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Remembering the air crash
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The tragedy showed resilience of personnel involved in the relief work: Prabhakar Sharma
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The tragedy showed resilience of personnel involved in the relief work: Prabhakar Sharma
Standing outside the memorial of air crash victims, former Additional Deputy Commissioner S.A. Prabhakar Sharma cannot forget the days spent following the air crash that occurred here 11 years ago in which 158 persons died.
“Those images still come before me. Cannot forget the days following the tragedy,” said Mr. Sharma, who held the charge of Deputy Commissioner as V. Ponnuraj (presently Managing Director of Karnataka Power Corporation Limited) had gone abroad for training.
CREDAI to fund oxygen plant at Lady Goschen
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The Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI), Mangaluru, will, in association with other entrepreneurs associations, fund a portion of ₹84 lakh required for setting up an oxygen generation plant at the Government Lady Goschen Hospital in the city.
CREDAI Mangaluru president Pushparaj Jain said that the Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Mangaluru Contractors Association have given ₹15 lakh each, while the Association of Consulting Civil Engineers has given ₹8 lakh. The remaining amount will be given by CREDAI, he said.
Mr. Jain and other members handed over a cheque for ₹41.86 lakh on Thursday to the district administration towards the cost of construction of the plant.
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Heavy to very heavy rains with gusty winds predicted on Saturday and Sunday.
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While weathermen have predicted a cyclone to be named Tauktae would hit Kerala and Karnataka coasts from Saturday, the Arabian Sea looked normal at Batpady on Karnataka-Kerala border, about 15km south of Mangaluru, on Saturday morning. | Photo Credit: Anil Kumar Sastry
Heavy to very heavy rains with gusty winds predicted on Saturday and Sunday. District administrations of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi that were already fighting the COVID-19 pandemic have geared up to face the double whammy in the form of a cyclone that was in the process of being formed in the Arabian Sea and likely to hit Kerala and Karnataka coasts on Saturday and Sunday.
Heavy to very heavy rain with gusty winds predicted for two days
The district administrations of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi, which are fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, have geared up to face the double whammy in the form of a cyclone that was in the process of being formed in the Arabian Sea and likely to hit Kerala and Karnataka coasts on Saturday and Sunday.
With the India Meteorological Department predicting the low pressure formed in the southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area on Thursday could develop into a cyclone, the Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority has issued alerts to coastal districts to get ready to face the cyclone.