Damage to pipeline in Thumbe: Water supply variations in Mangaluru, Ullal
Mangaluru: Due to construction work by GAIL India near Thumbe, a crucial water pipeline from Thumbe to Padil has been damaged. As a result, several areas in Mangaluru and Ullal might experience variations in water supply.
The affected areas in Mangaluru include Mangaladevi, Pandeshwar, Adyar Kannur, Padil, Bikarnakatte, Kudupu, Vamanjoor, Valencia, Kankanady, Hoige Bazar, Bolar, Jeppinamogaru, Jeppu, Attawar, State Bank, Naguri, Chilimbi, Lady Hill, Bejai, Bajal, Shaktinagar, Kunjathbail, and Bondel.
The Mangaluru City Corporation has issued an announcement acknowledging the disruption and assuring residents that efforts are underway to repair the damage and restore regular water supply as soon as possible. The variation in water supply is also expected to impact Ullal.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
