Ullal: Families concerned after well collapse following heavy rains
Ullal: Families in Kallapu of Ullal taluk are facing safety concerns after a well located by the road connecting Kerebail to Sevanthigudda near Kallapu collapsed on Thursday. The collapse followed heavy showers in the region over the past few days.
The well, which was dug by a resident named Ibrahim, served five families living in his house near Kallapu. Following the incident, Ullal City Municipality Commissioner Vani Alva, Engineer Tulasidas, and Revenue Inspector Chandrahas visited the site to inspect the area surrounding the collapsed well. They advised the locals to take additional safety measures to protect lives and property.
As a precaution, drivers of heavy vehicles as well as school and college buses have been directed to avoid the affected road. Students have also been instructed not to use this route to reach their schools.
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During their inspection, the municipality authorities found the compound wall of a house beside the road in a dilapidated condition. They directed the family living there to demolish the wall to prevent any mishaps. The families residing in Ibrahim's house have been asked to stay away from the collapsed well for their safety.
Mahantesh, a native of Bagalkot and a tenant in Ibrahim's house, informed the municipality officers that the well had developed problems for the second time in about a year. The collapse has left the five families residing in the house without a reliable water source. Mahantesh urged the authorities to improve the water supply to the area to address the issue.
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Trump says he called off dispatching envoys to Iran talks
Dubai (PTI): US President Donald Trump said he told his top envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner not to travel to Pakistan to negotiate with Iran, stating on Fox News that "they can call us any time they want”.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country won't negotiate while the United States imposes a blockade on its ports. Pezeshkian told Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a phone call Saturday night that the US “should first remove operational obstacles, including the blockade,” to allow a new round of negotiations, according to the ISNA and Tasnim news agencies in Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Pakistan on Saturday evening, two Pakistani officials told The Associated Press. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said Araghchi is expected back in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Sunday.
Trump said Thursday that Israel and Lebanon agreed to extend a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah by three weeks after talks at the White House. The meeting was the second high-level negotiation between the two countries this month. The initial 10-day ceasefire had been due to expire Monday.
The Trump administration is placing economic sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil.
The move announced Friday is part of the administration's threat to impose secondary sanctions on entities doing business with Iran in an effort to cut off Iran's oil exports, which are a key source of its revenue.
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Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian said his country won't negotiate while the United States imposes a blockade on its ports, according to Iranian media.
Pezeshkian told Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif during a phone call Saturday night that the US “should first remove operational obstacles, including the blockade”, to allow a new round of negotiations, the ISNA and Tasnim news agencies reported.
The Pakistani premier described the call as a “warm and constructive discussion”.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi concluded a one-day trip to Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Saturday after meeting with Pakistani military and government officials.
The trip did not produce a breakthrough in efforts to relaunch negotiations after US President Donald Trump canceled a planned trip by his envoys to Islamabad.
Iran's state-run IRNA news agency said Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will return to Pakistan after his current visit to Oman on his way to visiting Russia.
The report said he was expected to be back in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Sunday and would join other members of his delegation who had gone to Tehran for consultations and “instructions on the topics related to the end of the war.”
