M’luru: BITS, BEADS, BIES to mark World Green Building Week with 'Green Walkathon' on Sep 11
Mangaluru: Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT), Bearys Enviro-Architecture Design School (BEADS), and Bearys Institute of Emerging Sciences (BIES), Mangaluru will mark the World Green Building week and will take its green initiative to the next level, by organizing “Green Walkathon” on Sunday, September 11.
The walkathon will be held from Nehru Maidan to Mangala stadium ground here in the city.
The walkathon will be flagged off by Vedavyas Kamath, MLA, Mangaluru City South, and N. Shashi Kumar, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Mangaluru city at 7:30 am at Nehru Maidan, and the Valedictory function will be at Mangala Stadium.
Abubaker Siddique Beary, Deputy MD, Bearys Group will also deliver a special address during the ceremony.
The objective of the event is to bring awareness to sustainable development, energy saving, reuse, recycle, and by promoting for clean and green city, a press statement from the organization added.
“The world is under constant threat of climate change, more frequent and intense drought, storms, heat waves, rising sea levels, melting glaciers, and warming oceans can directly harm animals, destroy the places they live, and wreak havoc on people's livelihoods and communities. As climate change worsens, dangerous weather events are becoming more frequent or severe.
“And due to this the responsibilities of humans to save earth have increased several folds. The utilization of technologies and infrastructure that save energy, energy conservation; the efforts to find renewable energy sources, the accessible green buildings to the sun and the many plants/trees inherent in buildings, the adaptation to the global warming reduction or the policy to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions, and so forth; should be a good concern and sustainable in the future.” The press statement added.
“The vision of Bearys Group is to contribute significantly to a progressive, peaceful greener world along with creating leaders in every field of technology. The campus reflects the sustainable green vision of the Bearys Group and introduces a futuristic concept of learning where nature and nurture come together to inspire young minds to become proponents of sustainable architecture and environmentally-conscious leaders of the global world.” The press statement further added.
The organization has also called on people to join the walkathon in numbers and join hands for a noble cause.
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4 militants arrested in Manipur
Imphal (PTI): Four militants belonging to two banned outfits have been arrested in Manipur for possession of firearms and involvement in extortion, a police statement said on Saturday.
Three militants belonging to the Kangleipak Communist Party (Peoples' War Group) outfit were arrested on Thursday for possessing firearms and extorting people, it said.
They have been identified as Chongtham Shyamchandra Singh (23), hailing from Imphal West district, and Maibam Suraj Khan (32) and Boghimayum Sahid Khan (30), who hail from Imphal East district.
Three 5.56 mm INSAS live cartridges, an empty case of .32 ammunition and three mobile phones were seized from their possession.
In another incident, a militant belonging to the banned United National Liberation Front (Ningon Macha group) was arrested on Thursday for illegal possession of firearms.
The arrested militant was identified as Sangomshumpham Warish (25), who hails from Lilong Haorou in Thoubal district. A .32 pistol and ammunition were seized from his possession, it added.
Meanwhile, security forces seized arms and ammunition during an area domination exercise in S Mongpi ridge in Kangpokpi district on Thursday.
A .303 rifle, a 9mm pistol, two SBBL guns, a 5.56mm INSAS LMG magazine, two hand grenades, two detonators, 16 cartridges and three tear smoke grenades were seized, it added.
