Mangaluru

Floodwater has entered several houses at Jeppinamogaru, a suburb of Mangaluru on the banks of Netravathi, since Friday early morning. Personnel from fire and emergency services department, along with those from revenue department and Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) have swung into rescue operations. Many elderly persons as well as children were shifted to safe areas by fire force personnel. … [Read more...] about Floodwater inundates low lying areas around Mangaluru

Karwar ExpressSimilarly, SWR has revised the schedule of Train No 06585 Yeshwantpur-Karwar Special Express with no change in departure time at Yeshwantpur (6.45 p.m.) from Saturday. However, its arrival and departure time between Hassan and Bantwal have slightly been revised to ensure punctuality. … [Read more...] about Bengaluru-Mangaluru specialtrain schedule revised

MANGALURU: The process for having pre-paid auto counters at both the railway stations - Mangaluru Central and Junction - will start with Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel calling for a joint meeting of all stakeholders like officials from the RTO, police, Southern Railway and members from auto drivers’ union representatives on July 22.The meeting has been planned to discuss the issue threadbare and sort out the issue that is seen as a major setback to the growing city as most of the passengers from various parts of the nation, who arrive at both stations, complain about overcharging by auto-rickshaws.The MP said the reputation of Mangaluru city is at stake just because of few auto-rickshaw drivers charging exorbitantly from passengers.Hence, Kateel said, the issue needs to be sorted out by making pre-paid auto counters at both railway stations functional effectively.At a review meeting on Thursday, officials of the Southern Railway pointed out the functioning of … [Read more...] about MP calls for meeting on July 22 to discuss pre-paid auto at Mangaluru railway stations

Finally, Seagull, a deep sea fishing boat returning to Malpe fishing harbour in neighbouring Udupi district, saw the dinghy and Mr. Coelho before pulling him onto the vessel and offering him the much needed food and water. He was brought to Malpe on Tuesday morning and Mr. Coelho reached home by afternoon. … [Read more...] about Mangaluru fisherman stranded alone for two nights in deep sea

He said that space at the Goods Shed would be later used to augment coaching facilities, meaning to handle/ stable passenger train rakes. He was told that the Goods Shed’s location was relevant when the Old Bunder was a hub of activities decades ago. But, at present, it has become a source of inconvenience. Many trucks plying to and from the Goods Shed to transport goods were choking the already congested roads, he was told. … [Read more...] about Mangaluru Goods Shed to be shifted to Ullal from Bunder