Mangalore under CCTV surveillance

September 15, 2011

Mangalore, September 15: The modern technology has geared up to play a crucial role in the security system of Mangalore , with the Police Commissionerate poised to bring the crucial points of this coastal city under surveillance with the help of close circuit television (CCTV) cameras round the clock.

The monitoring of traffic with the help of CCTV Cameras, according to police, will reduce a lot of uncertainty and ambiguity, as the footage will provide first hand evidence.

Mangalore City Police Commissioner, Seemanth Kumar Singh speaking to Coastal Digest informed that the cameras that are being installed would be monitored by a team throughout 24 hours. This will enable them to note down traffic violations, including minor details such as the vehicle design and vehicle number. In case of accidents, the culprits can be identified using the recorded footage, he said.

The cameras have been placed at important locations of the city such as Hampankatte, PVS, Jyothi, Lal Bagh, Lady Hill, City Bus Terminus, KSRTC Bus stand, Railway Staion, Kottara Chowki, and others.

The Commissioner expressed regret that the work has not been completed as yet, due to rains. He is positive that this project will certainly help monitor crime, not only in terms of traffic violations, but also anti-social elements such as chain snatching.

Once the work is completed, these cameras will record every activity at any part of the day. As it is being operated from a control room, any sort of violation of rules will be immediately detected and the culprits, taken to task. Depending on the budget, more number of cameras may be installed in the future, Mr Singh said.

Besides important places in the city, several cameras have also been installed at the Mangalore Airport as part of its security measures. This will facilitate checking and identification of suspicious activities, said the Mangalore Airport Director, M R Vasudeva. “Most importantly, the entry and exit of people, which is crucial, will be noted down,” he added.

M R Vasudeva is of the opinion that the fixing of these CCTV cameras has more of a psychological effect on the people. He stated that the knowledge of CCTV cameras monitoring their moves will make the people cautious of whatever they do.

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Friday, 11 Mar 2016

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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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January 10,2020

Chikkamagaluru, Jan 10: At least 15 RSS activists protesting against the 16th Chikkamagaluru District Kannada Sahitya Sammelan at Sringeri were detained, Police said here on Friday.

The Sangh Parivar activists gathered near the entrance of the hall where the event was being held and started sloganeering against the election of the leftist Kalkuli Vittal Hegde as the president of the literary gathering. The police then interfered and detained several protesters to bring situation under control.

Despite protests from the right wing organisations, the event went ahead and began as per the schedule.

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March 24,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 24: Bengaluru police registered an FIR against a 23 year-old woman who, while in home quarantine, visited supermarket despite having clear instructions to stay at home.

The Vijayanagar police said that the woman, a resident of Vijayanagar, had returned to the City on March 22 after a visit to Dubai."The city police had visited her house and stamped her for home quarantine and instructed her to stay at home but she visited Reliance Fresh on Monday.

We received information about it and the footage. Following this, we registered an FIR against her under section 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life). We traced her and warned her to stay at home. We are also consulting senior officers and health officers on whether we have to send her to the government quarantine Centre or not,"the police said.

Commissioner of Police Bhaskar Rao strictly warned the people who are home quarantined to stay at home in public interest. If they were found in public places they will be picked up, arrested and sent to government quarantine."Please log in to get detailed story.

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