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Gas tanker topples on Mangaluru-Bengaluru highway; traffic hits

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August 3, 2019

Mangaluru, Aug 3: An LPG gas tanker toppled on National Highway-75 between Mangaluru and Bengaluru at Rekya village near Nelyadi on Friday, bringing traffic to a halt, for close to five hours.

The incident took place around 12pm, when the gas-laden vehicle was moving towards Bengaluru from Mangaluru. Traffic on the national highway was hit for nearly five hours, due to the accident, and the stretch was opened for traffic only at 5pm.

Police said a gas leak was detected, and traffic was stopped on the national highway as a precautionary measure. As the gas leak was heavy, power supply in the nearby areas was cut off. 
Residents were asked to move to safer places from the spot. Police added that officials from the gas company, arrived at the spot, an hour after the incident. The LPG was transferred to other vehicles deployed by the company.

Traffic was diverted due to the accident. Police said that vehicles coming from Bengaluru-Hassan-Sakleshpura-Shirady Ghat to Mangaluru were diverted through Gundya. Vehicles moving from Mangaluru via Shirady Ghat were diverted through Uppinangadi-Subrahmanya Cross-Kadaba-Subrahmanya-Gundya road.

Frequent accidents of tankers carrying LPG gas from the coastal city to various parts of the state has turned out to be a nightmare for residents living close to the national highway.

According to data, a dozen LPG tankers have toppled in the past six months. This, on an average, corresponds to one case of gas tanker going off track and turning turtle every two weeks.

While speeding and negligent driving are the main reasons for such accidents, challenging curves on certain parts of the ghats and human errors, also cause such accidents.

According to petroleum company officials, more than 250 LPG bullet tankers ply to various destinations from Mangaluru every day. Around 150 ply via Shiradi Ghat towards Bengaluru and Tamil Nadu, while 70 tankers move towards Karwar, and the rest to Kerala.

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January 10,2020

Chikkamagaluru, Jan 10: At least 15 RSS activists protesting against the 16th Chikkamagaluru District Kannada Sahitya Sammelan at Sringeri were detained, Police said here on Friday.

The Sangh Parivar activists gathered near the entrance of the hall where the event was being held and started sloganeering against the election of the leftist Kalkuli Vittal Hegde as the president of the literary gathering. The police then interfered and detained several protesters to bring situation under control.

Despite protests from the right wing organisations, the event went ahead and began as per the schedule.

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March 25,2020

Udupi, Mar 25: Fearing Corona infection a 56-year-old man has committed suicide over in Udupi. 

The deceased has been identified as Gopalkrishna Madivala.

He was a KSRTC bus driver and was currently performing a duty to train new drivers.

He suspected his friend had contracted COVID-19 and as he had a close association with him, he feared he too will be infected and hence hanged himself on a tree.

Although symptoms of Corona infection do not appear to him, he left behind a death note which stated that he resorted to the extreme step over suspicion of having been infected by a corona trait of a friend. 

Recently, the first COVID-19 positive case in Udupi where a 34-year-old man has been tested positive.

A press release issued by the District Health and Family Welfare Officer on Wednesday said that the man had come from Dubai to Udupi district on March 18.

Since he showed symptoms of COVID-19, he was admitted to the District Government Hospital on March 23. His throat swab was sent for test and the preliminary report stated that he had tested positive for COVID-19.

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January 6,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 6: Activist Irom Chanu Sharmila took part in a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) at Sir Puttanna Chetty Town Hall here on Sunday.

Sharmila, who came in the protest along with her child, took part in a 'burqa and bindi' protest marking the birth anniversary of social reformer Savitribai Phule.

Protests have erupted across the country over the CAA which grants citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Parsi, Buddhist, and Christian refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, who came to India on or before December 31, 2014.

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