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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Comments

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 3,2020

Karwar, Jun 3: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert, predicting thundershowers and heavy rainfall over north interior Karnataka, coastal Dakshina Kannada and Udupi over the next three days.

With Cyclone Nisarga hitting the Uttara Kannada coast on Tuesday,  parts of coastal Karnataka received heavy rainfall. Gusty winds tore through the coastal towns, as the sea too turned violent with rough waves smashing the shore.

The alert was issued with the advancement of Nisarga from east-central Arabian Sea to north Maharashtra, and adjoining south Gujarat coast. “Though it does not cover Karnataka, the range of cyclonic winds is very big and reaches north interior Karnataka also.

So an alert has been called out,” CS Patil, director in-charge, IMD, Bengaluru, said. The weather department has forecast a severe cyclonic storm and then a depression. Patil said formation of systems is a common factor before the onset of the monsoon and they help in its advancement.

“Cyclone Nisarga is helping in the quick advancement of the southwest monsoon to Karnataka, and the monsoon is likely to arrive before the scheduled date as conditions are favourable,” he added.

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March 13,2020

Mysuru, Mar 13: A state-of-the-art viral research laboratory in the city has been identified as one of the testing laboratories for the detection of COVID-19, official sources said here on Friday.

The samples of suspected cases could be sent to the lab for analysis and it would take about three hours to get the results.

The Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratory (VRDL), which was set up from Central grants and functions at the Microbiology Department of K.R. Hospital, has been authorised to carry out the tests. This lab in Mysuru is among the 52-plus laboratories in the country.

Though the VRDL is equipped to carry out the tests, the sole authority of confirming the virus lies with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune. VRDL is also the sole agency for collection and transportation of suspected samples of COVID-19 to NIV.

VRDL, which is part of the Mysore Medical College and Research Institute, functions on the advice of NIV.

According to the guidelines issued by ICMR, the results of the tests done here have to be shared with NIV the same day and the labs are not supposed to disclose the results since the NIV is the only authority to declare positive cases. Also, confirmation from the NIV should be awaited in case the samples test negative for COVID-19. The ICMR, in the guidelines made available on its website, has advised clinicians at labs to isolate the patient tested positive for COVID-19 in the identified facility and follow bio-safety precautions.

VRDL is a part of a network of labs established by the Department of Health Research, Government of India. The rise in the number of viral outbreaks and the resultant mortality had been cited as key reasons for the launch of network of such hi-tech labs in the country.

The NIV and the National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi, are the top laboratories for the network, while the National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai, is the supervising authority for the data generated by the network of labs, sources added.

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August 7,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 7: Coronavirus surge in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi today at 411  with with Udupi tallying 245 fresh cases and DK 166. 

A dozen deaths also reported from the twin districts. While DK reported seven fatalities, Udupi recorded five deaths. 

With this, Dakshina Kannada district's Covid-19 tally increased to 6,881 and the total number of deaths increased to 208. 

While the district has 3,369 active cases as on date, the day also saw 188 people getting discharged from hospitals. As many as 3,304 persons were discharged in the district so far. 

Out of seven deaths reported in Dakshina Kannada on Friday, five were from Mangaluru taluk and one each from Puttur and Belthangady taluks.

Meanwhile, out of 245 new coronavirus cases reported in Udupi on Friday, 175 are asymptomatic and 86 have no specific contact history. With this, the total number of cases in Udupi increased to 5,605, which includes 2,292 active cases. 

Udupi also reported five fatalities including a female victim, taking the district’s death toll to 55. Udupi deputy commissioner G Jagadeesha said all the five victims were also suffering from various comorbidities. Udupi district has collected Rs 1,43,300 as penalty from people for violating rules related to social distancing and mask till August 6.

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