Karnataka rains | Death toll in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi rises to eight
The Hindu
The death toll in the rain-related incidents in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka rises to eight, as on July 7, 2023.
: The death toll in rain related incidents in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts in a week rose to eight on July 7.
A 30-year-old Praveen Acharya who was riding a motorbike on Belman main road in Udupi district died when a banyan tree fell on him on Thursday, July 6 night.
A woman aged around 40, identified as Zareena, died in a landslip at Gumpu Mane in Nandavara village, Bantwal taluk in Dakshina Kannada on Friday, July 7.
According to the Revenue Department officials a portion of a hillock behind the house of one, Mohammed, at Gumpu Mane, came crashing. Mohammed’s wife Zareena and their daughter Shafa (20) were caught under the debris. While Shafa was rescued Zareena succumbed to injuries.
Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada M. P. Mullai Muhilan visited the spot.
With this, five persons in Dakshina Kannada and three persons in Udupi district have died in rain related incidents this week.
Meanwhile, schools and pre university colleges in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts continued to remain closed on the third consecutive day on July 7 as India Meteorological Department has issued orange alert to the coastal belt.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.