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Monsoon rain throws life out of gear, uproots trees, raises river levels in DK, Udupi

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June 9, 2018

Mangaluru/Udupi, Jun 9: The southwest monsoon has intensified in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and other districts of Karnataka. Water-levels started increasing in prominent rivers in the region.

Gusty winds uprooted dozens of trees in the region in last 24 hours. In Manglauru city alone nearly seven trees fell causing inconveniences to people and motorists.

Giant tree branch falls injuring 4

Last evening, a huge branch of a peepal tree in front of the historic Mangaladevi temple in Mangaluru fell evening resulting in injury to four persons.

Surekha (63) is undergoing treatment at KMC Hospital Attavar, Praveen Suvarna (49) at Fr Muller’s, Naveen (45) and Tejaswini (20) at District Wenlock Hospital.

According to eye-witness accounts, the huge branch of the tree at the Nagarakatte fell at around 7 p.m. just after a spell of heavy rain of 30 minutes. There were brief spells of heavy rain throughout the day.

The branch fell on the portion of a metal roofing in the courtyard of the temple. The portion of the metal roofing came down along with the falling branch.

 The incessant rain in the last two days resulted in the collapse of the compound wall of the house belonging to Harish Poojary at Palike Annamoole in Vittal Kasaba. The asbestos sheet of the house has been damaged.

Rivers soar

The Dakshina Kannada district administration had alerted the disaster management team in Uppinangady to ensure that the communication links with the adjoining places are not snapped due to rain and boats were on standby in case of any emergency in Uppinangady.

The continuous rain has increased the inflow of water to River Kumaradhara. As a result, the snanagatta at Kukke Subrahmanya has been partially inundated. The Subrahmanya police have instructed devotees not to enter the river for bathing. With Hariharapallathadka, Kollamogru, Kalmakaru, Balugodu experiencing good rainfall, a rivulet near Padaka is overflowing.

Damages in Udupi

At least 10 structures were damaged and water inundated low-lying areas in some places on account of heavy rain that was accompanied by winds in Udupi district yesterday.

According to the information provided by the district administration, three houses were partially damaged in Kadekar village, when trees fell on them. The damage to all three of them taken together was estimated at Rs. 1 lakh.

One house was partially damaged in Kuthpady when a tree fell on it. The loss is estimated at Rs. 45,000.

A house was damaged when a tree fell on it in Karkala taluk and the loss has been estimated at Rs. 15,000. A house each was damaged in Kalavara and Katbelthur villages in Kundapur taluk, when trees fell on them. The loss to both the houses taken together was estimated at Rs. 70,000.

Tiles of a section of a building of the Government First Grade College were blown away due to rain accompanied by winds at Shankarnarayana village. The compound wall of the Vishnumurthy temple collapsed due to rain at Hermunde village.

Damages in DK

The compound wall of a house collapsed at Indira Nagara in Haleyangady Gram Panchayat. The house belongs to auto driver Usman. A compound wall collapsed on a road leading to Putrabailu SC Colony in Laila Gram panchayat jurisdiction.

With the uprooted trees falling on the electricity poles, power got disrupted in different parts of the district since Thursday night. As a tree fell on an electricity pole, at Ishwaramangala, the power supply was disrupted.

A huge tree fell on the road at Kumbhakkodu in Aletti of Sullia taluk and had disrupted the movement of vehicles for some time. Home Guards, Forest Department officials and local residents cleared the tree and helped vehicular movement.

A huge tree fell on a house at Bettampady in Puttur. The house belongs to Babu Mera in Koovenja in Bettampady.

With heavy rain lashing Belthangady taluk, the temporary road connecting Kakkinje-Neriya has collapsed at Bendrala. The villagers, therefore, had to travel six-kilometre more to reach their destination. As the work on a minor bridge to connect Kakkinge-Neriya is in progress, a temporary road had been built for the villagers.

Comments

Shahir
 - 
Saturday, 9 Jun 2018

Sir,

 

How to apply for compensation.

Danish
 - 
Saturday, 9 Jun 2018

Govt should come up with new plan. New compensation scheme

Kumar
 - 
Saturday, 9 Jun 2018

Govt should give compensation.. More people are suffering

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January 29,2020

Hubballi, Jan 29: Thousands of people took part in a protest march against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) causing traffic snarl in the city on Tuesday.

Various Dalit organisations had taken part in protest organised under the aegis of the 'Samvidana Samrakshana Samiti'.

KPCC members including MLA Prasad Abbayya, former Minister A.M. Hindasageri and office-bearers also joined the protest.

They congregated first at B.R. Ambedkar Statue near the Head Post Office in Hubballi. Holding flags and banners, the protesters marched from Ambedkar statue to mini Vidhana Soudha covering Lamington Road, Sangolli Rayanna Statue and Kittur Chennamma Circle.

Mr. Abbayya said that despite opposition from various minority communities and progressive organisations, the Union government had not changed its stand. The opposition would continue till the new law was repealed, he said.

He termed the CAA as a draconian law that meted out injustice to not only Muslims but also to Hindus. “Giving citizenship based on documents is highly condemnable. At a time when the country is undergoing an economic slowdown, it is highly condemnable that thousands of crores are being spent to enact the law. The Union government should immediately abolish the new law,” he said.

They submitted a memorandum to the Hubballi tahsildar that was addressed to the President, seeking abolition of the new law. In view of the march, the police had diverted traffic and had made elaborate bandobast.

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May 29,2020

Bengaluru, May 29: Seven out of ten (72 per cent) workers in Karnataka reported having lost their employment during the COVID-19-induced lockdown, according to findings of a survey by Azim Premji University, in collaboration with ten civil society organisations.

The university said in a statement it conducted "a detailed" phone survey of 5,000 workers across 12 states in the country, to gauge the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on employment, livelihoods, and access to government relief schemes.

The survey covered self-employed, casual, and regular wage and salaried workers and it released the findings for Karnataka on Thursday.

Seventy-six per cent of urban workers and 66 per cent of rural workers lost their employment, the survey findings said.

For non-agricultural self-employed workers and wage workers, who were still employed, average weekly earnings fell by two-third.

More than four in ten salaried workers (44 per cent) saw either a reduction in their salary or received no salary during the lockdown.

Six out of ten households reported that they did not have enough money to buy even a weeks worth of essential items, according to the survey.

Eight out ten households reported a reduction in food intake, while less than three in ten vulnerable households (27 per cent) in urban Karnataka received any form of cash transfer from the government, it said.

In summary, the disruption in the Karnatakas economy and labour markets is enormous. Livelihoods have been devastated at unprecedented levels during the lockdown.

The recovery from this could be slow and very painful, the statement said.

As a response to the findings of this survey, the team which has conducted the survey suggested a universalisation of the PDS to expand its reach and implementation of expanded rations for at least the next six months.

It suggested cash transfers equal to at least Rs.7000 per month for two months, and proactive steps like expansion of MGNREGA, introduction of urban employment guarantee, and investment in universal basic services, among others.

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July 30,2020

Mangaluru, July 30: The Social Democratic Party of India has condemned the move by the state government to drop a lesson on legendary Mysuru rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from the class 7 textbook.

The Department of Public Instruction has omitted the chapter from the textbooks of Class 7 in their attempt to reduce syllabus for state board schools by 30 per cent.

The department, however, has decided to retain similar chapters on Tipu Sultan in 6th and 10th Classes, though the syllabus in text books for all classes from 1 to 10th has been trimmed. 

In a media release statement, SDPI State President Ilyas Mohammed Thumbe termed the move as communally motivated. “By dropping the lesson, the BJP-led government is engaged in saffronisation of education,” he alleged.

He said that Tipu was the most prominent freedom fighter, who had given priority to irrigation, rocket technology and harmony. The BJP government is also planning to scrap lessons on the Constitution, secularism and democracy. By twisting history, the BJP is trying to mislead the younger generation, he added.

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