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MRPL gets 2 MGD water for drinking and safety purposes

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April 26, 2012

mrplMangalore, April 26: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday directed the Dakshina Kannada district administration to allow Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) to pump 2 million gallons of water per day (MGD) for drinking and safety purposes.

District Commissioner N. S. Channappa Gowda said 2MGD water was released to MRPL on Wednesday following the court's order.

He said that the supply of 2 MGD of water to MRPL followed a directive from the Karnataka High Court.

However, it is unclear whether the release of 2 MGD of water will enable MRPL to restart all the operations in the refinery and to what extent work can resume. Two weeks ago, the refinery had stopped all operations, except maintenance work, after a reduction in water supply from the district administration.

P. P. Upadhya, Director (Technical), MRPL, told this correspondent from New Delhi that he was watching the scene, particularly with regard to supply of water from the district administration.

Mr. Upadhya said, “There is a gap (slip) between the cup and the lip. We are watching.”

He said that a clear picture on how work would resume at MRPL would emerge on Thursday.

The Dakshina Kannada district administration was releasing 0.65 MGD of water on alternate days to MRPL before the issue was taken to court and 0.5 MGD everyday for the past one week, said Mr. Gowda.

He said that the district administration could give 4 MGD if the water level in the Thumbe vented dam crossed 12 feet, depending on rains in the coming days.


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Bengaluru, Jun 4: The Special Investment Promotion Task Force, constituted by the Karnataka government, held its first meeting in Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru on Wednesday, June 3.

The first meeting of the task force was held under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, Karnataka government.

The body is seeking to find ways to attract the disenchanted multi-national corporations (MNCs) which are looking to shift their manufacturing base away from China in the back-drop of the COVID-19 outbreak.

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April 25,2020

Mandya, Apr 25: An FIR was registered against JD(S) MLC KT Srikante Gowda, his son, and three others for protesting against coronavirus testing of journalists in Karnataka's Mandya city on Saturday.

According to the police, JD(S) MLC KT Srikante Gowda, his son Krishik Gowda, Chandrakala Aythu, Jagadish, and Raju have been named as accused in the FIR filed at Mandya West police station.

The FIR has been registered under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Disaster Management Act including unlawful assembly, rioting, wrongful restraint, voluntarily causing hurt, negligent act likely to spread infection of a deadly disease, etc.

Gowda, along with a group of locals, had created a ruckus objecting to the coronavirus testing of journalists at Ambedkar Bhawan in Mandya here earlier today.

Police said that a journalists' association had filed a written complaint seeking the registration of an FIR in the matter.

As per an order by the state health department, medical professionals were conducting health tests of journalists at Ambedkar Bhawan in Mandya when Gowda along with some locals started protesting, officials said.

Further actions are being taken, police said.

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Chikkamagaluru, Jun 13: Deputy Commissioner Dr Bagadi Gautham said that movement of heavy vehicles has been banned from Tanikodi to S K Border on NH 169 (Mangaluru to Solapur) from June 15 to August 15.

In an official statement issued here on Friday evening, he said that due to heavy rain lashing in the District the minor bridges on the stretch at Umbalagere, Goravanahalli and Gulaganji are in a dilapidated condition. As a precautionary measure, the movement of heavy vehicles has been banned.

As an alternative, all the vehicles (below 15 tonnes) from Chikmagalur can travel via Baliho Nur-Magundi-Kalasa-Kudremukh-SK Border. The vehicles from NR Pura (below 15 tonnes) should travel via Koppa-Hariharapura-Bidaragodu-Agumbe.

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