Mangaluru: City bus services in DK to resume from July 1
Mangaluru: The city and service buses in Mangaluru and Dakshina Kannada District will resume services starting July 1 nearly two months after the services were halted due to COVID lockdown.
The information was shared by Canara Bus Owners’ Association President Rajvarma Ballal and DK Bus Owners’ Association President Dilraj Alva.
Dilraj on Thursday added that the guidelines set by the government cannot be adhered to and accommodating on 50% capacity of passengers on the buses will not bring any income and profit to the bus owners. He also added that the situation is coupled with the hike in rates of diesel and they were also not in a position to hike the prices of tickets owing to the pandemic.
“We have put forth some of our demands before the government which have not been fulfilled yet. So we will look into the situation and resume services from July 1” Dilraj said.
Ballal noted that the disruption in bus services has hit the employees and bus owners alike and they are going through financial crunch due to the pandemic.
“Government is not paying heed to our demands and the employees and owners are going through crisis. We had detailed discussion on the matter today and have taken a decision about this” Ballal added.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
