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Bengaluru: Woman pillion rider killed; 3rd pothole death in a week

coastaldigest.com news network
October 9, 2017

Bengaluru, Oct 9: A woman riding pillion was killed on the spot and the rider injured after they fell off their two-wheeler while trying to negotiate a pothole-ridden road at Pantharapalya near Nayandanhalli on Sunday morning. The woman was run over by an oncoming truck.

The deceased has been identified as Radha Anjanappa (47), from Shampura, near Arabic College, Nagawara, east Bengaluru. The injured is her nephew Ravi Kumar (24). Radha's body was shifted to Victoria Hospital for postmortem and handed over to her family members. The Byatarayanapura traffic police have arrested truck driver Ramesh and seized the vehicle.

This is the third road death caused by potholes in Bengaluru in a week. On the night of October 2, a bus had run over scooterborne JJ Nagar residents Anthony Joseph, 55, and wife Sagai Mary, 53, when they were negotiating a pothole on Mysuru Road flyover. The Mysuru Road stretch where Sunday accident occurred comes under BMRCL.

Byatarayanapura traffic police said Ravi tried to avoid potholes and swerved right when a lorry brushed against the two-wheeler around 10.30am. Kumar lost control and crashed to his left, and his aunt Radha to the right.The lorry's left front wheel ran over Radha's neck. She died instantly. Radha and Kumar were wearing helmets. Passersby caught truck driver Totian Ramesh, from Tamil Nadu, and thrashed him before handing him over to police.The traffic police, who had rushed to the spot, took Ramesh into custody.

"The accident stretch is in a bad state, damaged further by Namma Metro construction. The condition of the road might have been one of the main reasons for the accident," Shiva Kumar, DCP (traffic west) said. "There is no passing the buck. We'll pay Rs 5 lakh relief to the woman's family," mayor N Sampath Raj, who visited the spot, said

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March 26,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 26: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) Working President Eshwara Khandre on Thursday suggested to the State government to utilize the infrastructure available at the International Exhibition Centre on the outskirts of the City on Tumakuru Road near Nelamangala, about 15 km from here, for quarantine and treatment of people affected with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 

In a statement here today, Mr Khandre said that the dreaded disease is spreading like wildfire and according to experts the figure may touch one Lakh in the State. 

Hence there is necessary to have adequate infrastructure found well in advance and utlise if necessity arises. The Center is built on a 57-acre land and there are sufficient space available and since it is on the outskirts of the city there is no threat of the virus spreading to the Bengaluru City.

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January 15,2020

Mangalore, Jan 15: In one of the biggest seizure of gold in the new decade, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths here have seized five kg of gold valued at Rs two Crore from the Air Cargo Complex at International Airport here recently.

Acting on a tip-off the officers of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Bangalore and Mangalore in a co-ordinated effort unraveled a unique modus of smuggling of gold through Air Cargo Complex, at old airport, Bajpe Mangalore two days back, According to release issued here on Tuesday evening.

The smuggled gold was concealed in five metal sprockets which were imported by M/s Swaroop Mineral Pvt Ltd of Udupi in the name of “mining conveyor drive chain”.

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June 16,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 16: Dakshina Kannada today reported 79 fresh covid-19 cases, taking the total infections in the coastal district to 370.

Out of the 79 positive cases, 75 persons had returned from Saudi Arabia. All of them have been shifted to the designated COVID hospital in Mangaluru for treatment.

As many as 11 persons today discharged from the hospital taking the total number of discharges to 145. There are 217 active cases in the district. 

Udupi district today reported 7 new covid cases taking the total to 1035. Among them 817 have discharged from the hospitals including today’s 81. The number of active cases is 217.

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