Ulaibettu tragedy: Four years on, victims' families yet to get compensation

August 14, 2012

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Mangalore, August 14: Four years have passed since the mini bus carrying school children plunged into the Phalguni river, causing the death of 7 children and four others. The compensation of Rs 5.5 lakhs released to the families of the deceased by the Central Government has been shrouded by dispute and remained in the primary department itself.

The incident had taken place on the eve of Independence Day. The children from Balmy Primary School in Thenkulipadi had been engaged in preparation of Independence Day celebrations. They had left home for their final practice at school. But instead of reaching school, they sadly met with their fate.

In the incident, school bus driver Badruddin (28), Saramma (40) and her daughter Ramlath (19), Kamalaksha (33), students Mohsir (4) and Fathimatul Mohsina (6), Ayesha Suhana (6), Samrina (10), Afzal Rahman (7), Muhammed Hafeez (6) and Haseena (8) lost their lives.

Relief of Rs 1 lakh had been agreed as compensation for families of Badruddin, Saramma, Jamila Ramlath, Fathima Haseena and Afzal Rahman, and Rs. 50,000 for Ahmed Siddik who was injured. The amount had been released to the branch of a Nationalised bank through DC's Office. But bank officials were unable to hand over the amount to the affected families as their bank account particulars were not clear.

The DC's office, Bank branch and the homes of affected families are just a few kilometres apart. The bank account holders could have been identified in their homes, and handed over the compensation to them. Four years have passed but the families are yet to receive the amount, said social worker Khamar.

The bereaved families had written a letter to the Secretary of Disaster Management on July 19, 2010. But yet they have not received the compensation amount. This wouldn't be much difficult if the native ministers M. Veerappa Moily, Oscar Fernandes and Nalin Kumar Kateel made up their minds said a relative of the deceased.

Immediately after the incident, a cheque of Rs 1 lakh relief announced by the then-Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa was delivered to the all homes. Then, former minister B. Janardhan Poojary, Congress leader B.A. Moidin Bava and Veerappa Moily announced their relief.

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Karnataka 1st PUC results declared. Here’s how to check it

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May 5,2020

The Department of Preuniversity Education, Karnataka has declared the board exams or pre university I exam results. To get results online, the students need to log on to result.bspucpa.com and have to provide their registration number and date of birth.
Apart from the online portal, the students will get the results via mail or SMS.

“The results of the first year Pre-University Examinations will be announced on May 5. The results will be sent directly to students. Hence, colleges will not be displaying the results,” said S Suresh Kumar, Primary and Secondary Education Minister.

The pre-university course of PUC is a two-year course including class 11 and class 12 called PUC I and PUC II. It is based on PUC score that candidates can get admission to varsities.

Earlier, the Karnataka PUC 1 result was to be announced on March 27 which was postponed and hence the revised dates are announced now.

The board exam results have been put on halt due to the nation-wide lockdown imposed after the coronavirus pandemic gripped India. As of May 3, the number of people infected by the coronavirus in India had crossed over 40,000.

The HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had in a meeting asked state and central boards to resume their evaluation process and declare the results to curb any further delay in the academic cycle. The academic cycle has been delayed by over a month due to the coronavirus. Now, the colleges will start by September instead of July.

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2 SpiceJet pilots suspended for improper landing at Mangaluru Airport

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February 13,2020

New Delhi, Feb 13: Two SpiceJet pilots have been suspended today for an improper landing at Mangalore Airport which damaged three runway edge lights. The incident took place on October 31 last year when the private carrier's Boeing 737 aircraft was returning from Dubai.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) suspended the licenses of the pilots for four-and-half months from the date of the incident.

DGCA had issued a show cause notice to the Pilot in Command and the First Officer demanding explanation of the "lapses" and found their replies unsatisfactory, the aviation watchdog said in a statement.

Investigation revealed that the touchdown was improper as it deviated to the the left on the runway in turn damaging three runway edge lights.

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Karnataka records 122 new Covid-19 cases in 19 hours; total 2,405

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May 27,2020

Bengaluru, May 27: A 69-year-old woman from Yadgiri became the 45th COVID-19 related fatality in Karnataka, where 122 fresh cases have been reported, taking the total number of infections in the state to 2,405, the health department said on Wednesday.

With 45 deaths and 762 discharges, there are 1,596 active coronavirus cases in the state, the department said in its mid-day bulletin. It said, the deceased woman, a returnee from Maharashtra was brought dead to designated hospital in Yadgiri on May 20 and tested positive for COVID-19.

Fourteen patients have been discharged in the state so far on Wednesday. Of the 122 new cases, 108 are returnees from neighboring Maharashtra, three from Tamil Nadu, and one each from Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Delhi. While two are returnees from foreign countries- one each from UAE and Nepal.

Remaining four cases are contact of patients earlier tested positive.

Among the districts where new cases were reported, Kalaburagi accounted for 28, Yadgiri 16, Hassan 15, Bidar 13, Dakshina Kannada 11, Udupi 9, Bengaluru Urban 6, five each from Uttara Kannada and Raichur, Belagavi 4, Chikkamagaluru 3, two each from Bengaluru Rural and Vijayapura, and one each from Ballari, Mandya and Tumakuru.