Coastal Karnataka rains: Compound wall collapses, house damaged due to minor landslide in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Due to excessive rain in the city since Tuesday night, a land sliding incident was reported from Akashbhavan locality in the city on Wednesday morning.
Due to the landslide, the compound wall of a house belonging to Sudheer collapsed damaging GI Sheets and roof of the house. No casualties or injuries were reported in the incident, City Municipal Corportation officials reached the spot and are clearing the landslide spot.
Minor loss have been reported in the incident. The nearby temple was also filled by mud due to the landslide.
Senior Officer of City Municipal Corporation Gururaj Maralahalli told Vartha Bharati that the land slide took place due to excessive rain in the region.
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Karnataka village switches off TVs, mobiles for two hours daily to help students study
Belagavi: Every evening at 7 pm, a siren rings out in Halaga, a village near Belagavi, signalling residents to switch off all screens including televisions, mobile phones, laptops and tablets for the next two hours.
The community has voluntarily adopted this “digital-free time” to help students focus on studies and to encourage families to spend more time talking to each other. The 'digital detox' initiative, 'No TV, no mobile, just study and conversation', is said to be the first such to be adopted by a Karnataka village, Deccan Herald reported on Monday.
According to the report, Halaga, which has a population of about 12,000 and is located close to the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, launched the initiative on December 17. A siren installed at the gram panchayat office marks the start of the no-screen period at 7 pm, and another siren at 9 pm signals its end.
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Gram panchayat authorities are reaching out to those residents who are yet to comply and are urging them to stay away from screen during the two hours.
Authorities are also visiting households that have not fully adopted the practice and are encouraging parents to follow the routine strictly. Teachers and panchayat members plan to continue meeting families to ensure more participation.
The Halaga village exercise is said to be inspired by a similar experiment in Agran Dhulgaon near Sangli in Maharashtra which had a positive response on students' learning habits.
