Fishermen's boats can enter M'lore Port under emergency situations: Palemar

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August 25, 2010

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Mangalore August 24: A meeting of fishermen and New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT), under the chairmanship of Krishna J Palemar, State Ports and Environment Minister, was held in New Mangalore Port here on Tuesday, August 24.

Speaking to mediapersons, Palemar said that mechanized fishermen boats are allowed to enter the New Mangalore Port under emergency situations. He also said that the construction of Kulooru Jetty has pretty much been finalized and the only formality remaining is the Central Ministry's approval.

“The jetty proposal has already been taken up. The blueprint is ready and Rs. 40 lakhs have been spent on survey. We have finalized the budget for the jetty and it has been decided that the Centre will shell out 90% of the expenses and the state government will pay 10% of the total expenditure. The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of New Mangalore Port have agreed and have promised to supply the required materials for the construction”, Palemar revealed.

“The mechanized boats of fishermen were not allowed to enter the New Mangalore Port even during emergency situation. This step was taken to avoid possible terror attacks on the Port. But these measures have cost the fishermen a lot. Till the next board meeting, the mechanized boats will be allowed inside the port under emergency circumstances. The board meeting will commence within one month”, he said.

P Tamilvanan, Chairman, New Mangalore Port, speaking to mediapersons said that the Port handles 22 million tons of oil and 1.6 million tons of LPG, the largest in terms of quantity in the whole country. It therefore becomes difficult for Port authorities to allow the mechanized boats inside, he explained.

The board meeting would be attended by the 17 board members, the Chairman of the Port and fishermen. The board members include personnel from Coast Guards, CSIF, Navy, DC, representatives of Central Government and many other departments, he disclosed.


Ramachandra Baikampady, Chirman, Karnataka Fisheries Development Board, Krishnamurthy, Deputy Chairman, New Mangalore Port, V Ponnuraj, Deputy Comissioner, Mangalore, Shobendra Sasihitlu, President, DK Mogaveera Yuva Vedike, Vasudev Bolar, Secretary Karnataka Mogaveera Kriya Samithi, Nithin Kumar, President, Trawl Boat Union, Naveen Karkera, President, Persuine Boats Union, Coast Guard, CISF, Naveen Manjeshwar, Yathish Baikampady, Umesh Karkera, Devanand, Nagesh Salian, Harishchandra Mendon and many more fishermen were present in the meeting.


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April 22,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 22: A staff working at the office of Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner was sent to quarantine as a precautionary measure here in the city on Wednesday.

The staff reportedly is a distant relative of a woman (native of Bantwal) who recently died due to killer Corona Virus in Wenlock Hospital, prompting the DC office to send the staff for 14-day quarantine.

According to the reports the staff had met the Doctor who was treating the woman and had inquired about her health condition on April 18.

However the staff did not meet the woman when she was in hospital as she was being treated in the ICU.

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June 14,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 14: Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Sunday said there was no question of reimposition of the lockdown amid speculation that it would be done.

"The question of lockdown is not in front of us. There is such speculation as the Prime Minister is holding a video conference with all Chief Ministers on June 16 and 17.

On June 17 our state will be taking part in it at around 3 pm," Mr Sudhakar said in response to a question.

Speaking to reporters at Kalaburagi, he said the current situation would be discussed in that meeting. Mr Sudhakar said the Prime Minister has repeatedly been holding such video conferencing exercises to take stock of the situation and plan for the future.

"There will not be a lockdown anymore according to me," he added.

There has been speculation that there would be another shutdown from this month owing to a rapid rise in the number of cases.

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Mr Sudhakar had on Friday said experts have indicated a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state in August and that the government was taking all precautionary measures in that direction.

As of June 13 evening, cumulatively 6,824 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 81 deaths and 3,648 discharges.

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January 11,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 11: The Chief Justice of India Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde on Saturday inaugurated the phase-1 of the new building of the Karnataka Judicial Academy on Crescent Road in Bengaluru.

The new building has three floors, besides, the ground floor and two basement floors.

While Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa inaugurated the 319-seater multi-purpose auditorium, at which Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka felicitated Justice Bobde.

Justice Ravi Malimath, President of the Karnataka Judicial Academy and Judge of the High Court of Karnataka, in his welcome address said that the academy has so far trained as many as 4000 judicial officers and striving for excellence in the field of judiciary.

The building, built in the first phase, has parking in the lower and the upper basement, which can accommodate 44 cars and 124 two-wheelers, the ground floor consists of a 319-seater multi-purpose air-conditioned auditorium, a lecture hall with 84 seats, two lecture halls with 40 seats each and a VIP lounge. The First Floor has a lecture hall with 84 seats, two lecture halls with 40 seats each, a VIP lounge, two discussion rooms and an administrative office for the staff of the academy.

The second phase, to be built has a parking facility for 36 four-wheelers and 22 two-wheelers in the lower basement and 32 four-wheelers and 30 two-wheelers in the upper basement.

The total cost of the project, including Phase-1 and Phase-2, to be executed by the Public Works Department in the sprawling 2.2 acres plot of the Karnataka Judicial Academy is around Rs 96.02 Crore.

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