'Orange alert' issued in Udupi District as heavy rain expected for next five days
Udupi: An ‘Orange Alert’ has been issued in Udupi District for five days following the prediction of heavy rain in the district by the Meteorological Department and Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Center.
According to the prediction, the district will receive more than 115 MM of rain in the next five days. The District Disaster Management Authority issued alert and also issued instructions to the people of the district, to be followed for the next five days.
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It has warned people against venturing into the sea and river for any activities. It has also asked people to refrain from taking shelter under Electric Poles, Trees and Buildings during heavy rain.
People should immediately contact 0820-2574802 in cases of emergency, a press statement from Udupi DC G Jagadeesh stated.
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Poll boycott in Chamarajnagar village: Govt officers, voter injured; booth, EVM destroyed by protest
Chamarajnagar: In an untoward incident reported from Indiganatta village under the Mahadeshwara Hills Gram Panchayat administration limits in Hanur taluk, government officials were injured as they attempted at pacifying a group of angry voters who had declared they were boycotting the polls on Friday.
Tahsildar Guruprasad and Taluk Panchayat Chief Officer Umesh and a police inspector were reportedly injured in the clash. In addition, the protesters are learned to have destroyed the polling booth, including the electronic voting machine (EVM), set up in the village. One of the voters who visited the booth was reportedly injured in the head in the incident.
Angry over the non-availability of infrastructure in their village, the voters in Indiganatta declared that they would not exercise their right to franchise on Friday. Guruprasad, Umesh and the police officer, who were informed of the boycott, visited Indiganatta to appease the voters and get them to cast vote. The group of voters, however, directed their anger at the officers, resulting in the trio being injured.
The protesters in Indiganatta were not only adamant about their boycott, but also infuriated by the sight of other voters in the village cast ballot at the polling booth. In anger, they initially had an argument with the voters but later forced their way into the booth and reportedly destroyed the EVM there.
Polling is currently reported to have been stalled in Indiganatta due to the violent incident.
