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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 27,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 27: Former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that when COVID-19 has made life and livelihoods difficult, it is unfortunate that charges have been levelled of irregularities in the procurement of COVID-19 equipment.

"The Congress which has levelled charges against the ruling BJP has not so far filed a complaint with any investigating agency. Instead, the Congress has limited itself to getting publicity. On the other hand, the ruling BJP instead of coming clean by ordering a probe into the main charges is indirectly admitting the scam," Kumaraswamy said on Sunday.

"By washing dirty linen in public, both the Congress and the BJP are playing a cruel joke on people instead of protecting their lives," he said.

Hitting out at the BJP, he asked, "Why is it that the BJP is not ordering an investigation into the Rs 2,000 crore Covid 19 corruption charges levelled against the government by the Congress? Why is the government keeping quiet on the corruption charges?"

He said, "Is this the leadership provided by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa? There could be political pressure on seeking resignation of his Ministers. But why has no action been initiated against any officers? Is there any effort to destroy the evidence by retaining officers in their existing postings?"

"Hunger for publicity is evident when we look at the press conference by five Ministers at a time," he said.

The government has countered the charges of the Congress but backtracked on ordering an investigation, he said.

"Would this not give rise to suspicion that the government is involved in the scam?" he asked.

He also asked why Congress leaders have not filed a complaint before any investigating agency despite "possessing documents to prove the charges".

"Are the Congress leaders trying to get publicity or are they concerned about the welfare of the people? The Congress Legislative Party leader is seeking an account (Lekka Kodi) while the BJP president is seeking answers (Uttara Kodi). Is it enough to give such questions and answers?"

Is there a concrete legal plan to deal with the irregularities? he asked.

"Looking at the way the Congress leaders have addressed media conferences and taken to social media campaigns, it appears that they are trying to get publicity," he said.

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March 7,2020

Mysuru, Mar 7: Karnataka Minister for Medical Education K Sudhakar on Saturday said that State Government may consider suspending the touch-based Biometric time and Attendance system for its employees in view of the COVID-19 threat.

Speaking to media persons while inspecting the medical infrastructure at KR Hospital here on Saturday, he said that many IT companies have already suspended the Biometric Attendance system in a bid to prevent the spread of the virus. Given the threat perception, the government was also contemplating the same and would consider it. However, he did not specify the date.

With regard to the preparedness to handle the threat, the Minister said the government was extremely cautious since last 20 days and had taken all precautionary measures. “All international passengers at the airport are being screened and so far nearly 1 lakh passengers have been screened and anyone with symptoms will be quarantined for 28 days.’’

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June 14,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 14: In a fresh case of vigilante attack, a cattle trader was tied to a buffalo-laden vehicle and thrashed by the miscreants belonging to Bajrang Dal in the city today. 

The victim has been identified as Mohammad Haneef Guddemane (34), a resident of Jokatte village on the outskirts of the city. 

The attack took place in the early morning near Infosys office at Urva, when Haneef was transporting his four buffalos to Kudroli slaughter house. 

The miscreants continued to thrash him until the local police reached spot. Based on the complaint of ‘illegal cattle transportation’ by the Bajrang Dal, the police took the victim to custody and also seized the buffalos. 

The police also took the victim to hospital and subjected him to covid test before producing him before a local judge.

While the Bajrang Dal members lodged complaint of illegal transpiration against the victim, the victim showed all the records of the cattle and lodged a counter complaint against the attackers.

It is learnt that Haneef had purchased 10 cattle from Haveri district and sold six among them. He was transporting remaining four buffalos to Kudroli slaughter house.

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