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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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August 7,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 7: A woman suffered critical injuries after a speeding car knocked down her scooter and then ran over her at Kadri Kambla Junction in the city today.

The woman identified as Vanishri Bhat (22) a resident of Kedila from Puttur. 

A CCTV footage of the accident, which went viral on social media, shows the car hitting the scooter, pushing the woman on road for a couple of meters before climbing over her.

The car stopped when she was under it. A few people including a policeman lifted the car from the front and rescued the woman. 

She was immediately taken to a private hospital in Mangaluru City MLA U T Khader’s car which was passing through that way. 

She has suffered critical injuries on her head, ribs, hands and legs, sources said. She is reportedly responding to treatment. 

It may be recalled that in December last year a lorry-auto accident at the same spot claimed life of a 56-year-old teacher while the auto driver miraculously survived. Following the accident, speed breakers were installed at the junction.

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March 5,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 5: At 11 am on Friday, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa will present the State Budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal. Coming at a time when the state is facing financial challenges, the budget is expected to have minor tax shocks for citizens, while making space for big-ticket allocations to the agriculture and water resources ministries. Thursday's budget will be Yediyurappa’s seventh.

“Agriculture is our primary focus. The recent gazette notification of the Mahadayi tribunal order is a welcome move for Karnataka and we will make budgetary allocations for this too,” the CM had said.

The cut back in devolution of funds for Karnataka from the divisible pool, trimming of funds from the Union Government for Centrally-sponsored schemes and tax collections falling short of revenue targets have made matters tough for Yediyurappa. The consolation may be the part payment of one installment of GST compensation from the Centre. The GST compensation, in part for the October-November period, was released to the state in time for tabling of the budget.

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February 11,2020

Thrissur, Feb 11: The latest test result of the woman medical student, who arrived here from China's Wuhan region and was the first positive case from India for the novel Coronavirus (nCoV), has come out negative, health officials said on Monday.

Her condition was "stable", they said.

According to the state health department as of now, 31 people are in isolation wards across various hospitals in the state.

"The blood test result of the first patient from Thrissur, from the National Institute of Virology (NIV) testing centre at Alappuzha, shows a negative result.

But we need confirmation from the NIV at Pune," a senior medical officer told news agency.

After the first positive case was reported from Thrissur, two other Keralite students from Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus, had tested positive in Alappuzha and Kasaragod districts.

The health department had earlier said those in isolation wards of various hospitals in the state have come down to 34.

"A total of 3,367 are under observation across the state, of which 3,336 are under home quarantine," a release issued by the health department said.

The department has already sent at least 364 samples for testing at the NIV at Pune and so far 337 results have returned negative.

The ''state calamity'' alert, which was declared on February 3, was withdrawn on Friday after no new positive cases of infection were detected.

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