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Accident just before VIP convoy movement

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June 28, 2011

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Mangalore, June 28: The movement of vehicles on the Bangalore-Mangalore National Highway was affected on Monday following an accident between a container lorry and a Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation bus near Narahari Betta. The accident gave anxious moments to officials as Chief Minsiter B.S. Yeddyurappa was to pass by that spot.

According to bus driver C. Ram, the container lorry was going towards Bangalore while he was coming towards Mangalore. Around 2 p.m., the speeding lorry applied brakes at a slope. This turned the bus towards left. The container hit the rear end of the bus. The container also hit an autorickshaw that was parked by the roadside. The lorry driver fled the spot, Mr. Ram said.

Blocked

This accident blocked the movement of traffic on the highway for an hour. The Chief Minister was to pass through the stretch and reach Mangalore. The Bantwal town police rushed to the spot and regulated the movement of traffic.

“We had to stop vehicles from one direction and allow traffic from the opposite direction,” said Superintendent of Police Labhu Ram. Mr. Ram said the accident did not affect the movement of Chief Minister's convoy.

Killed in accident

Two persons were killed in separate accidents that occurred on Sunday. A 45-year-old driver of Railway Mail Service was killed after the vehicle hit Kulur bridge on Sunday evening. The Panambur police said Ramakrishna (45), the RMS van driver was returning to the city after collecting mails from Baikampady. He lost control over the vehicle and hit the bridge wall. Ramakrishna died on the spot, the police said.

Mahendra, 25, was killed after the motorcycle he was riding hit another motorcycle in Lingappayya kadu near Karnadu village in Mulky police station limits.

The Mulky police said Mahendra and his friend Lalith, who was riding pillion, were coming from Mulky towards Lingappayya Kadu. Their motorcycle was hit by the motorcycle coming from the opposite direction. Mahendra and Lalith were taken to a private hospital where the former succumbed to injuries. The police are searching for the rider of the motorcycle that hit Mahendra's motorcycle.

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August 4,2020

Mangaluru, Aug 4: The Kasaragod district administration has decided to restore the e-pass system for daily commuters between Kasaragod and Mangaluru amid covid-19 crisis. 

As covid-19 cases began to increase in Dakshina Kannada, the Kasargod district administration had unilaterally newly introduced of daily pass system on July 6 for entry and exit from Talapady border. This had inconvenienced hundreds of employees, who visited Mangaluru daily to eke a living. 

The decision to resume the pass system was taken in a video conference of Kerala Revenue Minister Chandrasekharan with officials and elected representatives on August 3.

The minister said the Kasaragod district administration will resume issuing of passes for daily commuters between Kasaragod and Mangaluru. But they should undergo rapid antigen test for every week to renew their passes.

"Similarly, one-time interstate passes will be issued for those who want to take part in marriages, funeral and other functions in both states. Even they should undergo antigen test after returning from the functions,” the minister added.

As per the previous order, daily commuters, especially employees, had to stay in Mangaluru for 28 days before returning to Kasargod. Later, Kerala government relaxed rules on July 23 allowing only bank employees from Kasaragod to travel daily in their private vehicles to their workplace in Dakshina Kannada.

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July 7,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 7: The residents of Bangle Gudde, Mathadagudde area in Gurupura Gram Panchayat in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, where two teen aged children were buried alive, were shifted to safer places.

District officials said on Tuesday that the residents have been provided temporary shelter in Gurpur school, PU college, and hostels, while few others were shifted to Ashraya centers. Total 40 houses out of 180 houses in this area located in the red zone were damaged due to heavy rain.

If the residents want to stay in the rented house, the revenue department is ready to pay a sum of Rs 2,500 towards rent, official sources said.

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May 20,2020

Bengaluru, May 20: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) had to confront an unprecedented situation as there was a commotion at bus stands in various parts of the state due to the mad rush of passengers.

Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, who is in charge of the transport department, admitted that there were some shortcomings in the arrangements. He, however, was confident that things would improve from Wednesday.

As against the dearth of passengers in the bus stands in Bengaluru a day ago, Wednesday witnessed an overwhelming crowd blaming BMTC authorities for not providing enough buses for all the destinations on time.

Some of the employees who were asked to report to duty before certain time were facing difficulty in reaching the office in the absence of bus despite having daily pass and arriving at the stand well in advance.

Authorities were finding it difficult to convince the public as a bus could ferry only 35 passengers at a time which was way less than the demand.

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