Dumping mud into Phalguni: Pejawar seer backs residents' struggle against MSEZ

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April 16, 2012

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Mangalore, April 16: Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji, the chief pontiff of Pejawar Mutt, has expressed his support to the struggle of residents of Melakoppala and Athrebailu areas near Kuloor, who were demanding the Mangalore Special Economic Zone Limited to stop dumping mud into Phalguni river.

“The problem of these residents cannot be ignored. I will discuss the issue with Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda and urge him to find a fair solution”, the Swamiji assured the residents who were during his visit to the spot on Monday.

MSEZL has been dumping mud in the river along roughly the 1-km stretch to widen the KIOCL-Jokatte Railway Gate Road, which runs along the banks of the river.

Residents of Melakoppala and Athrebailu areas, which are located on the banks of the river in front of the road, allege that the level of water in the river rose by three feet after the MSEZL started the work. This has raised fears among the residents that the dumping of mud would cause unnatural flooding during the monsoon. They had given a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner N. S. Channppa Gowda in this regard.

It can be recalled that on April 13, dozens of residents staged a protest near Kulur bridge and stopped workers hired by MSEZL from dumping mud into the Phalguni river. Organisations like SDPI and DYIF also have backed the residents.

Swamiji said that MSEZL's act of dumping mud into the river is not acceptable as it not only disrupts the flow of water but also creates various problems for the local residents.

Melakoppala Civil Committee leaders Arun D'Souza, Sunil D'Souza, Dinesh Shetty, Latha D'Souza, Denzil D'Souza, Naveen D'Souza, SDPI DK district president Abdul Jaleel and Naushad Kavoor were present among others.

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July 21,2020

New Delhi, Jul 21: A 42-year-old contractual doctor, who was working with Delhi government's National Health Mission, passed away yesterday due to covid-19.

Dr Javed Ali had been on the frontline in the fight against the highly contagious illness since March. He tested positive for coronavirus on June 24 and was hospitalised for treatment over the next three weeks.

For the last 10 days, he was on a ventilator. Yesterday morning, Dr Ali breathed his last at the AIIMS trauma centre. He is survived by his wife and two children - a six-year-old son and a 12-year-old daughter.

"I am proud of my husband. He kept working till the end and he is a martyr. He did not take even one day off since March. He worked even on Eid," Dr Heena Kausar, his wife, told media persons.

The cost for the initial treatment at the private hospital was also borne by the family. "No treatment cost was covered when he was at a private hospital initially. We spent around Rs 6 lakh from our own pockets," she said.

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July 12,2020

Mangaluru/Udupi: A total 237 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada (DK) and Udupi on Sunday, a day that DK scaled yet another peak with 196 cases and Udupi tallied 41. 

The grim reaper came calling on patients with co-morbidities, harvesting five souls, to take the total tally of deaths in DK to 46. The spurt also saw DK’s tally of positive cases rise to 2,230 and Udupi’s to 1,608.

The 196 fresh cases in DK included 91 cases of influenza like illness (ILI), the cause of infection in 57 people is yet to be known, 20 are primary contacts, 16 are those with severe acute respiratory infection (SARI), 10 are those with international travel history and two are pre-surgery samples, said deputy commissioner Sindhu B Rupesh. The five deceased include three men and two women, the youngest victim being a 50-year-old man and oldest a 72-year-old man.

A total 94 patients were discharged from the designated Covid-19 and private hospitals in the city, taking the total number those discharged to 876, and paring down the number of active cases to 1,309. The commissioner of Mangaluru City Corporation, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Sunda. Deputy Commissioner (revenue), MCC, a primary contact, has home quarantined himself in the wake of this development.

In neighbouring Udupi, the double-digit blip on the Covid-19 radar included 32 primary contacts, six with inter-district travel history, two with inter-state travel history and one patient with international travel history, said district health officer Sudhir Chandra Sooda. The fresh cases also included four children. The discharge of 28 patients took the total numbers of those discharged to 1,273, and there are 332 active cases now. The district has recorded three deaths due to the pandemic thus far. 

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Bengaluru, Jan 9: Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar on Thursday said that the Education Department would launch a helpline by March 2020 to address the complaints.

Speaking to reporters here, he said, the helpline is not only for children but also for teachers.

"Entire department including teachers and parents can make use of the opportunity”, the minister said.

“The helpline can be called for any complaint related to the Education Department. Our objective is to resolve problems within a stipulated time,” the Minister said.

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