Minister flags off KSTDC Mangaluru special package tour

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April 17, 2016

Mangaluru, Apr 17: R V Deshpande, Minister for Tourism, Large and Medium Scale Industries, flagged off the Mangaluru Special Package Tour, initiated by the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation, at Dr Shivaram Karanth Pilikula Nisargadhama on Sunday.

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Speaking on the occasion, the minister said that the state government has taken several measures to provide basic amenities and to ensure protection of visitors to various tourists spots in the state. The Department of Home Guards has deployed 125 trained security personnel at 319 tourist destinations. Another 250 people will be trained and the selection process is going on. Another new programme has been introduced by the government, with private companies adopting and developing tourist spots, as corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, Deshpande added.

Development of beaches

The minister said that Rs 13 crore will be sanctioned soon to provide necessary equipment – including roads and drain facilities – at the beaches at Talapady, Surathkal, Ullal, Someshwar and Tannirbavi in the district.

He, meanwhile, said that relaxation to the Coastal Security Zone regulations has been sought by the state government from the Central Government Ministry of Environment, and added that the ministry has been requested to decrease the limit for carrying out beach development activities, from 250 metres to 90-100 metres, on selected beaches.

Minister R V Deshpande expressed a need for the district administration to improve the marketing strategy for the Pilikula Nisargadhama. The district administration also has to establish perfect coordination among various departments involved in the development of the Nisargadhama, he said.

The Tourism Department has plans to organise open street programmes in Mangaluru, said the minister, explaining further that on a particular day, zero traffic will be observed on MG?Road and cultural activities will be held.

K Abhayachandra Jain, Minister for Youth Empowerment, Sports and Fisheries, said that the government has allocated Rs six crore for surfing and other adventure sports. Also, a fund of Rs 15 crore is reserved in the budget to install an aquarium at Pilikula.

S A?Prabhakar Sharma, executive director of the Nisargadhama said that the Tourism Department had sanctioned Rs five crore for development works at Pilikula and Rs four crore had been used for the works. A project plan for second phase development work has been submitted to the Department of Tourism, he added.

MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, MLA B A?Mohiuddin Bava, MLC Ivan D'Souza, Jungle Lodges President Asagodu Jayasimha, KSTDC Chairman S A?Hussain and Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim were present among others.

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The Mangaluru Darshana tour should also include a visit to the Govt. Museum at Bijai

The Mangaluru Darsjhana tour should also include a visit to the Govt. Museum at Bijai.

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Video of mighty bison enjoying a walk on Karnataka street amid lockdown goes viral

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March 26,2020

New Delhi, Mar 26: While the humans are on lockdown and spending time with their families, animals are free and without any fear roaming around on the otherwise busy roads. From Malabar civets to large Indian bisons, animals are enjoying this time.

Indian Forest Officer Susanta Nanda recently shared a video with the caption, "Indian bison( the gaur) goes for a street walk. The largest extant Bovine, is native to South and Southeast Asia. It can be very aggressive. Rare to see in markets."

The 8-second video shows the large animal freely walking in the market area of Chikmagalur district, Karnataka, while the few onlookers on the road get aside and watch the Bison with utmost amazement.

The videos of animals having a gala time on the roads have become common. After the video was posted online, it became a hit. The clip garnered over 3.1k views and over 100 retweets.

Twitter is amazed at the video. Have a look at the comments.

One user wrote, "Oh! We should vacate this place for them. Guess humans have stayed for too long."

Another Twitter user wrote, "That’s one thing people would follow social distancing with!"

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No question of imposing lockdown in Karnataka again, says minister

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June 14,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 14: Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Sunday said there was no question of reimposition of the lockdown amid speculation that it would be done.

"The question of lockdown is not in front of us. There is such speculation as the Prime Minister is holding a video conference with all Chief Ministers on June 16 and 17.

On June 17 our state will be taking part in it at around 3 pm," Mr Sudhakar said in response to a question.

Speaking to reporters at Kalaburagi, he said the current situation would be discussed in that meeting. Mr Sudhakar said the Prime Minister has repeatedly been holding such video conferencing exercises to take stock of the situation and plan for the future.

"There will not be a lockdown anymore according to me," he added.

There has been speculation that there would be another shutdown from this month owing to a rapid rise in the number of cases.

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Mr Sudhakar had on Friday said experts have indicated a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state in August and that the government was taking all precautionary measures in that direction.

As of June 13 evening, cumulatively 6,824 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 81 deaths and 3,648 discharges.

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Flight chartered by ‘Expertise’ repatriates stranded Saudi Kannadigas to Mangaluru along with employees

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June 11,2020

Mangaluru, June 11: The Saudi Arabia based Expertise Contracting Company, which is repatriating its employees to India and other countries, today allocated around 90 seats of one of its chartered flights to Kannadigas stranded in Saudi Arabia.

The Gulf Air flight took off with around 175 passengers on board from Dammam International Airport around noon local time. It is expected to land at Mangaluru International Airport at around 7 p.m. Indian time.

In fact the company had chartered the flights only to repatriate its employees. However, due to the lack of special flights under Vande Bharati Mission, the company decided to help the other stranded Kannadigas in Saudi Arabia, who had approached Saudi Kannadigas Humanity Forum for help.

A company official said that around 2,000 employees from various countries in the Indian subcontinent are being repatriated, of which 1,665 are Indians. Already hundreds of them have reached India, and hundreds are still waiting for repatriation.

“We are grateful to Expertise for allowing to travel in the flight which the company had chartered to repatriate its own employees,” said one of the passengers before boarding the flight at the airport.

Director of Expertise, KS Shaikh said the 20-year-old Expertise group, one of the largest conglomerates in the GCC operating in petrochemical and heavy equipment sectors, has more than 10,000 employees and their family members in the Gulf, mainly in Jubail, one of the largest industrial cities.

Of these, the company has chosen over 2,000 employees for the covid-related repatriations considering various emergencies. He said 12 chartered flights have been engaged to carry out the repatriation exercise to the Indian subcontinent.