Deluge in Mangalore as coastal Karnataka receives heavy rainfall

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August 26, 2012

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Mangalore, August 26: Low lying areas in and around Mangalore were inundated due to the heavy rains that lashed across coastal Karnataka on Saturday and Sunday.

The South-West monsoon turned streets and bazaars into rivulets in the several parts of city including Yekkur, Jeppinamogaru, Pandeshwar and Kottara.

Merchants and buyers cursed the city fathers for not solving the age-old problem of accumulation of rainwater during the rainy season.

On Sunday morning entire Yekkur area looked like a lake. Streets and grounds were submerged in deep rainwater till in the evening. Water also entered into several houses and shops throwing normal life out of gear. Several houses have been damaged.

Major traffic muddles were reported from several parts of the city, in spite of weekend holiday.

Widespread, rather heavy to heavy rain was received in twin districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. Mulki in Mangalore taluk of Dakshina Kannada district recorded maximum rainfall of 199.5mm in the state in this period.

In last 24-hours ending 8.30am on Sunday the state of Karnataka recorded a 24-hour surplus rainfall of 206% receiving 15.9mm actual weighted average rainfall against normal weighted average rainfall of 5.2mm.

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January 1,2020

Udupi, Jan 1: A 53-year-old Journalist of a Mangalore-based media house was found dead at his flat in Manipal on Tuesday.

The deceased has been identified as Rohit Raj (53), a resident of Pandeshwar Mangaluru.

According to the Manipal police, on December 31, Rohit Raj had attended a New Year party celebration at Kadiyali, Udupi along with his wife.

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January 18,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 18: The Karnataka state government has reportedly initiated the process to ban organizations like Popular Front of India (PFI).

State Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday evening said that instructions have been given to the police and officers concerned to gather information about the activities of such organisations so that necessary inputs can be sent to the Center.

He made it clear that the action would not be limited against PFI and SDFI (Social Democratic Front of India), rather any organisation which is involved in such activities, would meet the same fate.

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May 6,2020

Mangaluru, May 6: Three more coronavirus positive cases have been reported in Dakshina Kannada district. 

According to fresh bulletin of health and family welfare department, an 11-year-old girl and a 36-year-old woman from Boloor in Mangaluru and a 16-year-old girl from Bantwal tested positive for the covid-19. 

All of them are undergoing treatment at Wenlock Hospital. Their condition is said to be stable. 

With this the total number of cases in the district reached 28 including 22 residents of Dakshina Kannada, 4 from Kasaragod, 1 from Udupi and 1 from Uttara Kannada.

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