Saalumarada Thimmakka at St. Aloysius College
Mangaluru, July 03: 105 year-old environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka on Monday visited St. Aloysius College of the city.
She was here to participate in ‘Vrukshanjali’, an environment conservation programme being conducted in the college. Later, she planted two saplings – Kadamba and Suragi species- and watered them at St. Mother Teresa park on the premises of the Aloysius PU College.
Speaking to reporters, she expressed her dissatisfaction against the government which failed to provide any facility. She was living in a rented house in Bengaluru. But the government has not responded positively to own a house for herself, she said and hoped that the present JDS-Congress coalition government may consider her demand.
College principal Rev. Dr Praveen Martis SJ, environmental expert Umesh BN, environmental activist Dinesh Holla, college registrar Dr Narahari, step-son of Thimmakka, Umesh, programme coordinator Shilpa and Durga Menon were present on the occasion.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
