MRPL to support Pilikula park under CER, spend Rs 4.16 crore
Mangaluru, Dec 23: The Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Pilikula Nisargadhama for providing adoption of wild animals in the biological park for a year.
The MRPL is taking up the initiative under its Corporate Environment Responsibility (CER) expenditure to support the cause of conservation of biodiversity in the Mangalururegion, a company release here said.
The MoU was signed by MRPL ED (refinery) M Elango and Pilikula Nisargadhama ED Gokuldas Nayak on Tuesday.
The MRPL will be spending Rs 4.16 crore for supporting the cause.
The funds will be mainly utilised for providing fodder to 1,200 wild animals and to provide veterinary facilities and medicines to the animals.
The company aims to protect and feed the wild animals at the park in the wake of loss in revenue generation suffered by the Pilikula Nisargadhama during the prolonged nationwide lockdown.
The MRPL took up the project under its CER on a recommendation from Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner, the release said.
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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.
