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Pilikula to be
developed as tourist spot
MANGALORE:
Mangalore City Corporation commissioner J.R. Lobo on
Saturday said the corporation had drawn up plans to develop Pilikula as a
tourist spot and establish a scientific and educational centre, which will
be named after district architect late Sri U. Srinivas Mallya.
He was speaking after inaugurating the residential workshop for students
at Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) function, organised by Rotary
Club of Mangalore Metro as part of their community service at the Science
Centre, Pilikula Nisarga Dhama here on Saturday and Sunday.
He complemented Dr Muralidhar Pai, Club president, for organising the
educative programme and called upon students to use this opportunity to
build up their personality.
Lobo also said the botanical garden at Pilikula will house rare flowers,
orchids, herbal plants, and bamboos, which will depict the coastal and
Western Ghat nature and culture.
"Each one, teach one and each one plant one" was the message given by
Prof. Arunachalam Kumar, department of anatomy, KMC, Mangalore during the
inauguration.
He appealed to the participants of the workshop to study the nature,
culture and environment and to develop their latent skills, talents and
leadership qualities by actively involving in such a programme and advised
them to protect the coastal heritage. He further suggested that the
Corporation Commissioner establish a ‘Butterfly Park' in Pilikula.
About 75 school children representing nine different schools from
Mangalore participated in this training programme. The students were
provided training under course co-ordinator Joselyn Lobo, lecturer, Roshni
Nilaya. He was assisted by Shobana Manohar and Sushma Amin, faculty
members, who imparted training on communication skills, personality and
character development and group discussion.
Results of Udupi-South Kanara Sports Meet
Ujire, November 26:
The following Christians won in Twin District Level Sports Meet held here in Ujire.Boys: 14 yrs: Long Jump: Tony P. C. Ujire, first; Josil Kumar, Savanoor, second.
High Jump: Kevin D'Souza, Kinnigoly, second.
Boys: 18 yrs: 100 Mts.: Roshan Calvin Lewis, Mangalore, third.
400 Mts.: Lloyd Sandeep D'Souza, Milagres, third.
5000 Mts.: Alwyn Tauro, Puttur, first.
1,500 Mts.: Alwyn Tauro, Puttur, third.
Discus Throw: Allen Anthan, Mangalore, second.
Men: Pole Vault: Alwyn Fernandes, Nitte, second; Elias Pinto, Puttur, third.
Javeline Throw: Elias Pinto, Puttur, second.
Girls: 14 yrs: Shot-put: Jane Michelle, Madanthyar, first.
Girls: 16 yrs: High Jump: Viola Cutinha, Udupi, first.
Javeline Throw: Lawna D'Souza, Mangalore, first; Sohani Fernandes, Mangalore, third.
Discus Throw: Susan D'Souza, Mangalore, second; Clea Sharmina, Udupi, third.
Girls: 18 yrs: 100 Mts.: Cresina Maria Pais, Mangalore, first; Chandini Pinto, Mangalore, second.
400 Mts.: Cresina Maria Pais, Mangalore, first.
Long Jump: Flavy Fernandes, Ujire, second.
Girls: 20 yrs: Shot-Put: Sandra D'Souza, Udupi, first; Sonali Fernandes, Mangalore, second.
400 Mts.: Nisha Mathew, Ujire, second.
1,500 Mts.: Nisha Mathew, Ujire, first.
Hammer Throw: Sandra D'Souza, Udupi, first.
Discus Throw: Sandra D'Souza, Udupi, first; Sonali Fernandes, Mangalore, second.
Women: 100 Mts.: Saritha Jennifer D'Souza, Mangalore, first; Priya Veera D'Souza, Moodbidri, third.
400 Mts.: Saritha Jennifer D'Souza, Mangalore, first.
1,500 Mts.: Flavia Fernandes, Moodbidri, third.
5,000 Mts.: Flavia Fernandes, Moodbidri, second.
Interest rates
cut by Vijaya Bank
Mangalore, November 26:
The Vijaya Bank has cut down its interest rates on housing loans by 2 per cent below PLL and also announced offers such as interest rebate of one per cent for prompt payment. The interest rates now stand at 10, 10.5 and 11% for repayment periods up to 5, 10 and 15 years respectively, a press release said. The housing loan disbursement of the bank during the first half of the current financial year has shown a growth of 47% as compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.
Wanted: More pay
and use toilets
Mangalore, November 26:
According to a popular complaint, public toilets or pay and use toilets are insufficient and hard to locate, when you need them most. The members of the public have discovered this uncomfortable truth, while commuting in the main through fares of the City or while traveling from Mangalore to other towns or cities. Hampankatta, Balmatta, Central Market and Kankanady areas, which are acknowledged commercial hubs boast of only a handful number of pay and use toilets. One such facility on GHS Road has been an investment down the drain with hardly any members visiting or utilising it.Jyothi junction another important junction for the floating population, lacks a pay and use toilet facility. Passengers from Bangalore alighting at Jyothi junction being forced to relieve themselves behind Jyothi Petrol station or on the compound walls of a girls pre university college are common scenes. So far there has been no effort to mitigate the inconvenience of the public by powers that be.
According to a businessman who regularly commutes between Mangalore and Bangalore no pay toilets are located en route, causing severe inconvenience to passengers. "The women passengers suffer the most,” he said and added that district in charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai who is also Transport Minister should have pay and use toilets built along the highways which will immensely benefit travelers.
Greenpeace
Campaign warns against industrialisation
Mangalore, November 26: The
“1000 Bhopal Greenpeace Campaign” has urged the Karnataka Chief Minister
S. M. Krishna to continue to study the resistance capacity of coastal
region and form a strategy for industrialisation of Coastal Karnataka
based on the report of studies. The campaign “1000 Bhopals” organised in
memory of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy-aims at creating awareness on the
dangers of the “corporate crimes” against poor nations.
The Greenpeace team, which arrived from Bhopal, visited various schools
and colleges, held interact sessions with students and citizens and staged
street plays. The team studied the level of toxic waste at the dumping
yard in Mangalore. The team also visited Fisheries Port and different
industrial areas in the city and handed over a memorandum to Deputy
Commissioner A. K. Monnappa requesting the Government to follow the
ecological balance of the nature.
The campaign has demanded the government to implement the Denida Report on
environment, which was sanctioned by the Legislative Assembly and
Legislative Council. It also urged the government to stop discharging the
industrial waste into the sea and implement strict regulations regarding
waste management in cities.
Manu Gopalan, who headed the Greenpeace Campaign, said environmental
pollution is responsible for fish famine and health hazards in this
region. He also urged the Government to drop issues like turning the
direction of rivers flowing in the district and stop mining at Kudremukh.
He said educating public and officials on waste management was the need of
the hour. Upendra Hosabettu, Mohan A K, Kenya Vittal Rao, Vasudev Boloor
and Rita Noronha were part of the team.