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Apex Court's ban on tobacco sale affecting areca growers badly'

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February 24, 2011

Mangalore, February 24: The Supreme Court's ban order on sale of tobacco products in plastic sachets March 1 onwards, has severely hit the areca growers in the region said Konkodi Padmanabha Bhat, President of the Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative (CAMPCO)

He was addressing the media persons at Campco office here on Thursday.

The Supreme Court's decision came on December 7, 2010 after taking note of government's submission that 90 per cent of oral cancer cases in the country are due to chewing of tobacco.

Konkodi said the ban has adverse impact on lakhs of people, who are dependent on areca nut crops. It has completely affected the trade of arecanut in the regions like Davanagere and Shimoga. At the same time, the price of white and red arecanut has come down to Rs 20 per kg, he said.

He urged the central government to intervene and convince the Supreme Court regarding the problems faced by the areca growers.

He said the delegation led by the heads of cooperative societies including Campco and Mampco will meet Union Law Minister M Veerappa Moily in this regard at the earliest.

Bhat demanded support price of Rs 114 and Rs 148 for white and red arecanut based on the report prepared by Arecanut Research and Development Foundation (ARDF). Central government should sanction Rs 500 crores for each state to meet this demand, he said.

He also demanded one year injunction on the ban, so that the gutka industries can look for an alternate system.

Bhat also urged the central government to appoint an expert lawyer on behalf of areca growers to convince the court about adverse impact caused due to ban.

AS Bhat, Executive Director of Campco, Narasimha Nayak, Vice President of All India Arecanut Growers Association, Srinivas Nayak and others were present.

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August 7,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 7: Coronavirus surge in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi today at 411  with with Udupi tallying 245 fresh cases and DK 166. 

A dozen deaths also reported from the twin districts. While DK reported seven fatalities, Udupi recorded five deaths. 

With this, Dakshina Kannada district's Covid-19 tally increased to 6,881 and the total number of deaths increased to 208. 

While the district has 3,369 active cases as on date, the day also saw 188 people getting discharged from hospitals. As many as 3,304 persons were discharged in the district so far. 

Out of seven deaths reported in Dakshina Kannada on Friday, five were from Mangaluru taluk and one each from Puttur and Belthangady taluks.

Meanwhile, out of 245 new coronavirus cases reported in Udupi on Friday, 175 are asymptomatic and 86 have no specific contact history. With this, the total number of cases in Udupi increased to 5,605, which includes 2,292 active cases. 

Udupi also reported five fatalities including a female victim, taking the district’s death toll to 55. Udupi deputy commissioner G Jagadeesha said all the five victims were also suffering from various comorbidities. Udupi district has collected Rs 1,43,300 as penalty from people for violating rules related to social distancing and mask till August 6.

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Schools will remain closed and are expected to be opened in the month of August or September in the view of rising COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, said S Suresh Kumar, Minister of Primary and Secondary Education and Sakala of Karnataka on Tuesday.

Speaking on the issue, Kumar said, "Schools would not open for the time being. The children will be taught through media."

"The state is also working on the new schemes to improve the learning process for the students," he added.

As many as 5,536 new COVID-19 cases and 102 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Tuesday, according to the State Health Department.

The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 1,07,001 including 64,434 active cases, 40,504 discharges and 2,055 deaths.

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February 16,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 16: A 45 year-old man committed suicide by jumping into Netravati River from the bridge near Thokkottu along with his six-year-old son in the early hours of Sunday here, police said.

The deceased have been identified as Gopalkrishna Rai and his son Aneesh Rai, residents of Baltila in Bantwal.

According to the police, Gopalkrishna along with his wife Ashwini Rai and son had come to Konaje for a family programme. At about 4:30 a.m. he came to the bridge with his son, left a suicide note and jumped into the river.

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