Mangaluru: Hostels sending back students; hotels too hit by water crisis

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May 3, 2016

Mangaluru, May 3: Hostels, hotels and restaurants have started feeling the pinch of water crisis in Mangaluru as the City Corporation has resorted to supply water once in three days.

waterMany hostels and hotels in the city are mainly depend on the Netravati waters supplied from the Thumbe vented dam, where the storage levels have fallen to 5.8 ft against a maximum 13 ft. Though they have borewells and open wells, the water table in them has gone very low.

Already, two prominent medical colleges in this educational hub have partially shut down their hostels and sent hundreds of students their homes till the situation improves.

It is learnt that Kasturba Medical College (KMC) has sent back about 400 MBBS students of second and third year batches from their hostels till May 15 and Father Muller Medical College has sent back about 75 per cent of the students.

The KMC has about 2,000 students, including some day scholars in eight hostels, while Father Muller Medical College has about 2,500 students from medical, para medical and nursing streams in eight hostels.

On the other hand many hotels in the city do not even have water to wash the vessels. Some hotels serving snacks and sweets on paper plate

Swarna Sunder, vice-president, Dakshina Kannada Hotels and Restaurants' Association said that some hotels had introduced eco-friendly bio-plates made from areca-nut sheaths or areca-nut leaf plates. But this did not go down well with many customers who are yet to get accustomed to it.

Mr. Sunder said river Netravathi drying up has hit hotels and lodges in Mangaluru, with the owners of middle-class hotels and restaurants worst hit. Many of them can't even depend on private tankers anymore as many of them are either getting too many requests or have been hired by MCC to supply water.

Meanwhile, the flow of customers to hotels has also increased with the tourist season beginning. Moreover, people who are unable to cook at home due to water shortage also come to hotels, Mr. Sunder said.

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Hasan Yusuf
 - 
Tuesday, 3 May 2016

This is the right time that our Government has to set up water DESALINIZATION PLANTS in Mangalore and other parts of Karnataka / India to solve the water crisis.

Rikaz
 - 
Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Put up a desalination plant around Mangalore, that would solve most of water crisis during summer season....India is of course a rich country...it can afford to spend money required for it....

whoever came to power after independence they made people very poor....

Sharabjeeth singh
 - 
Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Scenes of water shortage in various parts of country are so scary, everytime I open a tap and water comes out, I feel so much gratitude.
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Afzal
 - 
Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Prepare yourself, Mangalore. We ignored the villages. Now water shortage is at our door.

Dawood
 - 
Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Bad weather and bad policy aggravate an awful drought

Fahad
 - 
Tuesday, 3 May 2016

1 wasted drop of water/sec adds up to 8400 litres/month, 100,000 litres/year. FIX THE LEAK SOLVE THE WATER SHORTAGE

Ranchith
 - 
Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Never ever seen such water shortage in Mangalore. No tap water, dry wells/borewells this time. Most dependent on water tankers. 1K a day.

Manisha Kamath
 - 
Tuesday, 3 May 2016

So apt .... Be it Water Shortage Food woes Pollution Terrorism This defines our thinking..sad

SK
 - 
Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Let the situation worsen.... During mob attacks, only weaker section people used to run away..... Now people from all categories has to run away.... I am also one amongst them.... Let us taste / face the real difficulties of life..... on behalf of the oppressed people.....

Gowraw
 - 
Tuesday, 3 May 2016

All students must boycott the college and plant the trees .

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February 1,2020

Mysuru, Feb 1: The local police have arrested a man stabbed his irresponsible wife after she apparently hurt him with her naughty TikTok videos in Periyapatna of Mysuru district.

According to police, Srinivas stabbed his wife Savitha for TikTok videos where the latter featured with a different man.

The couple was not in good terms and was staying separately since few years. Savitha was residing in Mysuru and she used to send TikTok videos posing with another man to Srinivas.

The couple had two children, who reside with Srinivas, who was upset with the videos and invited Savitha to the birthday party of one of their children at Periyapatna.

He attacked her with a knife soon after she reached the function venue, Police said.

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January 12,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 12: Protesters plan to intensify their anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act movement from sit-down satyagrahas and rallies to street and door-to-door campaigns in different parts of the city.

The street campaigns began on January 1 with 20-30 volunteers of Hum Bharat Ke Log, reaching out to people in Koramangala and Whitefield and explaining the CAA, National Population Register (NPR), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and related issues. They have organised four campaigns.

According to Zia Nomani, member of Hum Bharat Ke Log, the campaign will intensify soon. “Over 200-400 volunteers will organise nukkad sabhas and other activities around JP Nagar and Banashankari,” Nomani said.

She added that though protests began as a medium for people to vent their concerns, more needs to be done.

“We have realised that many people have begun working on their personal documents and want to help them understand what CAA is all about,” Nomani said.

Volunteers will talk to people at street junctions, discuss issues and run signature campaigns. They say: “Our movement is focussed on reaching out to people. Pro-CAA workers too started a door-to-door campaign last week.”

Avani Chokshi, an advocate who participated in a campaign, said though people had a cursory idea about these issues, they didn’t know the details. “It through such campaigns that we can reach more people. It’s important to talk to people who haven’t made up their mind about the issues or are even pro-CAA,” said Avani, adding, “It hard to combat hatred in a short span of time. The movement needs to be sustained.”

Activist Geeta Menon, who has been at the forefront of the street campaign, says they were heckled at some places.

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January 21,2020

Yadgir, Jan 21: A bag was found abandoned at the Yadgir Bus Stand on Tuesday morning that left the commuters in panic.

After receiving the information, a police team, along with a sniffer dog, rushed to the spot. When the bag was checked, the police found clothes and cash in it.

It is stated that a passenger might have left the bag in a hurry to catch the bus.

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