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Rain wreaks havoc in DK; roads damaged; schools, colleges to remain shut on Aug 7

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August 6, 2019

Mangaluru, Aug 6: Incessant rains continued to lash in coastal district of Dakshina Kannada today leaving a trail of destruction. The IMD has predicted that widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls may continue in coastal Karnataka.

As part of precautionary measures, the Dakshina Kannada district administration has declared holiday for all schools and colleges in the district on August 7. 

Today (August 6) schools were shut in five taluks of Dakshina Kannada - Sullia, Puttur, Kadaba, Belthangady and Bantwal. Tomorrow (August 7), apart from these taluks, schools and colleges will be closed in Mangaluru and Moodbidri taluks too.

Water level in the Netravathi river in Bantwal stood at 7.7 mts on August 6 morning against the danger level of 8.5 mts. Water level in the Netravathi at Uppinangady stood at 28.2 mts against the danger level of 31.5 mts and the water level in Kumaradhara river in Uppinagady, where the two rivers merge, stood at 21 mts against the danger level of 26.5 mts.

Former minister UT Khader, who arrived from New Delhi by early morning flight, left for rain-affected areas. He visited Kambalapadavu area where road was extensively damaged. He also visited Mudipu where some houses were damaged after the wall of an IT company collapsed due to the incessant rains.

Sea erosion has been severe in many parts of the coast and roads were damaged in Someshwara and Chitrapura, Kulai. A large tree got uprooted at Kandettu, Shakthinagar, damaging the house compound wall and gate. There was Compound wall collapse on MG Road, Kodialbail.

There were widespread power outages across the district and in Mangaluru city. Mescom officials said the late-night heavy rainfall accompanied by gusty winds had uprooted and damaged many electric poles. Mescom is struggling against heavy rain to restore power in the district, especially in Puttur, Sullia and Bantwal taluks.

 

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July 21,2020

Udupi, Jul 21: Udupi Court complex has been sealed down for two days for sanitisation after a judge tested positive for Covid-19, a source said on Tuesday.

The Covid cases in Udupi district which had reduced recently are once again seeing a spurt. On Monday, as many as 98 have tested positive taking the total cases in the district to 2,321.

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February 18,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 18: Passengers of the Ahmedabad bound GoAir flight had a providential escape when the engine of the aircraft while on the roll of take-off hit by a foreign object at the Kempe Gowda Bengaluru International Airport on Tuesday.

'The right engine of GoAir flight G8 802 from Ahmedabad to Bengaluru is suspected to have suffered from foreign object damage (FOD) while on take-off roll,' an official statement said.

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March 3,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 3: Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu has called a meeting of top officials of his department on Tuesday following information that the man, who tested postive for novel coronavirus in Telangana had travelled from the city.

The minister in a tweet said people residing in the person's local address have been identified and are being monitored.

He also said state government has taken all precautionary measures to contain the spread of the virus.

The condition of the 24-year-old man, who tested positive for the coronavirus was stable and he was being treated in an isolated ward at the state-run Gandhi hospital in Hyderabad, the Telangana government had said on Monday.

The man, a software engineer who works here, had been to Dubai last month on an official visit, where he is suspected to have contracted the virus.

The man reached Bengaluru on February 19/20 and later travelled to Hyderabad in a bus.

Earlier, Sriramulu had said, the government has strengthened all surveillance and control measures against the spread of the virus in Karnataka.

Till date, 468 travellers from COVID 2019 affected countries have been identified and 284 are under home isolation while one admitted in selected isolation hospital, he had said.

The Karnataka Minister had also said that till date samples of symptomatic are sent for testing, out of which 240 samples were eligible for testing and 238 were reported as negative.

He added that 104 'arogya sahayavani' (health helpline) has reserved 2 seater for receiving calls and providing guidance over Coronavirus and 6,770 calls have been received and information provided.

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