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Gadkari launches NH 75 widening project, promises to start Shiradi tunnel road soon

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March 28, 2016

Mangaluru, Mar 28: Work on the tunnel road through Shirady Ghat could begin as early as November this year and be completed in two years. "The detailed project report for this project is being prepared. If the state government readies the report and gives it to the ministry of road transport and highways by June, the work on the project will be taken up latest by December," said Nitin Gadkari, Union minister for road transport and highways (MoRTH).

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Laying the foundation stone for the widening of 141 km of NH 75 at an estimated cost of Rs 2,358 crore and dedicating the completed project of his ministry at JNC Hall of NMPT on Monday, Gadkari said the 18.5-km tunnel road through Shirady Ghat will give a boost to the port connectivity and will bring New Mangalore Port on the west coast and Chennai Port on the east coast closer. It will also increase port and hinterland activities in and around the Mangaluru port.

Putting the onus on the public works department of the state government for the early submission of the project report, Gadkari said the tunnel road project will have six tunnels, longest of which is around 2.5 km. It will also have seven major bridges, with the longest bridge running to a length of 1.5 km.

"I know it is essential for the region," Gadkari said adding the ministry will accord top priority to it.

Union minister for law D V Sadananda Gowda and minister for public works and inland water ways H C Mahadevappa earlier had made a strong pitch with Gadkari to take up this project at the earliest.

Sadananda Gowda said that the project which is estimated to cost Rs 10,000 crore should be taken up at the earliest for it will give a great boost to the port to port connectivity. This project has its importance given that NMP is the only major port in the state, he added.

Mahadevappa said the PWD department will complete the report in two months and the tunnel once it is developed will be the country's first eco-friendly road tunnel. Construction of this tunnel will help develop New Mangalore Port and Chennai Port. This in turn is expected to generate a revenue to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore to Rs 15,000 crore annually.

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Satyameva jayate
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Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016

Starting is fine....when will it end...how many more years we should suffer with detours...and broken road.

IBRAHIM.HUSSAIN
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Tuesday, 29 Mar 2016

Is this BJP/RSS fuction? Except Bava there is no state ministers????

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April 3,2020

Bengaluru, April 3: Thirteen people in Karnataka, who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi, have tested positive for coronavirus, said state education minister S Suresh Kumar.

"13 attendees of Delhi's Tablighi Jamaat event have tested COVID-19 positive and 187 were tested negative," said Kumar, who has been entrusted to look into queries related to COVID-19.

He added, "A total number of four COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed today -- a 75-year-old man in Bagalkote, a 70-year-old in Belagavi, a 26-year-old in Belagavi and a 20-year-old in Belagavi."

"The three people from Belagavi had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi," he said, adding that the total number of cases in the state increased to 128.

The reports of 88 other people who had attended the Tablighi Jamaat event are yet to be received, the minister said.

The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in India on Friday rose to 2,547 including 162 cured/discharged and 62 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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May 15,2020

Bengaluru, May 15: There is no trace of community spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Karnataka due to the strict measures taken by the State Government, Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said on Friday.

All those tested positive for the virus here have arrived from other states and are currently being treated in quarantine centres, he tweeted.

Over 25 per cent of the COVID-19 positive cases, which were detected in the state, were related to those who had either come from abroad or other states, and only about 7 per cent cases were associated with the influenza-like diseases, his tweet further read.

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May 13,2020

Bengaluru, May 13: Gym and hotels, which had remained closed due to lockdown to combat spread of Coronavirus, would be allowed to function from May 17, Karnataka Minister for Tourism C T Ravi said on Wednesday.

Speaking to the media, after a meeting with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa here he said that the Chief Minister has agreed to give permission to gym, hotels and golf clubs to function and as they have assured to maintain social distance and follow other guidelines of the lockdown.

Mr Ravi, who is also Minister for Youth Empowerment and Sports, further said that reopening of hotel industry would help in attracting tourists. Opening of gym and fitness centre was important for sports persons and regular exercisers.

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