IAS officer G Jagadeesha is new Commissioner of Department of Information & Public Relations
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Government on Tuesday issued a notification posting Joint Secretary to the Chief Minister and former Udupi Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesha as the Commissioner of Department of Information and Public Relations.
The order was issued by James Tharakan, Under Secretary to Government, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms on Tuesday evening.
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Jagadeesha, an IAS officer is currently serving as the Secretary to the State’s Chief Minister and will be placed in concurrent charge of the post of Commissioner, Department of Information and Public Relations.
The notification added the order will come into force with immediate effect and until further orders.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
