Tankers on Mangaluru-Bengaluru road declines as LPG pipeline commissioned

November 8, 2016

Mangaluru, Nov 8: A sharp decline in the number of bullet tankers on the Mangaluru-Bengaluru National Highway (NH 75) is expected as the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., (HPCL) has commissioned the Mangaluru-Hassan-Yediyur/Mysuru LPG pipeline.

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About 175 bullet tankers move from HPCL's LPG Import Facility at Mangaluru towards Bengaluru/ Mysuru and another about 80 towards Karwar/ Kerala every day.

Originally envisaged to be till Solur near Bengaluru, the pipeline now terminates at Yediyur. Line has been laid for the entire 355.22 km length, including Hassan-Mysuru and it has passed the mandatory inspection by the Oil Industry Safety Directorate.

According to sources, the LPG pipeline was commissioned on October 23 and pumping of LPG commenced on that day itself. As a result, the number of LPG tankers should drastically reduce, the sources said.

The Dakshina Kannada district administration thanked farmers and others who provided land for the pipeline and urged the general public to cooperate for the smooth working of the pipeline.

The pipeline was constructed by Hindustan HPCL at a cost of about Rs. 838 crore to make the highways safe and also to reduce environment pollution.

HPCL has commenced patrolling, with the help of the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition-enabled remote control system, besides manual checking.

Besides manual patrolling, the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)-enabled remote control system would monitor the pipeline round-the-clock. The chances of LPG pilferage are highly remote as its storage is not easy. The line lies 1.5 m below the earth surface and goes up to 6 m depth at river-beds and roads.

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Good work done by the govt ..... Similarly implement the same system on Mangalore - goa route ..... Accidents will be reduced...Thanks to Almighty

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Karnataka reports 5,199 new COVID-19 cases, 82 deaths

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July 26,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 26: A total of 5,199 new COVID-19 cases and 82 deaths were reported from Karnataka on Sunday, the state's health department said.

With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in the state stands at 96,141, including 58,417 active cases and 35,838 recoveries.
So far, 1,878 deaths have been reported from Karnataka.

Meanwhile, India reported a spike of 48,661 cases and 705 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.

A total of 9,46,777 tests have been done so far and the number of tests per million in the national capital stands at 49,830.

The total COVID-19 positive cases stand at 13,85,522, including 4,67,882 active cases, 8,85,577 cured/discharged/migrated, and 32,063 deaths, it added.

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Mangaluru | Miscreants pour kerosene on 200kg beef, thrash driver after waylaying vehicle

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June 21,2020

Mangaluru, June 21: A gang of miscreants intercepted a goods auto-rickshaw which was legally transporting beef from an abattoir to market and attacked its driver in heart of the city this morning.

The attack comes exactly a week after a gang of Bajrang Dal miscreants thrashed a cattle trader at Urwa while legally transporting four buffalos to Kudroli abattoir on June 13.

Today, a person identified as Abdul Rasheed was transporting around 200 kilograms of beef from Kudroli abattoir to Kankanady market.

Meanwhile, miscreants began to chase beef laden vehicle and managed to waylay it near Highland Hospital. They thrashed Abdul Rasheed and poured kerosene on the beef besides damaging the vehicle.

The miscreants fled in their car and motorbikes after passersby began to gather.

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one day snake must come out from rat hole...that day we will wait

Dear DC Dr. Harsha, we want to know if you will take strict action on these anti nationals / rowdis / day robbers / terrorists who ransacked auto + beaten the auto driwer and stolen Rs. 10,000 from him though he was legally transporting the meat. They same terrorists are involved in transporting live animals to beef export houses in Gujrat owned by Brahmins / Jains. Will you be loyal to your duty and promise. We will see how you will handle the issue failing which you will lose our respect and we will consider you as a dramabaz and phenku. You should follow the law and treat everyone equally. There should not be any pity on goondas/ terrorists belonging to sangh parivar. The terrorists who thrashed the auto driver and damaged the auto and burnt the meat by pouring kerosene are not human beings and should be treated as anti nationals + terrorists. We hope you will discharge your duty as per the oath taken by you while accepting your post.

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In Mangaluru, some bus conductors too start wearing protective gears

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June 6,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 6: As buses in Karnataka are operating following precautionary measures issued by the government to combat COVID-19, a few bus conductors were seen working wearing protective gears resembling personal protective equipment (PPE) on Saturday.

The Karnataka government had allowed resumption of bus services in the state during the fourth phase of COVID-19 lockdown, which ended on May 31.

The private buses were also equipped with hand sanitiser for the passengers. All the passengers were seen wearing face masks and maintaining distance from each other.

One of the bus conductors, en route State bank to Shaktinagar in Mangaluru was, was seen fully covered with protective suit.

Sudarshan, a private bus conductor, also covered his face with a face shield. "PPE kit is for our protection and it is a must to keep ourselves and our passengers safe from COVID-19. All necessary equipment, including sanitisers and masks to fight COVID-19 have been provided by our bus owner to us," Sudarshan said.

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