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The situation has gone from bad to worse'

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March 3, 2011

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Mangalore, March 3: When Chetana Jagadish, a student in Mysore, telephoned her father at Marsa El Brega in Libya on Wednesday, she could hear the gunfire. She, however, was happy that her father, Jagadish Kumar, who works with the Sirte Oil Company “is safe”. About 65 people working for Sirte are Indians and are trapped there.

“Colonel Qadhafi's men walked into the oil company premises and replaced the flags of the rebels today,” said Manjaya Shetty, an engineer with the company, who came here on vacation much before the hostilities began. He is in constant touch with his brother-in-law T. Rajaram Melanta who also works for the company.

Marsa El Brega is about 250 km away from Benghazi, the second largest city in Libya, which has a port. Benghazi was the first to come under the grip of rebels.

Mr. Shetty said the situation had gone from bad to worse in the last 24 hours.

Mr. Melanta's wife, Sapna, and son, Harshavardhan (15), are settled in Pune. They are in touch with Mr. Melanta and Mr. Shetty seeking information on his safety and evacuation from Libya. According to Mr. Shetty, the European countries, China and the Philippines had evacuated a large number of their nationals, but India was able to bring back only about 3,000 of the 18,000 nationals there. He urged the Government to evacuate Indians on a war-footing.

He believes that as many as 5,000 people are trapped in Benghazi. Mr. Shetty said family members of those working for Sirte could call him on 9901323091 to make a concerted effort to put pressure on the External Affairs Ministry to take quick action.

His efforts to reach out to elected representatives were futile, Mr. Shetty added.

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March 23,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 23: Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi cautioned private bus transport services operators, taxis and autorickshaws from exploiting commuters in wake of bus and train services being suspended by the government as precautionary measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

In a statement released here on Monday, Transport Minister Savadi said it has come to the notice that private buses, taxis and autorickshaws were misusing the opportunity and exploiting commuters. Inter-district bus services have been suspended in the districts wherein lockdown has been announced to protect the health of people and none should violate the decision of the government, he stated.

Transport and Police Department officials have been asked to taken action against those violating norms and exploiting commuters. Service providers for their profit cannot risk with the health of the people and repeated cases if come to the fore, they will not be spared, Savadi cautioned.

Government has taken measures to prevent spread of COVID-19. Private transport service providers and people should join hands and cooperate to contain it, he appealed. 

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May 22,2020

Mangaluru, May 22: Dakshina Kannada today reported a fresh case of coronavirus infection, taking the coastal district's tally to 62. 

The new patient is a 29-year-old womon, who was under instituional quarantine monitored by the district administration in Belthangady. 

She had returned from Mumbai on May 18. Her throat swabs were sent for covid-19 testing on the following day and today she received positive result.

Out of the 62 covid-19 cases detected in Dakshina Kannada so far, only 50 are residents of the district. Among 12 others 4 are from Kasaragod and 3 from Karkala, 2 each from Uttara Kannada and Mumbai, and 1 from Kalaburgi.

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April 29,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 29: Karnataka government on Tuesday ordered organisations and NGOs in the state to distribute food to people in plastic boxes and not in polythene bags.

"The state government has ordered the distribution of food and meals in plastic boxes instead of in polythene bags," said the Information and Public Relations Department of the state government.

According to the government, during Covid-19, not only government departments and agencies but also various organisations and NGOs are providing meals to workers in polythene covers.

"However, in order to protect the health of the workers, the government has ordered the supply of food or meals in plastic boxes instead of polythene covers," it added.

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