No place to store food, send money instead for flood victims: Kodagu district in-charge minister

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August 21, 2018

Kodagu, Aug 21: As Karnataka battles rain and flood fury, people from all across the country have been extending their help in the relief operations by sending food items and other essentials. However, the state government has urged people not to send any more relief materials but instead extend monetary assistance.

Kodagu district-in-charge Minister SR Mahesh has requested people to not to send more relief food material and instead transfer money to the Chief Minister's fund. He said that there is already enough food material and there is no space left to store more retail stuff.

Floods in Karnataka have claimed at least 12 lives so far and hundreds have been rendered homeless. Rescue and relief operations have intensified in rain-ravaged Kodagu. Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy had on Monday said that the situation was "under control" and assured the people battered by floods and landslips of a "new life" with fair rehabilitation. The state government also announced Rs 2.2 crore interim relief for 5,800 people rescued from Kodagu.

"The government has initiated steps to pay interim relief of Rs 3,800 per family to 5,800 distressed people in the relief camps," Kumaraswamy said.

A total of 5,618 people have been sheltered at 41 relief camps in Kodagu and 340 in three camps in Dakshina Kannada district, which has also received heavy rains.

Cut off by landslides and damaged roads, the coffee-growing Kodagu district, located in the Western Ghats, has been the worst affected in the state due to southwest monsoon since June first week.

As per government`s estimates, 845 houses, 123 km of roads, 58 bridges, 278 state-owned buildings and 3,800 electric poles have been destroyed. The district administration has been directed to distribute new uniform and text books to the students.

Around 1,725 personnel from the Indian Army, Navy, Indian Air Force (IAF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), state police, National Cadet Corps (NCC), Home Guards and district officials were involved in the relief operations.

On a request from the state government, the IAF training command in Bengaluru rushed on August 17 one Mi-17 helicopter for rescue and relief operations.

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Experienced from Kerala flood survival. They managed well in that. After flood immediatly they cant go to home. home may be destroyed. In relief camps, people need medicines, dress and food items

Relief funds are must but medicines and basic foods are essential to survive in camps during flood.

Dear CM, first survival then relief

Only money wont work for relief. If people staying in relief camps, they need food, dress and medicines not money. Money they need after survival

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Flight operation affected at Mangaluru Airport due to thick fog

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February 15,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 15: Dense fog formation and poor visibility at the runway forced to delay and diversions of some flights arriving and take off at the Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) on Saturday.

Flights take off and landings were suspended from 0700 hours am to 1030 hours.

Many flights to land in the morning were diverted.

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Mangaluru firing: Policemen record evidence

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March 5,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 5: As many as 29 police officers and personnel were examined by Udupi Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesha, head of the magisterial enquiry into the police firing in the city in December 2019 which killed two anti- Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) protesters.

A total of 176 police personnel have been directed to present their evidence before the magistrate for the enquiry.

ACPs K U Belliappa and Kodandarama presented his evidence on Wednesday, while ACP (central sub division) M Jagdish and ACP (traffic) M Manjunatha Shetty submitted their evidencein writing.

The next hearing is slated to be held on March 9 when statements of 41 officers including DCP (law and order) Arunangshu Giri will be recorded.

City police commissioner P S Harsha has been asked to submit his evidence on March 12, Jagadeesha said.

The enquiry report is to be submitted to the government on March 23.

Jagadeesha said he will seek an extension in the case of any delay in the recording of evidences.

Two people - Nausheen and Jaleel - were killed in the firing on December 19, 2019 during the protests here against the CAA.

The Karnataka government had decided to hold a CID probe and a magisterial enquiry into the incident.

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London to Kolkata bus service? Yes, it’s real! Viral pics of 1957 make netizens curious

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July 2,2020

When the black and white photos of the ‘London to Calcutta (Kolkata) bus service’ went viral on social media recently, the response of some of the netizens was “stop spreading fake news!” But, it isn’t a fake news. The late 1950s indeed offered people a lavish bus trip from London to Kolkata.

While one of the viral images shows passengers at the Victoria Coach Station, London, boarding 'Albert', the other image show the same bus travelling through a valley. In another image the bus is stationed at a tourist spot. All these photos were captured during the bus’ maiden international journey in 1957.

An image of the bus ticket is also making rounds on social media, that shows the route of the bus — London, Belgium, West Germany, Austria,Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, West Pakistan, India. The route in India followed Delhi, Agra, Allahabad, Banaras and finally Calcutta.

The ticket shows that a one side travel cost 145 pounds (13,644 Rupees at the present day) back then, and it was inclusive of all the luxury provided during the run.

The luxurious bus provided the facilities of reading, individual sleeping bunks, radio/taped music for parties and pleasure and fan heaters, among other things. The brochure reads, "Your complete home while you travel."

Some of the tour highlights included Banaras on the Ganges, The Taj Mahal, The Raj Path, The Rhine Valley and The Peacock Throne. Passengers reportedly got free shopping days in New Delhi, Tehran, Salzburg, Kabul, Istanbul and Vienna.