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Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan: Over 700 volunteers clean 9 venues

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October 18, 2016

Mangaluru, Oct 18: The second week of 9 cleanliness drives of the 400 abhiyans being organized by Ramakrishna Mission, Mangaluru took off last Sunday at 9 different venues in the city. About 700 volunteers took active part in these drives.

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Kodialbail – Members of Prerana Team under the leadership of Sri Sadananda Upadhyaya took up the cleanliness drive near PVS Circle. Swami Purnakamanandaji & Swami Jitakamanandaji of Ramakrishna Math, Mangalore jointly flagged off the 11th drive. Different teams like Ragataranga, Lions Club Metro Gold and members of Leo club joined them in the drive.

Bejai – Members of Mangalore Senior Citizen club, “Mangalore Seniors” carried out the cleanliness drive in and around KSRTC Bus stand. Swami Purnakamanandaji of Ramakrishna Math & Sri Nagesh, Secretary, Senior Citizens Forum jointly flagged off the 12th drive. Swamiji opined that the zeal of the senior citizens will nspire the youngsters of today.

Kottara Chowki – The members of group “Kumara Gym Friends” under leadership of Sri Kiran Kumar cleaned the over bridge & surroundings of Kottara Chowki. Capt. Ganesh Karnik & Br Shivakumar of Ramakrishna Math flagged off the 13th drive. JCB & tipper was used to clear the construction debris.

Nanthur – The members of “Havyaka Mahasabha” cleaned the Nanthur-Padua region. Swami Jitakamanandaji inaugurated the 14th drive. Cleanliness was carried on for 2 hours. Dr. Rajendraprasad, Sri G K Seraje, Sri Venugopal, Sri Ramachandra Bhat & others participated in the drive.

Kankanadi – The students of Sahyadri Engineering College carried on the 15th drive in Kankanady area under the guidance of Sri Sheshappa Amin. Swami Dharmavratanandaji & Sri Umashankar, Dean of Sahyadri Engg. College flagged off the drive.

Garodi – “Swacch Garodi for Swacch Mangalore” group formed to create awareness among the public took up the cleanliness drives in Garodi area. Sri J R Lobo & Smt. Asha D'Silva, Corporator, MCC flagged off the 16th drive near Garodi. Swami Ekagamyanandaji of Ramakrishan Math was present. Members of Team Garodi, Googly Cricketers, Nagori, Garodi Multi Gym, Billava Seva Samiti actively participated in the drive.

Padil – Swami Ekagamyanandaji & Sri Vasudev Kottari jointly flagged off the 17th cleanliness drive in front of Mahadevi Bhajana mandir. About 75 volunteers under the leadership of Sri KOdange Balakrishan Nayak carried out cleanliness work for about 3 hours.

Bendoorwell – Bhandary Foundation has helped the Swacch Mangalore Abhiyan immensely. Students of Sahyadri Engineering College under the leadership of Sri Umanath Kotekar cleaned the road leading from Bendoor well circle to St. Agnes College. Swami Dharmavratanandaji & Sri Umashankar, Dean of Sahyadri Engg. College flagged off the 18th Drive. Smt. Shreelatha UA convened the drive.

Hampankatta – Auto drivers of Sri Krishna Bhavan Auto shelter dedicated their time and efforts in cleaning the Hampankatta Area under the able guidance of Sri Dilraj Alva, Convener of the Abhiyan. JCB & Tippers were used to clear the heaps of garbage lying in the corners for years. Interlock tiles were re-laid in the footpath to help the pedestrians. Swami Chidambarananda flagged off the drive.

Nitte Education Trust & MRPL are patronizing this 3rd phase of Swacch Mangaluru Abhiyan. We have attached few snaps of all the 9 drives. Kindly cooperate with us by publishing this as news item in your esteemed daily/channels.

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ali
 - 
Wednesday, 19 Oct 2016

RSS should come forward and join hands with municipality people to take garbage from the district. After all you have got the same uniform of municipality department.

Fairman
 - 
Tuesday, 18 Oct 2016

Thank you for cleaning.

Mainly It is required to clean of our heart and brain. Otherwise it will be like wearing clean dress without taking bath.

Therefore required to free the society from all types of public evils like discord (disharmony), rites, bribes, corruption, hunger, crimes.
we need to have healthy relation amongst all our communities.

May God help.

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June 13,2020

Chikkamagaluru, Jun 13: Deputy Commissioner Dr Bagadi Gautham said that movement of heavy vehicles has been banned from Tanikodi to S K Border on NH 169 (Mangaluru to Solapur) from June 15 to August 15.

In an official statement issued here on Friday evening, he said that due to heavy rain lashing in the District the minor bridges on the stretch at Umbalagere, Goravanahalli and Gulaganji are in a dilapidated condition. As a precautionary measure, the movement of heavy vehicles has been banned.

As an alternative, all the vehicles (below 15 tonnes) from Chikmagalur can travel via Baliho Nur-Magundi-Kalasa-Kudremukh-SK Border. The vehicles from NR Pura (below 15 tonnes) should travel via Koppa-Hariharapura-Bidaragodu-Agumbe.

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April 5,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 5: The COVID-19 related lockdown has substantially improved the air quality of Bengaluru, taking it from satisfactory level to good, a senior state pollution control board offcial said here on Sunday.

"During the course of the lockdown 19 problem, we reached good position from satisfactory.

It is between zero to 50 AQI (Air Quality Index) now. We have good quality air," the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board member secretary Basavaraj Patil told PTI.

He said the indicator for knowing the air quality in

"If the AQI is zero to 50 then it is good. If it is 50 to 100 then it is satisfactory. 101 to 150 is moderate and if it is 151 to 200, then it is poor, he explained.

Patil said as per available recrods, there has been a 60 to 65 per cent reduction in pollution during the lockdown.

The city railway station and Peenya industrial area, which used to be among the areas with highest AQI, has seen pollution levels come down significantly, he said.

Another major contributor of pollution was construction activities, which too had ground to a halt due to the lockdown, resulting in zero dust emission.

Patil opined that the improved air quality would boost the immune system of the people.

"It will improve the immune system of people, including those who have breathing problems like asthma," he said.

He asked the public to learn lessons from the lockdown and later switch to sustainable means of transport such as public transport, walking and cycling,.

"We can still reduce the pollution load even after the lockdown is over," Patil said.

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 29: A day after Congress staged a nationwide 'Save Democracy' protest, Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy slammed Congress for "dividing" the political parties and "buying MLAs" and questioned their "democratic behaviour" to lure Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MLAs who supported them.

Kumaraswamy, in a media statement, said, "Is it a democratic behaviour to lure MLAs of other parties through political shenanigans and later merging with them?"

"Congress is an expert in dividing political parties and purchase of MLAs," said Kumaraswamy adding, "If you are dividing the like-minded party MLAs through deceit, who would support you?"

He alleged that the term "horse trade" in politics came to be used because of Congress.

Congress had tied to divide the Janata Dal (Secular) in 2004. To this, he added, "To avoid the party being hijacked by the Congress, I had to oust the Congress-JD(S) coalition government through a political coup."

Kumaraswamy further accused, "Haven't the Congress who is making a big noise about the purchase of MLAs divided the JD(S) in the past? Is it not a fact that for the sake of one Rajya Sabha seat, the Congress government in Karnataka purchased eight JD(S) MLAs?"

Both -- Congress and BJP -- are "criminals" in purchase matter, he added.

Rajasthan Congress is in turmoil after simmering differences between Sachin Pilot and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot came out in the open. Pilot was removed as the Deputy Chief Minister and the state unit chief of Congress.

The Congress has accused the BJP of indulging in horse-trading to bring down the Gehlot government. The BJP has rejected the allegations.

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