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August 16, 2018

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 16: As roads turn into 'rivers' in many places in rain-battered Kerala, families trapped in high rise flats, students stranded in hostels and devotees in churches are using social media platforms to seek help and pass on information about their location.

Videos of people pleading for help with folded hands, are being posted and shared by hundreds of people on WhatsApp groups since last night.

Panic-struck relatives are also sharing the location of their near and dear ones trapped in various places using Google maps.

Various regional channels have also published their numbers through news bulletins for stranded people to contact them and share details of their location, to be passed on to authorities.

"We are in the second floor of the house... the first floor is almost flooded... the mobile phone is running out of charge... please rescue us... please," a man from Ranni said in a video which has gone viral on social media.

"There are tiny tots and senior citizens with us... water is now scaling up to the second floor," he said.

An NRI woman was heard pleading on a TV channel for help to rescue her relatives stranded in a house in Pathanamthitta district, which has been witnessing heavy rainfall since last evening.

In Pathanamthitta, a district in central Kerala which is submerged in water, students and devotees trapped in churches are seeking help through social media.

A family with a two-month-old baby is stranded at a house at Athani near Kochi and sought help via WhatsApp.

Patients of a private hospital in Kozhencherry, the first floor which was flooded, also appealed for help.

Those stranded were worried about lack of drinking water and food and disruption of power supply.

"We are awaiting rescue teams... TV channels are showing that the Army and Navy personnel will come to rescue us... we are trying to contact the emergency numbers... but nobody is picking up," an anxious man was seen telling a television channel over phone.

With the flood situation going out of control, local people are also doing their bit helping police, fire service and other defence personnel in most places.

With water overflowing on roads and national highways, people are using every possible mode from huge vessels to 'vallam' (wooden country boats) to rescue and ferry people especially women and children to safer places.

A weeping woman carrying her new-born twins was rescued from near Aluva, which has been battered in the monsoon fury.

Elderly men and women were seen thanking rescuers with teary eyes.

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Robin, Calicut
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Thursday, 16 Aug 2018

State Emergency Operation Centre - 0471-2364424

State disaster management control room - 0471-2331639

Revenue department helpline number - 0471-2518595, 9995484519, 9496253850

Revenue department flood rescue state-wide toll free number : 1077, 1070 (Prefix the STD codes of the respective district)

Chief minister's helpline number - 0471-2333812

State disaster relief authority numbers

Pathanamthitta - +918078808915 (Whatsapp) / 0468-2322515/2222515

Idukki - +919383463036 (Whatsapp) / 0486-233111/2233130

Kollam - +919447677800 (Whatsapp) / 0474-2794002

Alappuzha - +919495003640 (Whatsapp) / 0477-2238630

Idukki - +919383463036 (Whatsapp) / 0486-2233111

Kottayam - +919446562236 (Whatsapp) / 0481 - 2304800

Ernakulam - +917902200400 (Whatsapp) / 0484-2423513/2433481

District level helpline numbers

Idukki : 0486 2233111, 9061566111, 9383463036

Ernakulam : 0484 2423513, 7902200300, 7902200400

Thrissur : 0487 2362424, 9447074424

Palakkad : 0491 2505309, 2505209, 2505566

Malappuram : 0483 2736320, 0483 2736326

Kozhikode : 0495 2371002

Kannur : 0497 2713266, 0497 2700645, 8547616034

Wayanad : 04936 204151,9207985027

Pathanamthitta district

Control room numbers

Collectorate: 04682322515, 2222515, 8078808915

Taluk ofices

Kozhenchery 04682222221

Adur: 04734224826

Konni: 04682240087

Mallappally: 04692682293

Ranni: 04735227442

Thiruvalla: 04692601303

In case affected people are unable to contact the control room or the number returns a busy message, they can seek help from the police on these numbers:

District police chief - 9497996983

Dy SP [Admn.] - 9497990028

DPO - 04682222630

Manager - 9497965289

AA - 9497965328

Dy SP SB - 9497990030

Dy SP DCRB - 9497990031

Dy SP Narcotic Cell - 9497990032

Dy SP Crime Dett. - 9497990029

CI Vanitha Cell - 9497987057

Crime Stopper - 04682327914

AC AR - 9497990259

AR Camp - 04682223036

Dy SP Pathanamthitta - 9497990033

CI Pathanamthitta - 9497987046

Pathanamthitta PS - 9497980250

Malayalappuzha PS - 9497980253

Police Control Room - 9497980251

Traffic Pathanamthitta - 9497980259

CI Kozhencherry - 9497987047

Aranmula PS - 9497980226

Koipuram PS - 9497980232

CI Chittar - 9497987048

Chittar PS - 9497980228

Moozhiyar PS - 9497980235

CI Pampa PS - 9497987049

Pampa PS - 9497980229

Dy SP Adoor - 9497990034

CI Adoor - 9497987050

Adoor PS - 9497980247

Adoor Traffic - 9497980256

Enath PS - 9497980246

CI Pandalam - 9497987051

Pandalam PS - 9497980236

Kodumon PS - 9497980231

CI Konni - 9497987052

Konni PS - 9497980233

Koodal PS - 9497980234

Thannithodu PS - 9497980241

Dy SP Thiruvalla - 9497990035

CI Thiruvalla - 9497987053

Thiruvalla PS - 9497980242

Thiruvalla Traffic - 9497980260

Pulikeezhu PS - 9497980240

CI Mallappally - 9497987054

Keezhvaipur PS - 9497980230

Perumpetty PS - 9497980238

CI Ranni - 9497987055

Ranni PS - 9497980255

CI Vadasserikara - 9497987056

Vechoochira PS - 9497980245

Perinad PS - 9497980239

Vanitha Help Line - 9447994707

Sannidhanam P S – 04735202014

Helpline numbers: Kerala State Disaster Management Authority - 94465 68222

24-hour control rooms in Malappuram district

Disaster management call, Malappuram Collectorate- 04832 736320.

Nilambur Taluk- 04931 221471

Konmdotty Taluk - 04832 713311

Ernad Taluk - 04832 766121

Tirur Taluk - 04942 422238

Ponnani Taluk - 04942 666038

Perinthalmanna Taluk - 04933 227230

Thirurangadi Taluk - 04942 461055

Kozikode district

Collectorate - 0495-2371002

Kozhikode - 0495-2372966

Thamerassery - 0495-2223088

Koyilandy -0496-2620235

Vadakara -0496-2522361

126 relief camps opened in 43 villages in Kozhikode

Total number of people displaced- 8788

Total number of families displaced- 2751

Emergency relief numbers

Helpline for availing boats for rescue: 8547616013

Helpline for emergency help for marooned people and Isolated caller system: 9447292984, 8281527151

Helpline for vehicle support: 9446841194, 8113900224

Helpline for essential supplies to relief camps: 9446477818,9745743545

Helpline for ambulance and medical management: 8281863442

Helpline for drinking water supply: 8089428478, 9544244428,9400501691

Helpline for cutting down trees posing danger: 9496268149

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April 10,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 10: The Karnataka Education Board on Friday further postponed the annual examination for SSLC to May due to extension of lockdown to arrest spread of coronavirus which is spreading like wildfire in the state.

Minister for Primary and Higher Education S Suresh Kumar also announced that the PUC examination were also postponed to May.

"However, depending upon the situation we will announce the date in May and will inform the students one week earlier of the examination date to give time for preparation,"

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March 12,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 12: The Karnataka government on Wednesday clarified that no coronavirus "emergency" has been declared in the state and that all the schools and offices will remain open.

Earlier, there were fake reports that Karnataka has declared "coronavirus as an epidemic" in the state.

In a statement, Karnataka health commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey refuted the reports doing rounds on social media which said Karnataka had declared COVID-19 as a "state epidemic".

Refuting the rumours, he added that all the schools, offices and other institutions will continue to function normally in the state.

The Karnataka government earlier today issued temporary regulation which asked all government and private hospitals to have flu corners for screening of suspected cases of COVID-19.

According to the regulation, no person/institution shall use print or electronic media to spread mis-information on COVID-19 without prior permission of the department of health & family welfare. If a person is found indulging in any such activity, they will be punished, it said.

The Karnataka government also started a campaign called 'Namaste over Handshake' that encourages people to greet in the traditional Indian style, to tackle the spread of the virus.

The state has reported four positive cases of coronavirus so far.

India, so far, has 60 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including 16 Italians tourists.

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June 19,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 19: COVID-19 cases in Karnataka has breached the 8,000 mark, as the state on Friday reported 337 new cases and ten related fatalities, taking the total number of infections to 8,281 and death toll to 124.

Also, total discharges in the state breached 5,000 mark, with 230 patients getting discharged in a day after recovery.

As of June 19 evening, cumulatively 8,281 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 124 deaths and 5,210 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.

It said out of 2,943 active cases, 2,865 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 78 are in ICU.

The ten dead include- seven from Bengaluru urban, two from Bidar and one from Vijayapura.

Out of the 337 new cases, 93 are returnees from other states, majority of them from neighboring Maharashtra,while 11 are those who returned from other countries.

The remaining cases include contacts of patients earlier tested positive, those with history of SARI and ILI, among others.

Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru accounted for 138 cases, followed by Kalaburagi 52, Ballari 37, Hassan 18, Dakshina Kannada 13, Davangere 12, Udupi 11; Bidar 10, six each from Mysuru and Koppal, four each from Yadgir, Kolar and Bengaluru rural, three each from Mandya, Dharwad, Chikkaballapura, Bagalkote and Ramanagara, two each from Tumakuru and Chikkamagaluru, and one each from Belagavi, Uttara Kannada and Shivamogga.

Kalaburagi district tops the list of positive cases, with 1,126 infections, followed by Udupi 1,050 and Bengaluru urban 982.

Among discharges Udupi tops the list with 944 discharges, followed by Kalaburagi 646 and Yadgir 477.

A total of 4,84,060 samples were tested so far, out of which 10,553 were tested on Thursday alone.

According to the bulletin,4,64,338 samples have been reported as negative, and out of them 9,862 were reported negative today.

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