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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February 27,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 27: An utterly unprofessional thief, who fell asleep after breaking into a house, was caught by the house owner and handed over to the police in the coastal district of Dakshina Kannada.

The hilarious incident took place on Wednesday in the one-storey, tiled-roof house owned by Sudarshan at Ullas Junction under the limits of Uppinangady police station.

The thief, who gained entry into the house by removing the roof-tiles, has been identified as Anil Sahani, a native of Bihar’s Majipur district. He was snoring on the sofa with a set of keys clutched in his hand when the house owner woke up in the morning.

The house owner, who was sure that the thief was drunk, woke him up by hitting him with a stick and then handed him over to the police.

According to police, the thief was tired after removing the tiles on Tuesday night and hence he decided to take a nap soon after entering the house.

He grabbed a bunch of keys kept near the TV stand and then lied down on the sofa. He woke up only when the house owner hit him with a stick the next morning.

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Naina Kudla
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Thursday, 27 Feb 2020

Inspired by the Rabbit which was defeated by the Tortoise

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the state's health department issued fresh guidelines for the disposal of bodies of COVID patients.

"Although an increased risk of COVID infection from a dead body to health workers or family members who follow standard precautions while handling the body is unlikely, the lack of scientific data requires the utmost care to avoid the inadvertent spread of COVID-19 during these times," the statement from the health department's press release read, emphasising on the dignity of the dead and the religious and cultural tradition.

The 23-page press release elaborated on guidelines regarding testing, handling of dead bodies and other specificities in relation to the management of COVID-19 bodies.

"Testing should not be insisted in every case of death, but only when they have a recorded history of influenza-like symptoms. The body should be handed over to the family members/ relatives in a dignified manner immediately after swab collection and hospitals should provide handouts with a list of dos and don'ts in English and Kannada laying down relevant information," the statement said.

It added, "At the mortuary, health care workers, mortuary staff and the family of the deceased body shall not come in direct contact with the dead body and must wear full personal protective equipment (PPE). If the family or relative are for any reason unable to cremate or bury the body, the local health authority shall arrange for the dignified last rites as per the religious traditions of the family."

Regarding autopsies (post mortem) on COVID-19 bodies, the state department said that they should be avoided, except in necessary circumstances.

The statement also gave detailed guidelines regarding the appropriate recording of COVID-19 deaths in line with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines.

Additionally, the health department made a statement about the admission procedure for COVID positive patients referred by other district administrations saying, "It is now mandatory for all the referrals from the BBMP admission and discharge of COVID positive patients to be done through the online COVID Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS)."

The state's count of coronavirus cases was 1,51,449 in the past 24 hours.

So far, a total of 2,804 people have died due to COVID-19 in the state, while the average recovery rate in Karnataka is 49.3 per cent.

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April 26,2020

New Delhi, Apr 26: The Centre will bring back the Indian citizens stranded abroad due to the ban on arrival of international passenger aircraft, only if the respective states they belong to agree to allow them to come back home and make necessary arrangements to quarantine them after their return.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has started consultations with the State Governments on bringing back the Indians, who got stranded in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada and many other foreign countries due to the ban on arrival of international passenger aircraft to any airport in the country. The decision on facilitating their return to the country would be taken after getting feedback on preparedness of the States and the Union Territory to receive them following all required health precautions, Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba said.

Gauba on Saturday had a video-conference with the Chief Secretaries of all States and Union Territories to review the implementation of the restrictions on travel and transport as well as the lockdown imposed across the country to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

Though the Government earlier either evacuated or facilitated the return of nearly 28000 Indians from a number of foreign countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, it almost stopped doing so after the ban on arrival of international passenger aircraft was enforced on March 23 in the wake of the spurt in the number of COVID-19 cases in India.

Thousands of Indian students, tourists, professionals and others are stranded around the world, including in the countries, where respective governments had imposed lockdowns to contain the pandemic. They have been desperately requesting the government on social media to evacuate them.

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