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It's women's raj in ZP; KT Shailaja elected Prez, Dhanalaxmi her Deputy

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February 8, 2011

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Mangalore, February 8: BJP re-established its firm grip on Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat when its nominees KT Shailaja Bhat and Dhanalaxmi Janardana D got elected as President and Vice-President respectively on Tuesday in the election held at Nethravathi Auditorium of ZP here.

While Shailaja from Vittla constituency defeated former ZP President Mamatha D S Gatti of the Congress to the post of President, Dhanalakshmi from Dharmasthala defeated former ZP member Yashawanthi Alva to the post of vice-president by an identical 24-11 margin.

Mysore Regional Commissioner M.V. Jayanthi, who conducted the election, declared that KT Shailaja and Dhanalaxmi got elected and will be holding the office till October 7, 2012. CEO of ZP P Shivashankar, Additional Deputy Commissioner Prabhakar Sharma were present.

Speaking to media persons later, Shailaja Bhat said she would accord priority to basic amenities in the district and would focus on roads and other amenities in rural areas.

“I had never been an aspirant to the post of ZP President. But I am grateful to my party which selected me,” she said.

Women's raj

With this election, both the top posts of the district-level local government have gone to women as both the posts were reserved for women's category.

MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, BJP District unit President Padmanabha Kottary, former ZP President Santhosh Kumar Bhandary and BJP workers in large numbers congratulated the winners.

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April 6,2020

Kasaragod, Apr 6: Even as the number of positive cases of Novel Coronovirus is on increase in this district, the ten-member medical team from Thiruvananthapuram on Monday will inspect and review modalities to convert the proposed Kasaragod medical college into a COVID-19 hospital.

Given the constraints being faced by the district hospital in Kanhangad near here, the 200-beded Kasaragod medical college hospital in Ukkinada near here would be equipped to cater to the Covid-19 patients on isolation.

The ten member medical experts who reached here late on Sunday, are on a special mission to immediately equip the hospital as to convert it as a Covid-19 centre.

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June 3,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 3: Cyclone Nisarga did not land in Karnataka and has passed its border with heavy rains and strong winds, said an official on Wednesday.

However rains continued to lash parts of coastal Karnataka. There was no report of any casualty, the official added.

"It has already passed. We have not got any reports of fatalities. A heavy rain was expected and the deputy commissioners were alerted. Fishermen too were warned," said Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority (KSDMA) Principal Secretary T K Anil Kumar.

Kumar said Nisarga's actual landing is in Maharashtra and the warning was given for that state and Gujarat.

"In the fringe proportion (of Karnataka), high winds were expected and fishermen were warned not to venture into the sea," he said.

Kumar said the department interacted with the deputy commissioners of Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Chikkamagaluru and Shivamogga and alerted them about heavy rains.

Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre Director Srinivas Reddy said the department has kept four National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) teams on standby in Mangaluru and Kodagu for any eventuality.

The teams have been mobilized from Guntur in Andhra Pradesh.

"More rain is predicted in coastal districts. Wind speed too will be more in coastal areas," said Reddy.

According to a Met Department official, the track of Nisarga is expected to be 200-400km off Karnataka coast.

"Sudden wind speed had been reported along the coast. We had issued port warnings," said the official.

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April 4,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 4: No positive case of coronavirus has been detected in Dakshina Kannada district as per the latest update released by the district administration on Friday.

Test results of throat swab samples of 16 people with suspected symptoms were received today and all of them were negative.

A total of 38,518 people have been screened for coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada district till date with 72 people being screened today.

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