The Hindu : Karnataka / Mangalore News : Around the City

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Friday, Jul 09, 2004

Karnataka

Karnataka - Mangalore

Around the City

Greening programme

MANGALORE JULY 8. About 100 students of the National Service Scheme unit of the Srinivas College of Hotel Management planted 500 saplings of different species at Valachil in Adyar village on July 3.

A press release said A. Raghavendra Rao, president of A. Shama Rao Foundation, inaugurated the programme. A. Srinivas Rao, vice-president of the foundation; Vijayalakshmi R. Rao, managing director; K. Janardhan, registrar of the Srinivas Group of Colleges; and Abhijit Mukherjee, principal of the Srinivas College of Hotel Management; were present, it added.

Released

MANGALORE JULY 8. Parisara Geethegalu, a booklet on environment-related songs, was released by the founder-president of Nagarika Seva Trust, Subraya Shenoy, at Guruvayanakere recently.

A press release said the booklet comprised 47 songs collected by Vidya Nayak and H.B. Mohan Machar. The songs had been written by many people including Shivaramu, Subraya Chokkadi, Palakala Sitharam Bhat, Lakshmeesha Tholpady, and Amrut Someshwar, it said. The booklet also contained songs sung by schoolchildren during environmental contests, the press release said.

Seminar

Belgaum July 8. A seminar on "Union Budget 2004-05" has been organised by the People's Education Society and Trust's Belgaum Institute of Management Studies at the convention hall of Shaik Medical College in Nehru Nagar at 6.30 p.m. on Saturday.

A press release said several scholars, tax consultants, entrepreneurs connected with small and large-scale industries, and representatives of the Belgaum Chamber of Commerce and Industry would participate in the seminar.

Administrator

Udupi July 8. The Commissioner of Udupi City Municipal Council (CMC), C.G. Suprasanna, said here on Thursday that the Deputy Commissioner, S.R. Umashankar, would take over as Administrator of the CMC on Friday.

Mr. Suprasanna said the two-and-a-half year tenure of the president of CMC, Chittaranjan Das Hegde, ended today. As per the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964, the Deputy Commissioner would take over the functions of the president of the CMC. The Deputy Commissioner would continue as the Administrator of the CMC till the new president and vice-president of the CMC were elected, Mr. Suprasanna added.

Protest

DAVANGERE JULY 8. The villagers of Anaji and Mellakatte have strongly criticised the taluk panchayat for not providing potable water to the villages for the past six months and threatened to lay siege to the taluk panchayat office if it failed to provide water immediately.

The villagers, in a statement issued here today, said that they there was a shortage of drinking water in the villages and they were compelled to fetch water from far-off places.

Programme

BIDAR JULY 8. Gram panchayats that wish to avail themselves of drinking water facilities under the World Bank-aided Jal Nirmal programme have to submit their applications before July 15.

According to a press release, details and applications can be obtained from the DPM, House No. 8-6-29, KHB colony, Bidar.

The third phase of the programme is being implemented from July 1, 2004 to December 31, 2007. All villages under the jurisdiction of the selected gram panchayat will be covered under the programme.

Beneficiaries will have to bear a part of the cost of construction of toilets, drains, or drinking water schemes taken up under the programme, the release said.

Printer friendly page
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail

Karnataka

News Update

Stories in this Section

Union Budget evokes mixed reactions

KSRTC workers lash out at private bus operators

Eviction of Kannadigas in Goa opposed

NSS camp from today at Mangalagangotri

Koragas resume stir

Around the City