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Rains delay trains, engine derails

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July 18, 2011

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Mangalore, July 18: Engine of Train No 16517 Yeshwanthpur – Kannur Express derailed between Kadakaravalli and Donigal, as it hit a huge boulder which had fallen on the track on Sunday morning.

As a result, the train was delayed and did not run from Mangalore Central to Kannur. The train service was restored at 2 pm.

Due to continuous unprecedented torrential rains in Konkan region, particularly between Sindhudurg and Kudal, the train services on Konkan Railway route have been disrupted after boulder and muck fell on the track at Talgaon cutting link between Sindhudurg and Kudal Section on Sunday.

As a precautionary measure, Konkan Railway has been compelled to terminate/ divert several train services on the route.

Transshipment

The passengers of few trains were transhipped from Sindhudurg to Kudal stations. They include train number 12619 LTT-Mangalore 'Matsyagandha' Express; Train number 16345 LTT-Ernakulam' Netravati' Express of July 16 with 16346 Ernakulam -LTT 'Netravati' Express of July 16.

Madgaon – Ernakulam Express leaving Madgaon has been cancelled.

Diversion

Train number 12617 Ernakulam-Nizamuddin 'Mangala' Express which left Ernakulam on Saturday has been diverted via Madgaon, Londa, Miraj, Pune and Kalyan. Train number 12217 Kochiveli – Chandigarh 'Kerala Sampark Kranti' Express which left Kochiveli on Saturday has been diverted via Madgaon, Londa, Miraj, Pune and Kalyan. Train number 12618 Nizamuddin – Ernakulam 'Mangala' Express which left Nizamuddin on Saturday is diverted via Panvel, Karjat, Pune, Miraj, Londa and Madgaon. Train Number 12998 Hapa-Tirunelvelli Express which left Hapa on Saturday is diverted via Vasai Road, Kalyan, Pune, Miraj, Londa and Madgaon.

Owing to the diversion and transshipped services, most of the trains on the route are running late. Public can contact emergency number 10722 for correct and factual information and position / status of trains.

The train No 16345, Lokmanya Tilak – Thiruvananthapuram Netravati Express was late by 12 hours; Train No 12619, Lokmanya Tilak – Mangalore Matsyagandha Express was running late by nine hours; Train No 12223, Lokmanya Tilak-Ernakulam Duronto Express was late by six hours; Train No 12133, Mumbai CST – Mangalore Jn Express ran late by seven hours. Train No 12620, Mangalore Jn-Lokmanya Tilak Matsyagandha Express, scheduled to start from Mangalore Jn at 12.50 hrs, left Mangalore Junction at 21.00 hours on Sunday.

Train No 12134, Mangalore Jn-Mumbai CST Express, scheduled to start from Mangalore Jn at 16.45 hrs, is rescheduled at 00.15 hours on Monday.


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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: The Karnataka government would provide Rs 10,000 immediate relief to families affected by heavy rains and flooding in districts across coastal, central and southern areas of the state, an official said on Thursday.

"Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has directed all the Deputy Commissioners in the rain-cum-flood-hit districts to provide Rs 10,000 interim relief to the affected families and Rs 5 lakh to those whose houses were completely damaged in the natural disaster," a Revenue Department official told media persons here.

As the south-west monsoon advanced and intensified, heavy and widespread rains with gusty winds have been lashing 12 of the 30 districts across the state, wreaking havoc and disrupting normal life due to flooding, landslides, lakes and ponds overflowing, and rivers and their tributaries in the spate.

"The Chief Minister also instructed the officials to make use schools, colleges and public places as relief centres to shelter the rain-cum-flood-hit families, as hostels and community halls have been converted into Covid care centres in the affected districts," said the official.

The affected districts have also been advised to conduct a survey of crop loss suffered by farmers for compensation under the centrally-sponsored Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and the Weather Based Crop Insurance Schemes.

Deputy Commissioners have been told to take preventive measures to protect and provide relief to the people from heavy rains, floods and landslides in the affected districts.

"Yediyurappa also directed ministers in-charge of the districts to remain in their constituency and visit the affected areas to assess damage caused by the rains and flash floods for compensation and relief aid," noted the official.

The Chief Minister on Wednesday announced Rs 50 crore for rescue and relief operations in the affected districts across the state.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological department has issued a red alert on heavy rains in the affected districts of Kodagu, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttar Kannada in the coastal region and in Shivamoga, Chikkamagaluru, Hassan and Haveri in the Malnad region.

"Bagamandala in Kodagu district where Cauvery river springs near Talakaveri received a whopping 486 mm rain during the last 24 hours, causing flash floods and disrupting normal life as offices, shops and eateries remained shut and public transport was affected," added the official.

The water-level in Cauvery and Lakshmanatheertha is flowing at high level while the Sayi layout and Kuvempu layout Kushalnagar is inundated and the affected residents were shifted to safer location.

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July 20,2020

Mysuru, Jul 20: Police and the Bengaluru City Quarantine Squad apprehended quarantine breacher “Drone Boy” Prathap N M in Mysuru on Monday afternoon.

Police sources said that the 23-year-old youth agreed to surrender following negotiations with officers. 

“He agreed to turn himself in after realizing that he had no other alternative,” said an officer, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

A team of officers from the Quarantine Squad under Dr Prayag H S and police from the Talaghattapura Police Station under Inspector Ramappa Guttedar said they apprehended Prathap who was staying at a hotel in the Mandi Mohalla area at around 3 pm.

Prathap’s father accompanied the team to convince his son to surrender. Police said Prathap will be returned to the city to be placed into 14 days of institutional quarantine. 

With two cell phones at his disposal Prathap, who is accused of twice breaching home quarantine regulations, fled the city on Saturday. 

Police, who were initially aware of only one cell phone, lost track of the youth as he drove out of the city, turning his phone off near Kengeri.

However, after quizzing the fugitive’s family, police learned that Prathap had a second phone and sim card. “His whereabouts were established on Sunday evening by tracking this second phone,” an official source said.

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May 9,2020

Bengaluru, May 9: A three-year-old boy was killed by a leopard in the early hours of Saturday in Magadi taluk near Bengaluru.

According to police, the boy identified as C Hemanth, was sleeping with his parents - Chandrasekhar and Mangalagowramma - outside his grandfather Chikkanna's residence at Kadaraiana Palya.

The couple, residents of Dodderi, near Big Banyan Tree (Dodda Alada Mara), had been staying at Chikkanna's [Mangalagowramma's father] residence since past a few days following the outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic in Bengaluru.

Some of the family members, with the child, had slept outside the residence on Friday as the temperature was high. The feline might have taken the child between 1.30 a.m. and 4 a.m., and killed it on the outskirts of the village, said the sources.

After a frantic search, family members and villagers found the mutilated body of the child in the early hours. The leopard had left the partially devoured body on the outskirts of the village, added the sources.

According to the villagers, many felines have been prowling in the area, probably arriving from forests around Magadi and attached areas, for the last several weeks.

The Forest Department officials said that they have launched an exercise to trap the animal by placing cages with live baits.

According to preliminary investigations, the child was killed by a leopard. Pugmarks were found near the body. A detailed investigation and post-mortem report will find the exact cause for the death.

The incident has sent shockwaves in the vicinity of the village. According to the sources, people are planning to launch a protest to condemn the killing of the boy.

Minister for Forest and Environment B.S. Anand Singh has announced a compensation of ₹7.5 lakh to the family of the victim.

Accompanied by Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha member D.K. Suresh, Magadi legislator Manjunath and senior officials, Mr. Singh visited the place on Saturday morning.

Addressing media persons, he said that the department has decided to start combing operations for the leopard.

Mr. Suresh said the leopard might have come from Thippagondanahalli reservoir's catchment area on the outskirts of Bengaluru. The leopard has already tasted the blood of the child and hence the department should initiate immediate action [as the chances of the feline becoming a man-eater is high, Mr. Suresh added.

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