Bantwal , May 14 : The Kinz Foundation, founded and run by prominent NRI businessman Althaf Ullal Saqco has distributed dinner for two days to over thousand stranded migrant labourers who are now staying at Bantwal Buntara Bhavana here.
These labourers had come from various parts of Dakshina Kannada district in the hope that they will be sent back to their places by special trains. But they were disappointed when the district administration informed , all of them cannot travel immediately as the arrangement to send migrant labourers is undergoing in a phased manner. Hence they were asked to stay at Bantwal Buntara Bhavana for now.
The Kinz Foundation distributed dinner to 1200 labourers at Buntara Bhavana on Wednesday and Thursday. The foundation ensured that labourers get quality and nutritious food and the distribution was also carried out in a very professional way. The volunteers in uniform first sanitised the labourers , then maintained safe distance and distributed neatly packed rice, sambar, vegetable curry, pickles, sweet and water bottles.
On Wednesday midnight, water bottles were distributed to over thousand labourers at the same venue. On Thursday sahari food was delivered to over 200 people who were observing Ramzan fasting. The Kinz foundation has so far distributed over 5000 ration kits for those suffering from lockdown and also for Ramzan.
Mangaluru MLA UT Khader, Bantwal MLA Rajesh Naik Ulepadiguthu, Manager of Kinz Foundation Moosa Fazil, Head of the volunteers Saleem Sagar, and local representatives were present.
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Vijayanagara: One man was killed and 12 others were injured after a truck hit vehicle they were traveling in on the National Highway 50 stretch on the outskirts of Koodligi in the district.
The accident victim, Madhu (27), is learned to have been an employee of Reliance Digital from Andhra Pradesh.
The vehicle was reportedly traveling from Bengaluru to Koodligi and the passengers are learned to have been seriously injured following the collision with the truck, which was found to have a Maharashtra registration.
Koodligi Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Mallesh Dodmani and Circle Inspector Prahlad Channagiri arrived at the accident spot on being informed of the accident.
The police officers and locals rescued the injured passengers and got them shifted to the Koodligi Government Hospital. Some of the passengers were reportedly taken to the Ballari Trauma Care Centre for further treatment.
A case has been registered at the Koodligi Police Station and the officers are investigating the incident.
