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Coastal districts included in cyclone risk mitigation project'

March 14, 2012
Mangalore, March 14: Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts have been included under National Cyclone Risk Mitigation project which is funded by the World Bank, said Secretary (Disaster Management) Amar Narayan.

Secretary (Disaster Management) Amar Narayan (Centre) chairing a meet in Mangalore on Tuesday. (From left) Udupi ADC Prabhakar?Sharma, Udupi DC Dr M T Reju, DK DC Dr N S ?Channapa Gowda and Uttara Kannada DC Imkongla Jamir look on.Speaking at a meeting, he said under the project, the three districts would get Rs 34.66. The fund will be shared by the Centre and the State on 75:25 ratio.

The meeting discussed on various measures taken for disaster management and also to check sea erosion.

Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda said that Dakshina Kannada requires a boat and a wood cutting machine. Boat is essential during floods in monsoon. He raised the issue of problems faced by the fishermen and the landslide in Konkan railway route during monsoon, to which, Amar Narayan promised to sanction three boats to three districts. The funds have been released for all the 30 districts for taking up programmes related to disaster management. He urged the DCs to give a proposed list of demands.

On artificial floods in Mangalore City Corporation limits during monsoon, MCC Commissioner Dr Harish said that owing to precautionary measures which were taken up last year, there was no major problems related to artificial floods last year. All the precautionary measures will be taken to check artificial flood this year too, he added. Amar Narayan said there is no restriction over the purchase of emergency materials during disaster. The materials can be handed over to KSRP, police or Home Guards to maintain. It is left to the DC to decide on the maintenance of the materials.

Fisheries Deputy Director stressed on the need for high power communication frequency to avoid delay in communication during monsoon.

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April 20,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 20: Former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, reacting to the incident which happened in Padarayanapura area of the city last night, in which a group of men vandalised a police barricade, said that the perpetrators of the violence should be dealt with severely.

He further said, "It was not at all needed to attack Asha workers, police or doctors. These kinds of incidents are not acceptable. It is an act of shame. It does not matter which community the perpetrators belong to, each and everyone must follow the guidelines and law. Whoever indulged in such an act must be punished."

Earlier on Sunday, a ruckus erupted in Padarayanapura on Sunday allegedly over the shifting of suspected COVID-19 persons to a quarantine facility by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials.

The incident occurred in the late evening at Padarayanapura, which is recognized as a 'Red Zone', when BBMP officials went to shift 15 secondary contacts of corona positive patients. However, some people created a ruckus, broke the barricade and removed the police post in the area.

In Karnataka, 390 people have detected positive for COVID-19, of which 16 people have succumbed to the infection, as per the Union Health Ministry.

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March 23,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 23: The Karnataka Government will impose stricter restrictions till March 31 to tackle the spread of COVID-19, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa said on Monday.

''While all non-essential government establishments will also be closed from today, we are discussing on whether there should be a total shutdown similar to what was in place on Sunday during 'Janata Curfew'. We will take a call on this after discussing this with Opposition leaders by evening,'' he added.

Addressing press persons after a meeting with doctors and experts from private hospitals, the Chief Minister said free food will be served to the poor in Indira Canteens all through the day.

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August 8,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 8: Congress is confused on the Ram Mandir issue and in dilemma to take a firm stand fearing loss of Muslim or Hindu votes, according to BJP leader and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi.

"Congress opposed BJP's stand on constructing Ram Mandir in Ayodya, it called Lord Ram fictional and even decided to break the Ramsetu. Now, Congressmen are speaking the other way. Congress cannot think beyond vote bank politics which is in its DNA itself. Congressmen think that they are born to be in power," he said while speaking to media persons. 

He said that BJP is all for constructing a grand Ram Mandir peacefully and legally, due to its conviction and not for politics. Same was the case with the revocation of Article 370 for Jammu & Kashmir. Anti-national activities have comparatively come down now. 

Some people do not want everything going smoothly in the country, and Congress and Asaduddin Owaisi are among them, Joshi opined, adding that the Congress is merely frustrated.

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