Heavy rains continue to lash twin districts

August 4, 2011

Mangalore, August 4: Heavy rains which started lashing Dakshina Kannada and Udupi since last Monday evening continued on Thursday morning too, inundating low-lying areas and throwing life out of gear.

Strong winds continued to damaged houses and destroy agricultural fields in many parts of the twin districts.

A house which was under construction collapsed and damaged the neighbouring house at Marakada on Tuesday night. The collapsed house belonged to Dayanand. However, his neighbour Adbul's house too was damaged as Dayanand's house walls collapsed. As a result, the wall of the house has been partially damaged.

In the last 24 hours, Dakshina Kannada district has received 69.7 mm rain. This include—Sullia—81 mm, Puttur—72 mm, Belthangady—71.8 mm, Mangalore—65.8 mm and Bantwal—57.8 mm.

The sea erosion has been intenisfied on the shores at Yermal in Padubidri. If the sea erosion continues, then the fishries road and electric poles will be damaged. Several coconut trees have been uprooted following intense sea erosion in the region. The fisheries road at Yermal Thenka is likely to be washed away.

The matereological department has warned that heavy to very heavy rains would occur in few places over coastal Karnataka in the next 48 hours. The fishermen have been asked not to venture into sea for fishing.

Udupi district recorded a rainfall of 78.4 mm in the last 24 hours. Udupi recorded 80.2 mm, Kundapur recorded 97.4 mm and Karkala registered 57.6 mm rainfall on Wednesday. Damages have been reported from Kundapur taluk as well. A house belonging to Shekhar Kala of Nellikatte at Kawradi village was partially damaged due to heavy rains. The house of Rajeevi Heggadathi of Molahalli village was partially damaged when a coconut tree fell on it.

In Udupi taluk, the house of one Gulabhi Bhandarthi of Mudabettu of Kodavur village collapsed owing to heavy rain. The walls of the house of one Margaret Almeida in Puttur village collapsed due to rain. The house of Ramananda Aithal in Manur village was also partially damaged.

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Women lead massive protest demanding liquor ban in Karnataka

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January 27,2020

Bagalkote, Jan 27: The bank of Krishna River in front of Sangamantha Temple at Koodalasangama in Karnataka today witnessed the launch of women’s indefinite strike demanding liquor ban in the state.

Thousands of women from various parts of Karnataka have taken part in the strike being organised under the banner of 'Karnataka Madya Nisheda Andolana'.

The strike was launched to draw the attention of the state government to press for a complete ban on the sale of liquor across the state.

About 50 various organizations and religious pontiffs have extended their support for the strike. Food is being cooked on the bank of the river for the agitating women.

The women from Chikmagalur, Tumakuru, Raichur and Ballari districts are taking part in it.

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Thanks to God,

At least now, people wokeup., which should have been done immediattely after independence or during implementation of constitution.

Shame to men who drink more.

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CM pledges all co-operation for safe return of Karnataka expats in UAE

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May 12,2020

Bengaluru, May 12: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa had promised to extend all co-operation for the safe and early return of the Karnataka ex-pats, living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), here on Tuesday.

He was speaking to the Karnataka ex-pats living in UAE, who had pleaded the chief minister to make arrangements for their return to the state.

Those who had spoken to the Chief Minister had informed that there is a large number of people, landed into a great difficulty ever since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and eager to return to their home state, Karnataka.

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Karnataka seeks Centre's help in setting up corona labs

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March 15,2020

Hubli, Mar 15: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said that his government has asked Centre to help in setting up of labs in view of the coronavirus cases.

Speaking to reporters after reviewing the situation in the state on coronavirus, Yediyurappa said, "No new cases were reported on Saturday and Sunday. The cases reported are of people who came from abroad. Government has made all preparation to fight against this. We have asked the central government to help in setting up labs wherever required, shortly we will do it."

"We have taken a lot of precautions to prevent the spread of coronavirus. For the first time shutdown has been declared for a week. People are also cooperating with us, we will take a further decision after one week," he added.

Karnataka government has said that as of now six cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the state, including one person who died.

"Till date six COVID-19 cases have been reported in the state including one death. The 5 Coronavirus positive cases are in isolation at the designated hospital in Bengaluru," the Karnataka government said on Sunday.

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