Normalcy returns to Coast after peaceful Bundh

May 31, 2012

Mangalore/Udupi, May 31: Normalcy returned to the major cities and towns of coastal Karnataka, after a day-long Bundh.

Though the normal life was disrupted across Dakshina Kannda, Udupi and Uttara Kannda district due to the nationwide protest against petrol price hike described by BJP led NDA as 'Bharat Bundh' and Left parties as 'All India Protest Day', the 12-hour agitation was relatively peaceful.

Mangalore City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh said that no untoward incidents were reported from city limits today. “Law and order situation was intact. Our men were patrolling all the areas effectively. But, since buses and autos were out of road, public faced some problem. In Tokkottu some people wanted to block the road, which we did not allow”, he said.

The ruling BJP in Karnataka described the Bundh as "successful as people across the state including in coastal cities supported it because of huge hike in the prices of petrol".

DK district BJP President Padmanabha Kottari a said the common man is facing lot of problems because of Rs7.50 hike in the price of petrol.

The bandh was successful in the entire Dakshina Kannada with all markets and business establishments remaining closed.

Udupi District BJP President Uday Kumar Shetty said that the suo moto support to the Bharath Bundh called by BJP had been an alarm bell to the anti-people UPA government at the Center. Earlier in the day Mr Shetty led a protest in front of Clock Tower in the temple city.

Though essential services, government offices, banks and insurance companies offices were spared from the Bundh, the traffic on the roads was negligible till evening.

As the buses remained off the road, attendance at government offices, courts, banks etc. was very thin. Restaurants, theaters in the heart of the city remained closed. In the outskirt of the city life was near to normal. Many of the Petrol pumps remained open till 10.30 - 11 am.

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Tablighi Jamaat spreading covid in Bengaluru slums, claims Shobha Kharandlaje

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June 5,2020

Udupi, Jun 5: Senior BJP leader and Lok Sabha member Shobha Karandlje accused members of Tablighi Jamaat of spreading Coronavirus, particularly in slums, in Bengaluru.

Speaking to newsmen here Friday night, she said that the members had intentionally spread the virus in Siddique Layout and Padarayanapura. Members had hatched a conspiracy to destroy the country. She would raise the issue with the central government.

She said that New Delhi and Maharashtra were responsible for rising Covid-19 cases in the country. Highlighting the programmes, introduced by Modi-led NDA government for the past six years, she blamed Covid-19 for the collapse of the economy. But for Covid-19 Modi government at the Centre would have been a leader in the world,” she added.

She said 13,541 people, stranded in other States and foreign countries, had returned to Udupi. “We have sufficient beds in the district to tackle the situation. But if more people decide to travel to Udupi, arranging quarantine facilities would be a huge challenge,” she added.

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Karnataka students stranded in Malaysia seek help from CM to return

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May 17,2020

Bengaluru, May 17: A group of 86 college students, who went to Malaysia for internship and have been stranded due to lockdown, have appealed to Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to help them return to Karnataka.

The students in the video have also mentioned Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and Kolar MP S Muniswamy and stated that States such as Kerala and Tamil Nadu have made arrangements to bring back their natives from South East Asia.

The students added that they are in the Selangor State of Malaysia. They had arrived there on March 13 for a three-month-long internship as part of their college studies. They are living in apartments arranged by their college and money with them is almost spent, their college is extending them support in this regard. They are not in a position to complete the remaining two months of internship due to lock-down in Malaysia.

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Amid lockdown, Bengaluru wears a deserted look

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March 24,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 24: The usually busy and bustling city of Bengaluru wore a deserted look on Tuesday as Karnataka went into total lockdown, with the exception being the emergency services, to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday had announced a complete lockdown in the state till April 1.
"In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the entire state will be locked down from 12 am of March 23 to April 1. People are requested to strictly follow it to contain the coronavirus spread," Yediyurappa said.
Earlier, the Karnataka government had ordered the suspending of all public and private transport services.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of positive cases of COVID-19 in India have risen to 491.

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