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Auto-rickshaw drivers demand fare revision, new subsidies

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July 12, 2011

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Mangalore, July 12: Auto-rickshaw drivers belonging to various unions staged a demonstration in the city on Tuesday demanding the revision in auto fare in view of the recent hike in fuel prices.

The protesters, who took out rally pushing the rickshaws sans fuels from Hampankatta Circle to Deputy Commissioner's Office, demanded a 40% raise in the minimum auto fare with immediate effect.

U Ali Hasan, President of Coordinating Committee of Dakshina Kannada District Organizations of Auto Drivers said that when the last time the auto fare revised, the price for one litre petrol was Rs 50 and now, it is about Rs 70. Moreover, the price for LPG has also been hiked from 30 to 40 per cent. Therefore, the revision in auto fare is inevitable, he said.

He said the contribution of MCC for the poor condition of road work also affects the longevity of the auto rickshaws. Spare parts of autos, tires and garage fee also hiked in these days. “There is no way other than hiking the minimum fare,” he opined and added that District Administration should fulfill their demand immediately.

B Vishnu Moorthy, General Secretary of the Committee said that government should provide auto-rickshaw drivers 5 litre petrol and 5 litre LPG as subsidy on par with fishermen.

He also urged the government to fill the vacancies in RTO so that work will be done smoothly.

The members of DK District Auto-rickshaw Drivers Associations, Janatha Auto-rickshaw and Vehicles' Association, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, Surathkal Auto-rickshaw Drivers and Owners Association, Minorities Drivers and Owners Association and others took part in the protest.

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March 23,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 23: People in Thukkottu and Ullal area of Mangaluru are in panic after a local woman who recently returned from a foreign country fell ill.

On receiving information the health officials from Ullal PHC visited the house of the woman, who is suffering from fever and cold. They provided her medicines and asked her to remain quarantined at home.

It is said that the woman's mother, who had come to a grocery shop near Thokkottu, informed the shopkeeper that her daughter, who had returned from abroad, was suffering from fever.

The alert shopkeeper, understanding the gravity of the situation, informed ZP Standing Committee on Health and Education President Dhanalakshmi Gatti, who in turn brought the issue to the notice of health officials.

The health officials rushed to her house and diagnosed her. However, the authorities have requested the local people not to be panicked as it is not yet confirmed whether the woman is suffering from COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus.

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May 27,2020

Mangaluru, May 27: Karnataka’s twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi today reported 11 and 9 fresh covid-19 cases respectively.

In Dakshina Kannada the covid-19 patients include seven women and four men who had recently come from Maharashtra.

One of the patients is a 3-year-old child. Others are girls aged 11 and 17, women aged 36, 37, 45, 59 and men aged 22, 35, 39 and 46.

All of them have been shifted to covid-19 hospital from different institutional quarantine centres. 

In Udupi too all the nine people – six men, a boy, and two women -  had come from Maharashtra a few days ago.

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March 1,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 1: Bengaluru Police has rescued six women and arrested two people after a raid on a spa, allegedly operating illegally, in the city's HSR layout area.

"Of the women rescued three are from Thailand and the other three are from North-Eastern states," said a statement from the Central Crime Branch's (CCB) Women Protection Wing.

The raid was carried out on Saturday night and the police have arrested two people, while the owner of the spa is absconding.

The arrested suspects have been identified as Peter Sunawar and Rajkumar Radhakrishna Mishra. Further investigation is underway in the case.

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