MCC to come under CC TV surveillance; e-attendance for staff

[email protected] (CD Network)
October 20, 2011

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Mangalore, October 20: CC TV cameras and biometric attendance system will be installed in all offices under MCC in a view to bring transparency in working.

All offices will be computerised in phases, announced MCC Mayor Praveen at a press meet organised at MCC on Wednesday.

Speaking on the development of roads, he said that under the Chief Minister's special grant of Rs 100 crore and SFC grant of 2009-10 and 2011-12, 265 works were undertaken in the first phase of which 200 have been completed. A sum of Rs 83.25 crores have already been spent.

In the Rs 100 crores grant in the second phase, 121 works have been proposed. A tender has been called for 70 works.

With the SFC garnt, Rs 4,996 lakhs were released and 265 works were undertaken. A total of 198 work have already been completed and Rs 3832 crores have been spent, he said.

A sum of Rs 6.40 crore has been spent out of the 12.33 crore which was released under the 22.75 per cent fund, he said.

Under the second Rs 100 crore fund granted by the government, Rs 25 lakhs will be spent in every ward to asphalt roads.

The Padil-Bajal road will be developed with Rs 4 crores, he said.

A sum of Rs 1 crore has been released to develop the main road between Kalikamba Junction and Car Street. The Subash Nagar to Mangaladevi road will be developed under the CM's SURE scheme with Rs 2 crore. This will be considered as a model road, he said.

From November 2, the main road near Jyothi will be repaired. All the roads which have been damaged will be asphalted, he said and added the KPT to airport road named as 'Sir M Vishveswarayya road' is considered as a model road.

Gutters and footpaths will be developed near roads which have already been concretised. A sum of Rs 25 lakhs will be spent for this, he said.

The Jeppu Market will be developed with Rs 92.50 lakhs and Bejai market works are under progress. A sum of Rs 100.21 lakhs has been spent for Bejai market. The Alake market will be developed with Rs 63 lakhs, he said.

As many as 100 bus stops will come up in the city on the basis of priority. As many as 27 bus stops have been completed, said the Mayor.

Kalkura advertisers will start constructing the bus stops. They will have the right to advertise here. The bus stops will be categorised in 7 A, 7 B, 13 C class, he said.

For the new bus stand at Pumpwell, 7 acre land has been identified. There is still a need to obtain 5 acres of land. The foundation ceremony will be held soon and a temporary bus stop will come up with Rs 1 crore, he said.

The Ocean Pearl bus stop too will come up soon, he added.

A total of 10 lakes will be developed with Rs 2.24 crores. The tender has been called for this project. The lakes to be developed are Gujjarakere, Jeppu Kottakere, Karmbisnana, Emmekere, Bairaddy, Thekkebettu, Krishnapoora and Sadashiva Temple lake among others, he said.

A sum of Rs 50,000 each was given to special Olympic winners Anil Mendonca, Dhanya S Rao, Royston D'Cunha and Pramila Pinto, he added.

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April 26,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 26: Yet another covid-19 positive case has been reported from Bantwal taluk of Dakshina Kannada district. 

Health and Family Welfare Department's latest bulletin revealed that a 47-year-old woman from Panemangaluru in Bantwal was tested positive for the coronavirus. 

With this the total number of covid-19 infected people in Dakshina Kannada rose to 19 out of which 7 are from Bantwal taluk. 

According to sources, this woman was working as a sweeper in a private hospital in the city where a coronavirus victim from Bantwal was being treated before she was shifted to covid-19 hospital.

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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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April 15,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 15: Santhosh Kumar Padil, ASI attached to Mangaluru East (Kadri) Police Station, has helped two children unite with their parents in Kerala.

The children had come to Mangaluru during the holidays and could not return to their native place following the closure of border and lockdown. The two children, hailing from Manjeshwara in Kasargod district, were in the house of their relatives in Mangaladevi and were eager to join their parents.

The relatives of the children had brought the issue to the notice of the ASI and sought his help in the matter.

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