such as Bengaluru Urban and Belagavi.

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