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Manipal student wins laurels for designing train toilet

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June 17, 2016

Manipal, Jun 17: Vinod Anthony Thomas (in pic) has done Faculty of Architecture (FOA) and Manipal University proud by clinching the second prize at an all-India competition organised by Research Designs and Standards Organisation, Lucknow.

ManipalIn keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's clean India initiative, the Railways decided to hold a public competition for waterless and odourless toilets in trains. The competition was to design such toilets for operation and maintenance.

The jury comprised experts from Railways, industry and academia/research fields.

Ten entries were shortlisted and the designers had to present their projects to the jury on May 31.

Vinod's design was adjudged the second best in the results announced on June 14 and bagged Rs 75,000 as prize money. The second place was shared by another designer, Rahul Garg and team member Saurabh Hans.

Vinod, a 10th semester student of FOA, has designed a toilet which does away with problems in the existing system of disposal of human waste on the tracks.

His project also mentions that the existing model of toilets are not subjected to effective flushing resulting in the accumulation of dirt and therefore the foul smell.

His design introduces a system of waste management, which prevents generation of foul smell and replacing the system of flushing toilets with water by a conveyor system carrying waste in a hermetically sealed pocket to a large collection bin to store waste and is run manually by a crank wheel.

The bin has been designed in a way to reduce the amount of waste by way of decomposition and forced ventilation (evaporation of water).

Director, Faculty of Architecture, Prof Nishant H Manapure said Vinod has brought laurels to Manipal University by bagging the second prize at the important competition.

“It's first of its kind for FOA and am hopeful the students will showcase their talent in future also”.

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satyameva jayate
 - 
Saturday, 18 Jun 2016

Congrats guys............Simple system yaar if aircraft dont drop shits on our heads....same system can be implemented for railway...........

Jaleel S
 - 
Saturday, 18 Jun 2016

Welldone bro.congrats

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January 18,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 18: The Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi has claimed that around 3 lakh people had gathered at Shah Gardan, Adyar-Kannur in Mangaluru on January 15, even though their expectation was just 1 lakh people.

The protest against CAA, NPR, NRC and police atrocities against minorities was jointly being organised by the various Muslim organisations of twin district under the leadership of Muslim Central Committee.

“We had just expected around 1 lakh people. But the Mangaluru witnessed the largest gathering in its history on Jan 15. Around 3 lakh people had participated in the protest,” Ibrahim Kodichail, vice president of the committee told media persons today.

K S Mohammed Masood, president of the committee, added that the event was a grand success and fretful, besides being peaceful. He wholeheartedly thanked all those who strived hard to make the protest a great success and to those who had taken part in it.

“At least 28 organisations have come together. As a result 3 lakh people assembled. I thank all those organisations,” he said.

He also opined that police too had helped to maintain law and order and cooperated with the protesters at the venue.

SM Rasheed Haji, B M Mumtaz Ali, Syed Ahmed Basha Thangal, Kasim Ahmed H K and Mansoor Ahmed Azad were present at the press meet among others.

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“The Centre is repatriating Indians who are stranded in around 37 countries, amid the lock-down, of which people from Saudi Arabia and Dubai will be brought via ship for free. These people will have to undergo the mandatory quarantine period once they land in the country,” Ravi told media here.

The government has accorded priority to the elderly and pregnant women during the repatriation process. The state government has held due discussions with the Centre in this regard, he added.

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August 3,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 2: A total of 5,532 new cases of COVID-19 and 84 deaths were reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours, the state's health department informed on Sunday.

With this, the Karnataka's COVID-19 tally now stands at 1,34,819 positive cases, including 74,590 active cases and 57,725 discharges.
So far, 2,496 deaths have been reported from the state.

India's COVID-19 count on Sunday crossed the 17 lakh-mark with 54,736 positive cases and 853 deaths reported in the country.

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