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September 28, 2011

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Udupi, September 28: ''Coastal districts offer ample avenues to develop tourism sector especially beach tourism,'' said MLA Raghupathy Bhat.

He was speaking after inaugurating the World Tourism Day-2011 celebrations organised with the concept of “Tourism Linking Cultures” by District Administration and District Tourism Department here on Tuesday. He said earlier governments would offer meager amount of funds to develop tourism as compared to the funds allotted these days. As many as Rs 187 crore budget has been envisioned to promote tourism during the current fiscal year. In this backdrop, the most essential issue to be taken into consideration is the relaxation of CRZ rules. It is the major obstacle towards exploiting available beach tourism potentials.

Industrialists are not coming forward owing to the CRZ rules. It has been designed unscientifically, he added.Bhat said at least CRZ norms should be relaxed at State-level. It should be reduced to 200 meters, he opined and added that beach tourism should be developed in the model adopted by the governments of Kerala and Goa.

State government has allotted Rs 2 crore to upgrade the harbours at Malpe and St Mary's island. Experts' reports on plans deciding over setting up of floating harbor or permanent harbor at St Mary's island is expected within a week.

The foundation stone laying ceremony for Madhwacharya statue built at the cost of Rs 3 crore at Malpe beach is performed and the work is expected to get over shortly. The Suralu Palace is renovated at the cost of Rs 1.60 crore.

The actual amount needed to get the palace entirely renovated is around Rs 10 crore.

However, we have managed to repair the palace with available sum of money. A task force committee for developing tourism in the district involving private parties is the need of hour. The DC should head the task force committee, he said.

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May 6,2020

Mangaluru, May 6: A day after a wild bison dies lost its life hours after being tranquilized in Mangaluru, another wild bison appeared in the Ashok Nagar area of the coastal city today.

In fact, two bison were spotted in Mangaluru yesterday. The two were reportedly wandering together early in the morning. Later one was spotted in Mannagudda and the other in Hathill area.

While one of them was tranquillized by an official of a Pilikula Biological Park and captured, another bison had gone missing.

The captured animal, however, died later in the day due to cardiac arrest.

According to official, it is common for herbivores, which are sedated to ensure their safe capture, to suffer cardiac arrest.

Meanwhile, Forest department officials have launched an operation to capture the second bison. It is believed that it is the same bison which went missing yesterday.

Also Read: Wild bison intrudes into Mangaluru city amidst lockdown; captured

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March 25,2020

Udupi, Mar 25: Fearing Corona infection a 56-year-old man has committed suicide over in Udupi. 

The deceased has been identified as Gopalkrishna Madivala.

He was a KSRTC bus driver and was currently performing a duty to train new drivers.

He suspected his friend had contracted COVID-19 and as he had a close association with him, he feared he too will be infected and hence hanged himself on a tree.

Although symptoms of Corona infection do not appear to him, he left behind a death note which stated that he resorted to the extreme step over suspicion of having been infected by a corona trait of a friend. 

Recently, the first COVID-19 positive case in Udupi where a 34-year-old man has been tested positive.

A press release issued by the District Health and Family Welfare Officer on Wednesday said that the man had come from Dubai to Udupi district on March 18.

Since he showed symptoms of COVID-19, he was admitted to the District Government Hospital on March 23. His throat swab was sent for test and the preliminary report stated that he had tested positive for COVID-19.

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January 12,2020

Mysuru, Jan 12: Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar on Saturday said that the State government is planning to introduce 'Bag less Day’ in a week from next Academic year across the State.

He said that the State government is also working out on reducing the weight of the School bags carried by children.

The Minister was speaking after inaugurating ‘Civic sense is my duty – Questioning is my right’ programme organised at Kautilya Vidyalaya in Kanakadasanagar here.

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