Bhatkal’s premier socio-political organisation, Majlis-e-Islah wa Tanzeem gets new office bearers
Bhatkal: Bhatkal’s premiere socio-political organisation Majlis-e-Islah wa Tanzeem on Tuesday elected its new office bearers for the new three year term that will run till 2022.
The elections for the executive members’ body of the organisation were held earlier in March. The elected executive body met on Tuesday to elect office bearers of the organisation.
During the meeting SM Syed Ahmed Pervez was appointed as the president for the new term while Mohtisham Mohamed Jaffar Barni, Ateequr Rahman Muniri and Mohtisham Hashim Barni were appointed Vice President, Vice President 2 and Vice President 3 respectively.
Abdul Raqeeb MJ, was appointed the General Secretary, Jailani Shabandri was appointed as Secretary (Executive Affairs), DF Siddique as Finance Secretary and Aheed Mohtesham was appointed as the accountant.
SM Parvez replaced Muzammil Kazia who served at the top post for two terms, while Abdul Raqeeb replaced Altaf Kharuri who also served as General Secretary for two consecutive terms.
Majlis-e-Islah wa Tanzeem, which has been in existence for over a century now, hold influence over the Muslim community in the Uttara Kannada District and parts of Udupi District. It also decides the candidate the Muslims in the belt will vote during elections and also represents Muslims of the belt in sensitive and developmental issues.
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Cyclone Fengal: Pondy govt issues heavy rain alert to residents via SMS
Puducherry (PTI): Puducherry experienced heavy rains on Saturday morning prompting the union territory administration to send SMS alerts to around 12 lakh residents cautioning them to remain vigilant as cyclonic storm Fengal is expected to make landfall near here later in the day.
District Collector A Kulothungan told PTI that all necessary steps have been taken to ensure that people remained safe.
"We have evacuated people from low lying areas and shelter homes are ready to accommodate them. Arrangements were also made to supply food packets," he said adding that National Disaster Relief Force from Arakonam has arrived to engage in relief and rehabilitation works.
According to the official, cyclone Fengal was expected to cross the coast in the evening. Control rooms have been opened in the collectorate and also in the line departments.
Toll free numbers 112, 1077 and also WhatsApp number 94889 81070 have been put in place to help people facing crisis to contact for help.
Cyclone Fengal is likely to cross between Karaikal and Mahabalipuram coasts close to Puducherry, official sources said. The government has advised people to stay indoors.
The entire stretch of beach road and also several tourist spots were closed to ensure that there was no movement of the people near the sea shore.
Schools and colleges remained closed today.
