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Mangaluru to be open defecation free city by October 2

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July 20, 2016

Mangaluru, Jul 20: The Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) is moving towards declaring the city open defecation. According to Mayor Harinath all houses in the city will have toilets and new public toilets will come up in 34 locations by October 2 when the city will be formally declared open-defecation free.

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Mr Harinath told presspersons here on Wednesday that as per a survey carried out in May 2015, there were 339 houses in the city which did not have toilets.

Grants were being given to these residents to construct toilets under the Swachh Bharath Mission. While around 10 wards would be declared open-defecation free on August 15, the whole city would be declared so on October 2, he said.

Mr. Harinath asked people, who did not have toilets for their houses, to approach the Mangaluru City Corporation for grants by August 13. He said they were yet to decide on the penal action to be taken against those seen defecating in the open after October 2.

Chairman of Standing Committee on Health, Kavita Sanil, said that corporation had identified places such as the City Central Market, Pumpwell Junction, Morgan's Gate, Urwa Stores, Kadri Junction and 29 other locations where new toilets would be constructed.

These toilets would be built and operated by private agencies and it would be in addition to the 21 existing ones. Those operating the existing pubic toilets had been directed to maintain them in a proper manner, she said.

Mr. Harinath said that Urban Development Minister R. Roshan Baig would lay the foundation stone for construction of a dining hall for the Town Hall on Sunday.

Mr. Baig would also launch the first phase of building market complexes in Alake and Kavoor. The Minister would inaugurate the work on improving Kavoor Junction.

He would inaugurate the new night shelter in Bunder area, which had been built at a cost of Rs. 99.8 lakh, Mr. Harinath said.

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Ahmed
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Thursday, 21 Jul 2016

Defecation ? First you build some toilets for urination please,

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January 23,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 23: City civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) levied a penalty of Rs 50,000 on the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) for using single-use plastic cups during the recent India-Australia one-day international match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.

"Despite many awareness meetings, BBMP has found that single-use plastic cups were used during yesterday's cricket match and has fined KSCA Rs 50,000 as penalty," tweeted the civic body commissioner BH Anil Kumar.

The state cricket association treasurer Vinaya Mruthyunjaya said the civic body gave a general notice without detailed information on plastic use.

"We have been environmentally friendly for the last many years and at all gates, security has made sure no plastic or flex was allowed inside the stadium," Mruthyunjaya told media.

Mruthyunjaya said KSCA sought information from the civic body as to where the single-use plastic cups were found in the stadium during the India-Australia match.

On January 16, KSCA president Roger Binny inaugurated a plastic bottle shredder at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, in addition to other green initiatives at the cricket ground such as solar panels, sub-air system, biogas unit, rainwater harvesting and others. 

Similarly, in December 2019, BBMP cracked down on popular fast food eatery – Adyar Anand Bhavan in HSR Layout and fined the establishment Rs 1 lakh for plastic use.

In October, the BBMP fined eateries including McDonald's in central Bengaluru for using plastic.

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April 3,2020

Kasaragod, Apr 3: Kerala reported nine new cases of coronavirus on Friday, with seven from the worst affected Kasaragod district, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.

With this, the total number of coronavirus positive cases in the coastal district alone mounted to 136.

Besides, Kasaragod, one case each was detected from Thrissur and Idukki, he told reporters after a COVID-19 review meeting this evening.

Currently, 251 people are under treatment for the virus in the state and 14 were cured today, Vijayan said.

A total of 1.69 lakh people are under surveillence in the state and 706 are in various hospitals.

Two fatalities have been reported from the state so far.

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Action will be taken against private hospitals that were violating government norms and charging exorbitant fees charges for the treatment of Covid-19 patients and suspects, said Water Resources Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi.

The government has taken action against private hospitals in Bengaluru and the same parameters would be adopted other cities, he said speaking to media persons in Belagavi on Friday.

Jarkiholi said that the government had noticed that patients were levied exorbitant charges for Covid-19 treatment. People too have complaints regarding the huge bills by these private hospitals and have demanded action.

“We are not under the obligation of any private hospital and stringent action will be taken against all erring and violating government tariffs. They will have to treat patients and follow the tariffs fixed,” he stated.

Belagavi Institute of Medical Sciences District Hospital had been directed to install CCTV cameras in Covid-19 wards and install monitors at reception to facilitate monitoring of treatment and condition of the wards. BIMS management was taken to task for not following the directive and have been given a deadline to install CCTV cameras, Jarkiholi informed.

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