Udupi, September 17: Excise officials on Friday disposed off over 9000 leters of illegal spirit stored in 270 cans, recovered in a case registered last year to the Alevoor river near Kalmanje.
The value of the disposed spirit is estimated at Rs 10 lakhs.
Deputy Commissioner MK Somaiah, Deputy Superintendent Gurumurthy, Inspector Sowmyalatha headed the disposing operation.
Bengaluru, May 9: With 41 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Saturday, the total number of positive cases in Karnataka has reached 794, said the state Health Department.
Out of the total number, 386 are discharged and 30 patients have passed away. The total number of active cases now in Karnataka is 377.
The total number of positive coronavirus cases across the country is 59,662, including 39,834 active cases.
Till now, 17,846 patients have been cured and discharged and 1,981 deaths have been recorded in the country, as per the data provided by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Mangaluru/Udupi, Aug 2: The twin coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi witnessed sporadic movement of vehicles and relatively less commercial activities today in spite of the withdrawal of ‘Sunday lockdown’ by the state government.
After the central government announced guidelines under Unlock 3.0, the Karnataka government has removed the complete lockdown concept on Sundays and done away with the night curfews too. So from today (August 2), there will be no lockdown on Sundays.
KSRTC operated its buses as usually. However, compared to other days, today the number of private and city buses on the roads in Dakshina Kannada was limited.
In Udupi, city buses remained off the roads as the number of passengers was less. However, KSRTC and NARM buses were seen transporting passengers.
In containment zones ban on movement of people will continue till August 31 in Udupi. The Santhekatte market used to function on Saturdays, as there was Sunday lockdown on earlier Sundays. Now the market will be open on Sundays only.
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