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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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March 6,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 6: At least 13 persons, including women and children, were killed and five critically wounded when an SUV collided with a car that had crashed against a road divider moments ago near Kunigal in Tumakuru district of Karnataka in the early hours of Friday, police said.

Of the victims, while 12 died on the spot, a child breathed his last in a hospital, they added.

The injured were admitted to the hospital, the police said.

Among the dead, 10 were from Tamil Nadu and three from Bengaluru. All of them were pilgrims who were on their way to Dharmasthala in Karnataka.

There were five women and two children among the dead, the police said.

"Thirteen persons have died. The incident occurred post midnight. A car crashed against the road divider and another car collided with it," Tumakuru Superintendent of Police (SP) K Vamsi Krishna said.

The police had to struggle to pull the bodies out from the mangled vehicles.

On learning about the incident, relatives of the victims rushed to the spot.

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March 1,2020

Udupi, Mar 1: Acting on credible information, Udupi district police arrested five persons and seized 1.35 kg of crude gold worth Rs 56.99 lakh from the possession of the accused, custom department said on Sunday.

A case has been registered against four people at Kundapur and one at Byndoor on charges of gold smuggling. The accused were transporting gold from Calicut to Bhatkal, informed Joannes George, joint Commissioner of Customs.

Off these five accused, four persons were held at Kundapur, while other at Byndoor on Saturday evening.

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: The Central Crime Branch-Bengaluru conducted raids at 35 locations in Hennur and Banaswadi areas on Tuesday morning and arrested seven foreign nationals without valid passports and visas.

The Crime Branch also recovered fake currency during the raid, which is currently underway, informed the police.

"Central Crime Branch-Bengaluru conducted raids at 35 locations in Hennur and Banaswadi area today morning and arrested seven foreign nationals without valid passports and visa, fake currency also recovered," Sandeep Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Bengaluru said.

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