
Hassan, DK Deputy Commissioners inspect restoration works of NH 75 near Donigal
The Hindu
Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada K.V. Rajendra and his counterpart from Hassan R. Girish conducted a joint inspection of restoration works of a Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway stretch near
Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada K.V. Rajendra and his counterpart from Hassan R. Girish conducted a joint inspection of restoration works of a Mangaluru-Bengaluru national highway stretch near Donigal in Hassan district on Saturday. After the highway side, near Donigal, slipped on July 22 owing to heavy rains, it was restored for the movement of light motor vehicles from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., from August 17. Mr. Girish issued an order on August 16 allowing movement of cars, jeeps, tempos, minivans, two-wheelers, ambulances, ordinary buses, Rajahamsa buses, trucks carrying up to 20 tonnes of load, and six-wheelers. The vehicles prohibited on the road are bullet tankers, fish cargo containers, long chassis vehicles, heavy commercial vehicles, axle truck trailers, and all other heavy-load carrying vehicles.
The municipal bus stand auditorium in Malappuram was packed. But nobody quite knew what to expect. After all, a new event was making its debut at the State School Arts Festival. The moment V.G. Harikrishnan started his rendition of Pyar bhare do sharmile nain..., everyone was convinced that Ghazal was here to stay. The student from GVHSS, Atholi (Kozhikode), was applauded loudly for his rendering of the timeless ghazal sung originally by Mehdi Hassan.

For the last few weeks, several wards in Madurai city have been getting piped drinking water through a new drinking water scheme. The sweetness of the generously supplied water has led to loss of business to several suppliers of canned drinking water in the city. But, not many know that the water supplied to the houses in Madurai is directly drawn from Lower Dam of Mullaperiyar Dam in Idukki district of Kerala.











