Notices being issued to salvage grounded tugs Alliance and Coromondel
The Hindu
Coast Guard personnel had a tough time battling rough sea during rescue operations
Indian Coast Guard that has the mandate to protect the maritime environment has asked the Directorate General of Shipping to arrange the salvage of two tugs — Alliance and Coromondel Supporter IX — that ran aground off Karnataka coast on Saturday and Sunday. “We have already got in touch with the Mercantile Marine Department of DG Shipping, which has promised to immediately issue notices to the owners of the two tugs,” said an officer from Coast Guard District Karnataka. Other agencies concerned, including Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd., that had hired tug Alliance, and New Mangalore Port Trust, too would be brought into the picture, he said.A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.