Disaster awareness event held at Bearys Institute of Technology
Mangalore: The Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering at Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT), in association with IEEE Mangalore Subsection, organized a Disaster Awareness event on November 7, 2024, at the International Seminar Hall. The event aimed at educating students, faculty, and local school students on disaster preparedness and effective response strategies.
The program began with a welcome by Dr. Abdullah Gubbi, Branch Counselor and Head of ECE, who emphasized BIT’s commitment to building not only technical skills but also social responsibility among its students. Following this, ECE student Aman introduced the guest speaker, Swaraj HV, the State Coordinator for IEEE India Philanthropy in Karnataka.
Swaraj presented on disaster management topics such as preventive actions, emergency response, and the role of technology in disaster relief. He also highlighted IEEE’s MOVE initiative, encouraging students to participate in disaster resilience activities. The session included an interactive Q&A, where Swaraj addressed questions from the audience.
The event concluded with a vote of thanks by Dr. Vinutha from the Physics Department, who thanked Swaraj and acknowledged the support of IEEE Mangalore Subsection and the BIT Student Branch.
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UP: Over 100 monkeys die of toxic chemical, buried in pit to hide carnage
Hathras (UP), Nov 22: More than 100 monkeys perished after inhaling a pesticide sprayed in a food godown and were stealthily buried in a pit, police on Friday said.
The bodies were taken out for a postmortem by a team of veterinarians on Friday.
Circle Officer Yogendra Krishna Narayan said police came to know about the deaths on Wednesday.
Police have registered a case against the employees of Food Corporation of India and started an investigation.
According to police, the chemical in question was aluminium phosphide sprayed on wheat sacks to protect it from insects and rodents in an FCI warehouse on November 7.
A troop of monkeys entered the warehouse through a broken window of the godown on the night of November 7 and ended up inhaling the gas.
When the workers opened the warehouse on November 9, they saw several monkeys dead.
They allegedly chose not to inform their seniors about deaths and buried the bodies in a pit.
The CO said the bodies were exhumed when some Vishv Hindu Parishad leaders came to know about the incident.
As per police count, more than 100 monkeys were exhumed from the pit.
Their bodies were in late stage decay, the officer said.
