Mangaluru prone to earthquakes, says survey

May 6, 2015

Mangaluru, May 6: According to an experts survey, it has been found that buildings in Bejai-Balmatta, Attavar -Hampankatta, have not adhered to IS 1893 : 2002, Part 1, which is the criteria for earthquake resistant design of structures, NITK?Civil Engineering Department Professor D Venkat Reddy said.

He was delivering a talk on ‘Earth, oceans and coastal zone management’, organised by Institution of Engineers (India) local centre an Institution of Valuers Mangalore Branch in Mangaluru.

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The city falls in seismic zone-3 which means that the quakes of intensity six could occur. The buildings could withstand the earthquakes up to five in the Richter scale. As per Indian Standards on Earthquake Engineering, IS1893:1984 criteria for Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, the country has been categorised into five seismic zones, based on the seismic intensity. IS is about earthquake resistant design of structures and is applicable to buildings, and other structures such as bridges, dams etc. Earthquakes of magnitude of eight take place in zone five. Nethravathi and Gurupur river basins are tectonically active.

As observed in Nepal, the structural failure of buildings have caused more amount of damage. In contrast, the Pashupathinath Temple is intact, though the building in its surrounding have been badly effected, which is due to the difference in structural pattern.

He further said that seismic waves alone are not responsible . Seismic activities take place round the clock. The earthquakes take place due to the sudden failure of strata. As per an estimation, around one thousand take place across the world everyday and three of them could be serious.

A lineament which is a fault in the underlying geological structure and the constructions on these lineaments such as railway tracks, bridges etc could cause more danger. IIS?has established a network system which records the seismic activities and which can even record 0.1 mm change in the crest of the earth. As per the movement of earth plates, a region will be displaced in a span of hundred years.

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Arjun Neil Menezes
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Tuesday, 20 Feb 2018

I'm building a 1story house with slab on load bearing walls instead of the concrete frame structure. Will this be resistant agaianst earthquakes?

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January 23,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 23: Bajpe Police on Thursday registered yet another case against the prime accused in Mangaluru International Airport case, Aditya Rao.

According to the police, a complaint was received from the officials of Indigo flight that they had to delay their flight scheduled to take off for Hyderabad at 1615 hrs after receiving a hoax call from Aditya, threatening of bomb.

They also asserted that the passengers were de-boarded from the flight and the luggages were brought back to security check again.

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March 27,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 27: With the numbers of COVID-19 optimistic instances rising at an alarming price in Karnataka, the state is on the verge of coming into stage three of the coronavirus epidemic. Which means that the virus is spreading to individuals who haven’t any journey historical past to Covid-19 affected international locations or contact with a COVID-19 optimistic individual with such a historical past.
Consequently, authorities in Karnataka expect a surge in optimistic instances within the coming days. This surge is probably going to come from pockets throughout the state which have a lot of coronavirus suspects, primarily individuals who have returned from Covid-19 affected international locations.

Within the parlance of the corona epidemic fighters, these pockets are referred to as clusters. Bengaluru is one massive cluster with many suspects, a lot of whom are IT professionals who lately returned from Europe, USA and Australia, and many others. The coastal belt is one other cluster, with suspects who’ve lately travelled to Center East. There are different clusters in Karnataka, the place suspects are those that returned after a pilgrimage to Mecca.

Medical schooling minister Ok Sudhakar admitted that the speed of enhance of COVID-19 positives in Karnataka is alarming. For over a month, the state had restricted the variety of optimistic instances to single digits. Nevertheless, within the final 4 days, the quantity has gone up sixfold and Karnataka now has 55 instances, the third largest variety of COVID-19 optimistic instances within the nation.

Dr Sudhakar stated the federal government was changing each authorities hospital right into a quarantine centre to accommodate any variety of optimistic instances.

“Our goal just isn’t to get right into a scenario like Italy, the place the federal government has been lowered to expressing helplessness. In subsequent 20 days, now we have to keep away from moving into such a scenario. I visited Chinnaswamy and Kanteerava stadiums and we’re working out if the stadiums will be transformed into quarantine centres, if warranted,” Dr Sudhakar stated.

The state police are struggling to implement the lockdown due to non-cooperation from some folks. They plan to rope in celebrities to ship throughout the message on social distancing.

Whereas some with home-quarantine seals are discovered roaming within the streets, some nonetheless assume the lockdown is a vacation.

“We’re roping in film stars in addition to sports activities personalities to give out a critical message on COVID-19. If the message goes dwelling, it could assist us management folks to a big extent,” he added.

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March 20,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 20: Two COVID-19 positive patients in Karnataka have fully recovered and will be discharged today.

Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said: "Two COVID-19 positive patients have completely recovered and will be discharged tomorrow. They will be kept under home quarantine for 14 days as a precautionary measure."

The number of COVID-19 positive patients in Karnataka stands at 14 as of today.

"The total number of positive cases of COVID19 in India stands at 173, including 25 foreigners. Four deaths (1 each) have occurred in Delhi, Karnataka, Punjab and Maharashtra," said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in a statement.

According to official data provided by the Ministry of Health, as many as 15 people infected with the virus have been discharged after receiving treatment.

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