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Outgoing KSHRC chief raises concern over non-appointment of successor

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July 20, 2012

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Mangalore, July 20: It would have been better had the state government started looking for his successor a couple of months ago itself, said Justice S R Nayak, chairman of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission, who is scheduled to retire on July 25.

Addressing media persons after holding a meeting with Dr. N S Chennappa Gowda, Deputy Commissioner, DK, and Pratap Reddy, IGP (Western Range), at the Deputy Commissioner's office in Mangalore on Friday, Mr. Nayak said that immediately after his retirement, two more members in the commission will retire and by July 28, the Commission will be without any head and members. “The concerned appointments to the posts in the Commission should have been made a lot earlier as the process may take a long time. The Chief Minister has to discuss the appointment with other constitutional authorities like the Home Minister, Speaker, Leader of the Opposition, besides others which may result in postponing of the appointments. Since even members are retiring soon, the body will be without any representatives and accepting grievances of human rights violations and acting upon them will suffer greatly till the appointments are made”, he said.

Stating that he has mixed feelings with respect to his five year term in the Commission, Mr. Nayak said that he is happy about the fact that during this tenure the Commission had registered a number of suo-moto human rights violations complaints, without waiting for victims to knock its doors. “In this term, 36,000 cases were registered in the Commission, out of which, more than 6,500 complaints were registered by the Commission suo-moto based on media reports. Of the total number of complaints, 24,000 have been solved. The rest are still being enquired although In various stages. From Dakshina Kannada district, the Commission registered 1,643 cases out of which 974 have been solved. Compared to the human rights commissions of other states, we have registered more suo-moto cases”, he said.

Mr. Nayak said that the government did not execute everything that the Commission recommended, and neither did it not extend its cooperation at all. “But with more facilities, better infrastructure, personnel, and funds from the government, the Commission could have done better”, he said.

Sharing his concerns, Mr. Nayak said that the issue of communalism needs to be addressed quickly in Dakshina Kannada district. “This land was known for its secular nature and harmony. Today that secularism has shaken a bit. Attempts have to be made to bring back the same atmosphere in Dakshina Kannada which it was famous for”, he said. Basic facilities necessary for a human being such as water, land, health, security, equality, education etc were always his top priorities, he said, adding that hundreds of people are houseless in Belthangady taluk, where even Dharmasthala rural scheme is actively being implemented.

On the Naxal problem in the district, Mr. Nayak said that the government has to look into providing basic facilities and socio-economic justice to people to tackle the problem.

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Media Release
March 18,2020

Mangalore, Mar 18: The Dakshina Kannada District Home Guards felicitated social activist and Executive Director of Centre for Integrated Learning, Sachitha Nandagopal at the Home Guards district office to mark the International Women's Day recently.

She was recognised for her achievements and contributions to the society in the field of education, culture and mental health.

Sachitha Nandagopal, a former Head of Department of Journalism at Besant Women's College and Principal of CMR Post Graduate Centre for Media Studies, Bangalore, is the Co-Founder of Centre for Integrated Learning, Mangalore which is an NGO working in the field of alternative education, adding value to the present education system. As a Facilitator in Dance Movement Therapy, she has founded Anveshanam - Centre for Mindfulness and Emotional Wellbeing, an organisation dedicated to addressing mental health issues.

She was honoured by District Commandant, Dakshina Kannada Home Guards, Dr. Muralimohan Chunthar. Senior Home Guard Ramesh Bhandary, Diwakar, Mahesh and lady personnel of Home Guards were present on the occasion.

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July 22,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 22: On the direction of the Karnataka government, private medical colleges in Dakshina Kannada have reserved 4,000 beds for the treatment of Covid-19 infected patients.

With this, the district will have a total of 4,720 beds for the treatment including that from the government set up.

The district administration has directed the eight private medical colleges to reserve 50 of its beds for treating the infected patients. Accepting the direction of the district administration, the management of medical colleges have submitted details on the beds reserved to the authorities concerned.

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June 30,2020

Ballari, June 30: A video clip of dead bodies of covid-19 victims being disgracefully thrown into a pit said to be in Karnataka’s Ballari has gone viral on social media triggering outrage from netizens.

Ballari Deputy Commissioner SS Nakul ordered a probe. He told media persons that the veracity of the video is still under question and that it still needs to be established if the video was taken in Ballari.

In the video, a pit is seen which appears to be disinfected. The video features masked men covered in body suits bringing dead bodies from a black hearse van in black body bags one by one and throwing the dead bodies into the same pit. In all, three dead bodies are thrown into the same pit in the video.

"We have assigned an Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) to enquire and verify the same. We are awaiting reports. We don't know yet if it (the video) is from Ballari or not," Nakul said.

The district which has so far reported around 800 cases in the last three months has also witnessed around two dozen deaths.

Twitterati on Tuesday raised questions about the handling of the bodies. "Even dead have some respect and they deserved a decent burial," said a social activist from Ballari. Similar reactions echoed on social media and some also pointed out on how the family members who have to stay away from burials feel about it.

Covid burial protocol

According to the protocol set by the Union Health Ministry for the burial of Covid-19 patients, the patients' orifices (nose, mouth and ears) have to be sealed and the body has to be wrapped in three layers of personal protective equipment (PPE). Thereafter it should be placed in a body bag. Family members should not be allowed to accompany the body in the hearse van. Covid-19 victims have to be given a deep burial. The grave should be minimum 10-feet deep.

The grave should be disinfected with bleaching powder and the area should be cordoned off so that the general public is not in the vicinity.  The vehicle used to transport the dead body of a Covid-19 victim -- ambulance or a hearse van -- has to be disinfected for 16 hours before being used again. Most Covid-19 victims in the state have had burials in the absence of family members as they are generally in quarantine for being the primary contacts of the patient.

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