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CM announces model colleges in 20 districts

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November 19, 2011

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Nitte, November 19: Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda announced that as an attempt towards preparing students for taking up higher education, the State government has decided to set up model colleges at 20 districts in the state at the total cost of Rs 180 crore.

Speaking after inaugurating the silver jubilee functions of NMAM Institute of Technology here on Friday, he said that the State government has also submitted a proposal to University Grants Commission (UGC) in this regard. He said the enrollment to higher education in the country is merely 12 per cent and there is a need to increase the percentage to 25 per cent, he added.

Emphasising the government's efforts in giving priority to higher education, the chief minister said that the government has given permission to set up 55 polytechnique institutes in private sector in the State. The government has laid more stress on technical education. Besides, the government has prepared the action plan for making more students coming out from technical institutes employable. Only 25 per cent students coming out from these institutes are employable at present, he said.

Bio-fuel

Gowda said Karnataka has become number one state in the entire nation in terms of experiment and usage of bio-fuel. The government has already set up 16 such bio-fuel Information demonstration centers including the one inaugurated here today.

He informed that the government is proposed to set up such centers in another 15 places in the next 6 months period. The government has set up skill development centers in 22 technical institutes in the State as part of the priority given by the government for skill development programme. The programme is taken up under “Suvarna Kaushalya Abhivriddhi Yojana,” he informed.

He said that during the last three years, the government has set up 43 new polytechnic institutes and the vacancies in 476 polytechnique colleges have been filled up. The salaries of the part time lecturers in both polytechniques and engineering colleges have been hiked. The salary of the part time lecturers in polytechnique colleges has been increased to Rs 7,800 from Rs 1,800 and that of engineering colleges is hiked to Rs 10,000, he added.

Stating that the quality education is the need of hour, the chief minister assured that attempts will be made to make available the amenities of quality education to the students.

Digital valuation

Speaking on the occasion, VTU Belgaum Vice Chancellor Dr H Maheshappa informed that VTU has shifted to digital valuation process as against the earlier idea of manual valuation. Measures are taken to distribute the question papers directly to the colleges concerned 15 minutes before the commencement of the examination, he said.

All sorts of measures are taken in an attempt to maintain transparency in the entire process of examination and valuation. Maheshappa informed that VTU is willing to open a regional centre in the erstwhile Dakshina Kannada district, if government comes forward to provide the land, he added.

Karnataka Bio-fuel Development Board (KBDB) (Bangalore) Chairman Y B Ramakrishna opined that as many as 34 per cent of total budget outlay is going towards the import of crude oil. He said in this backdrop, there is a need to go for alternative fuel system to complete the demand.

The bio-fuel policy envisioned by the Karnataka government stands number one in the entire country. As many as 3 crore bio-fuel saplings have been planted in about 75,000 hectares of waste land since 3 years. Measures will be taken to introduce bio-fuel in as many as 18,000 buses run by the government of Karnataka, he added.He said plans have been chalked out to introduce bio-fuel as the back up power in the ground transport at Bangalore International Airport within one month, he said.

The Chief Minister also inaugurated Vocational Centre and Udupi district Bio-Fuel Information Demonstration Centre, sponsored by Karnataka State Bio-Fuel Development Board (KSBFDB) at the Institute on the occasion.

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May 8,2020

Bhatkal, May 8: In a shocking development 12 new coronavius positive cases were detected in Bhatkal town of Uttara Kannada district in a single day. 

Around 20 days ago an 18-year-old girl in Bhatkal was tested positive for the covid-19. The source of this infection was the First Neuro hospital located at Padil in Mangaluru where a covid-19 patient from Bantwal had undergone treatment. 

Now, the Bhatkal girl’s family members and neighbours also have tested positive for the deadly virus. Madeena Colony, Usmainya Colony, Nawayath Colony, Tengungundi Cross, Hindu Colony, Kukti Nagar, Jali Cross and Azad Nagar are sealed down by officials after the confirmation of new cases. 

Those infected include a 5-month-old baby, elderly people aged 60, 75, 83 and children aged 3, 11 and 12 years. 

Meanwhile, Kumata-Honnavar MLA Dinakar K Shetty has written to Uttara Kannada DC urging the complete seal down of Bhatkal taluk.

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the state's health department issued fresh guidelines for the disposal of bodies of COVID patients.

"Although an increased risk of COVID infection from a dead body to health workers or family members who follow standard precautions while handling the body is unlikely, the lack of scientific data requires the utmost care to avoid the inadvertent spread of COVID-19 during these times," the statement from the health department's press release read, emphasising on the dignity of the dead and the religious and cultural tradition.

The 23-page press release elaborated on guidelines regarding testing, handling of dead bodies and other specificities in relation to the management of COVID-19 bodies.

"Testing should not be insisted in every case of death, but only when they have a recorded history of influenza-like symptoms. The body should be handed over to the family members/ relatives in a dignified manner immediately after swab collection and hospitals should provide handouts with a list of dos and don'ts in English and Kannada laying down relevant information," the statement said.

It added, "At the mortuary, health care workers, mortuary staff and the family of the deceased body shall not come in direct contact with the dead body and must wear full personal protective equipment (PPE). If the family or relative are for any reason unable to cremate or bury the body, the local health authority shall arrange for the dignified last rites as per the religious traditions of the family."

Regarding autopsies (post mortem) on COVID-19 bodies, the state department said that they should be avoided, except in necessary circumstances.

The statement also gave detailed guidelines regarding the appropriate recording of COVID-19 deaths in line with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines.

Additionally, the health department made a statement about the admission procedure for COVID positive patients referred by other district administrations saying, "It is now mandatory for all the referrals from the BBMP admission and discharge of COVID positive patients to be done through the online COVID Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS)."

The state's count of coronavirus cases was 1,51,449 in the past 24 hours.

So far, a total of 2,804 people have died due to COVID-19 in the state, while the average recovery rate in Karnataka is 49.3 per cent.

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March 12,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Karnataka government on Wednesday issued a temporary regulation -- Karnataka Epidemic Diseases, COVID-19 Regulations, 2020 -- which aims to prevent the spread of the disease.

According to the regulation, all government and private hospitals should have flu corners for the screening of suspected cases of COVID-19.

All hospitals during the screening of such cases shall record the history of travel of the person if he or she has travelled to any country or area where COVID-19 has been reported in addition to the history of coming in contact with a suspected or confirmed case of COVID-19 shall be recorded.

Any person with a history of travel in the last 14 days to a country or area from where COVID-19 has been reported must report to the nearest government hospital or call at toll-free helpline number 104 so that necessary measures if required, may be initiated by the Department of Health and Family Welfare.

If a suspected case of COVID-19 refuses admission or isolation, the offices authorised under Section 3 of the regulation shall have powers to forcefully admit and isolate such case of a period of 14 days from the onset of symptoms or till the reports of lab tests are received, or such period as may be necessary.

No person, institution or organisation shall use print or electronic media to spread misinformation on COVID19. If a person is found indulging in any such activity, they will be punished.

If the cases of COVID-19 are reported from a defined geographic area, the district administration of the concerned district shall have the right to implement the following containment measures but not limited to these in order to prevent the spread of diseases:

* Sealing of geographic

* Barring of entry and exit of the population from the containment area

* Closure of schools, offices and banning public gathering

* Banning vehicular movement in the area

* Designating any government or private building as a containment unit for the isolation of cases

* The staff of all govt departments shall be at the disposal of the concerned district administration of the concerned area for discharging the duty of containment measures

Any person, institution or organisation found violating any of these regulations, shall be deemed to have committed an offence punishable under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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