Street play held to ‘save water, life and Netravathi’

March 22, 2014

Mangalore, Mar 22: On the occasion of International Forest Day, students from the Department of Mass Communication, St. Aloysius College staged a thought provoking street play on the issue of Netravathi River diversion, which held at St. Aloysius College campus at 3.30pm, gathered the attention of massive youth across the city. The educated Mangalorean youngsters were on full swing as they acted it out to vent their inner feelings about the disastrous project.

The street play focused on various issues of Netravathi River diversion such as ecological imbalances, water scarcity, and migration of farmers, deforestation and threat to biodiversities. Be fair for green care, save Netravathi save life, Let Neravathi flows as it flows and our land our river, were the slogans echoed during the street play.

Several activists from the city extended their support to the youngsters’ initiation to save Netravathi by gracing the occasion with their presence. Gopadkar, an Activist said “Protection of Netravati and the fight for water should be echoed in all campuses of Mangalore and educated youth should come forward to carry on this issue further.”

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Cauvery water, Kodagu mud collected for Ram Mandir

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July 24,2020

Madikeri, Jul 24: Water from river Cauvery, which is deemed as holy, and mud from Kodagu, the birth district of river Cauvery was collected and will be sent to Ayodhya for use during groundbreaking (Bhoomi Pooja) ceremony for the construction of Ram Mandir on August 5.

Workers of Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishat and Hindu Jagarana Vedike collected the soil and water from River Cauvery at Talacauvery Kshetra, the birthplace of river Cauvery.

Special pooja was offered at Talacauvery, praying for the timely completion of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya.

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Hoteliers suffer due to night curfew

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Kalaburagi, Jul 2: Hoteliers in Kalaburagi have claimed that their business is hit due to night curfew timings in the state.

The night curfew in the state has been imposed from 8 pm to 5 am.

Speaking to news agency, Sudarshan, a hotelier said, "Peak business hour is 7-10 pm but now we close by 8 pm. There is almost no business. We are unable to pay our workers. The government should think about it".

"We haven't received any benefit from the government so far. If we are in trouble how will we help our workers? Relaxation should be given," he added.

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