Officials raid firecrackers' shops in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Personnel of Environmental Pollution Control Board, Department of Health and Revenue, and local police jointly raided several firecrackers shop in the city on Monday under the instructions of Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner.
The raid comes in the wake of the State government’s order banning the sale and use of firecrackers other than green firecrackers during the Diwali festival due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The raid was carried after the officials received information that a few vendors were selling firecrackers using banners of green firecrackers.
Officials had on Sunday raided various shops and vendors in Suratkal. Similar raids were carried in various Taluks including Mangaluru, Kotekar, and Ullal.
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Sculptor Ram Sutar, designer of Statue of Unity, passes away
New Delhi (PTI): Noted sculptor Ram Sutar, known for designing the world's tallest statue — Statue of Unity — in Gujarat, passed away late on Wednesday night at his Noida residence, his son said.
He was 100 and ailing with age-related illnesses.
"It is with profound grief that we inform you of the passing of my father Shri Ram Vanji Sutar on 17th December midnight at our residence," his son Anil Sutar said in a note shared with the press on Thursday.
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Born in a humble family in Gondur village under the Dhule district of present-day Maharashtra on February 19, 1925, Sutar is known to have been drawn to sculpting from his childhood.
A gold medallist from JJ School of Art and Architecture, Mumbai, Sutar, has to his credit a long list of achievements.
The iconic statues of Mahatma Gandhi seated in a meditating pose and of Chhatrapati Shivaji riding a horse on the Parliament premises rank among his finest creations.
The Statue of Unity honours Sardar Patel, country's first deputy prime minister and home minister.
Sutar was honoured with the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016.
Recently, Sutar was conferred with the Maharashtra Bhushan Puraskar, the state's highest award.
