Sabhapathi launches two-day Padayatra against Udupi power plant

February 24, 2011

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Udupi, February 24: Ill effects of the coal based Udupi Power Plant (earstwhile Nagarjuna) will include down pour of acid rain, caused by Carbon dioxide, resulting in destruction of forests, agricultural crops and horticultural grows, said noted environmentalist Dr NA Madhyastha.

He was speaking after inaugurating the two day “paadayathra” against the coal based power plant headed by former MLA UR Sabhapathi and JD(S) President Belapu Deveprasad Shetty, at Padubidri here on Thursday. Prior to the inauguration prayers were offered to the presiding deity at Sri Khadgeshwari Temple.

Madhyastha said that the other two serious hazards of the power plant included release of Carbon Monoxide, a slow poison, resulting in skin disease, bronchitis etc and the poisoning of water caused by the ash leaking in to wells, ponds, rivers and even the sea, as the region sees over 400 cm of rain.

Madhyastha said that a study has identified as many as 25 endangered creatures, notified in the Scheduke 1 of Wild Life Protection Act, down the Western Ghats in the coastal region. ``That means the act prohibits setting up of any project affecting the life of those creatures. Unfortunately any coal based power project functioning in the region will affect the endangered species'', he said.

He opined that the ill effects of the coal based power project could be reduced using the latest technology. ``Technology is already available; but if that is used here production of each of unit of power will coast around Rs 15. But, at present, the power generating company has an agreement in place to supply power at Rs 8 per unit. So the question of company using the latest technology, to run on loss, does not arise'', he said.

UR Sabhapathi took the officials to task for submitting reports in favour of the project and suspected the representatives of the people for their silence on the issue. Local Grama Panchayath President Shalini, JD(S) Mahila Morcha President Shalini Shetty Kenchanoor and others were present.

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April 25,2020

Mysuru, Apr 25: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has converted one of its buses into a clinic in Mysuru to treat COVID-19 patients.

The mobile fever clinic has a bed for the patient and a cabin for doctor.

There is also a seating facility, medicine box, washing basin, sanitizer, soap oil, a separate water facility and fans.
According to the KSRTC, the cost of this clinic construction on a bus is Rs 50,000.

Meanwhile, 15 new positive cases were reported in the state. So far, 489 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed, including 18 deaths and 153 discharges in the state.

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May 5,2020

The Department of Preuniversity Education, Karnataka has declared the board exams or pre university I exam results. To get results online, the students need to log on to result.bspucpa.com and have to provide their registration number and date of birth. 
Apart from the online portal, the students will get the results via mail or SMS.

“The results of the first year Pre-University Examinations will be announced on May 5. The results will be sent directly to students. Hence, colleges will not be displaying the results,” said S Suresh Kumar, Primary and Secondary Education Minister. 

The pre-university course of PUC is a two-year course including class 11 and class 12 called PUC I and PUC II. It is based on PUC score that candidates can get admission to varsities.

Earlier, the Karnataka PUC 1 result was to be announced on March 27 which was postponed and hence the revised dates are announced now.

The board exam results have been put on halt due to the nation-wide lockdown imposed after the coronavirus pandemic gripped India. As of May 3, the number of people infected by the coronavirus in India had crossed over 40,000.

The HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had in a meeting asked state and central boards to resume their evaluation process and declare the results to curb any further delay in the academic cycle. The academic cycle has been delayed by over a month due to the coronavirus. Now, the colleges will start by September instead of July.

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July 12,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 12: Karnataka on Sunday registered 71 COVID-19 deaths, its highest single day count, and 2,627 fresh cases, pushing the tally of infections in the state to 38,843, the health department said.

The total positive cases include 22,746 active cases and 15,409 discharges, the department said in its daily bulletin.

The total active cases include 532 people admitted in the ICUs across the state.

Of the 71 fatalities, a record 45 were reported in Bengaluru alone including the death of 16 day-old baby girl and 17-year-old girl with chronic kidney disease, taking the total mortalities in the city to 274.

Among the districts, where new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounted for 1,525 cases, followed by Dakshina Kannada with 196, Dharwad 129, Yadagiri 120, and 19 in Bengaluru Rural.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, 8.39 lakh samples have been tested including 20,050 on Sunday alone, of which 7.80 lakh tested negative.

Other than Bengaluru, five fatalities were reported in Dakshina Kannada, three each in Mysuru, Hassan, Davangere and Belagavi, two each in Haveri and Bagalkote and one each in Dharwad, Koppal, Tumakuru, Vijayapura and Chamarajanagar.

While majority of those who died of coronavirus suffered from Severe Acute Respiratory Illness and Influenza Like Illness, significantly 21 victims did not have any pre-medical conditions while eight were the asymptomatic patients with pre-medical conditions.

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