Mangaluru stares at worst water crisis

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November 7, 2016

Mangaluru, Nov 7: With the receding rains and the Indian Meteorological Department predicting that there will be no more continuous rains in the coastal Karnataka this year, the city of Mangaluru is staring at another water crisis.

waterDeputy Commissioner Dr K G Jagadeesha has hinted that Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC)?will supply water to its citizens on alternate days from January 1, 2017 if the inflow of water to the Thumbe vented dam declines.

“If there was good inflow of water to the dam, then water will be supplied daily. In the wake of the city facing acute shortage of water during last April-May, the district administration has chalked out measures to mitigate the water crisis,” he said.

The maximum storage level of the old dam is 13 feet. About 160 MLD (million litres a day) of water was being lifted from Thumbe dam for the city daily and only 90 MLD of water was available for distribution.

Jagadeesha, the work on painting the new vented dam built across River Nethravathi should be completed by November end. The work on closing the gate of the new vented dam should also be completed by month end. The water upto five metre in the dam should be stored by December 10. The silt near the new Thumbe vented dam that has come up in the downstream should also be removed immediately.

The process of closing the gates of old Thumbe vented dam has been initiated and will be completed by November 15 to ensure full storage for supplying water to the city during the summer months. He directed MCC Commissioner Mohammed Nazeer to identify the exact extent of land to be submerged with the MCC storing five-metre water in new Vented dam within a week and put up a red colour flag on the area to make people aware of submerge of land.

A meeting of the farmers who will lose land will also be convened to appraise them of the situation within a week. A proposal has already been sent to the state government for the release of amount to be distributed as compensation among those who lose land.

With zero inflow of water to the dam, the water stored upto five metre would cater to the needs of the citizens for 45 days. With water available in AMR dam, the city can manage the water situation for three months, he stated.

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Nayaz Baksh
 - 
Tuesday, 8 Nov 2016

I guess we need to start looking at other options . Desalination plants can be a viable option, with abundantly available sea water we should use it to our advantage by having one of the plants in our region.

Satyameva jayate
 - 
Monday, 7 Nov 2016

We should learn and also advise our kids how to save water..... authorities should start controlling water supply from now on that leaving it to zero at peak summer like last time.

Deepak
 - 
Monday, 7 Nov 2016

no problem for me in dubai... i dont have any problem for water, if i come down then there will be a big problem.

Harish
 - 
Monday, 7 Nov 2016

no problem.. will get it from cauvery, siddaramaiah will not leave us.

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February 12,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 12: Mohammed Nalapad, son of Karnataka Congress MLA NA Harris, who allegedly rammed his sports car into vehicles and a kiosk, injuring 4, on Bellary road in Bengaluru on February 9, said that he was not in the car which met with the accident.

Bengaluru Joint Commissioner of Police, Traffic, Ravikante Gowda told media, "Mohammed Nalapad appeared before the investigating officer today. He was arrested following interrogation. We are collecting evidence and will file a charge sheet shortly."

Nalapad is out on bail, in connection with the matter where he had assaulted a man in a pub in Bengaluru in 2018.

"I was not in the car which met with accident. I was travelling in a Lamborghini car which was moving ahead of the car. However, I called people to rescue the victims. We took them to the hospital and paid their hospital bill," said Mohammed Nalapad.

Further, details are awaited

Also Read: MLA N A Harris’ son Nalapad, out on bail, now crashes his luxury Bentley car, injures 4

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June 27,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 27: The Bengaluru Police Commissioner’s office on Infantry Road has been sealed after one of the staffers tested Covid-positive. It will remain shut from June 27 to 29. 

A senior police officer from the administrative department, in a media release, stated that almost the entire staff has been asked to work from home, while some have told to work from sub-divisions of DCP’s offices. 

It is said that one of the staffers, who recently reported for duty at Anti-Terror Cell (ATC), tested positive on Friday, and officials took a decision to seal the premises after the media got wind of it. 

Earlier, a function for Drug Observation Day too was held on the premises on Friday. The staff has not been asked to go on quarantine. 

Only a few staffers have been asked to come to the police control room situated in the same building.

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January 24,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 24: Middle East based prestigious LuLu Group has come forward to invest $300 million in Karnataka in the retail, logistics and hospitality sectors.

As part of this, the first LuLu mall will commence operations in Bengaluru’s Rajajinagar area by August.

LuLu’s first mall in India, in Cochin, is seen as a huge success. It’s not clear how that mall is doing financially, but it became so popular that it had an adverse effect on almost every other mall in the city.

Lulu’s investment plan for Karnataka was communicated during a discussion between chief minister BS Yediyurappa and Yusuff Ali MA, chairman and managing director of Lulu Group, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

The company will also set up two five-star hotels in Bengaluru through Twenty14 Holdings, its hospitality arm, and a modern logistics centre in the Uttara Kannada region.

Lulu Group’s retail initiative Tablez brought Toys `R’ Us, one of the world’s largest toy store chains, to Bengaluru in 2017. Started in the Phoenix Mall in Whitefield, it competes with Reliance-owned Hamleys.

Tablez has also brought in other international brands such as American ice cream parlour chain Cold Stone Creamery, South Africa based flame-grilled chicken concept Galito’s, and Tablez’ own brand Bloomsbury’s, a boutique cafe and bakery. It has also launched Spanish fashion brands Springfield and Women ’secret.

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