Vittla: Family donates organs of brain-dead person
Mangaluru, Jan 3: In spite of inconsolable grief for losing a life, the family members have taken a wise decision to donate the organs of a brain-dead person here on Thursday and thus, gave light to the life of few others.
Bus conductor Harinaksha (32) of Mangalapadavu in Vittla sustained head injury in a bike accident on December 31. As he sustained severe head injury, he was admitted to a hospital in the city. Due to head injury, his brain was dead and the doctors informed the family members about it and convinced them to donate his organs to save the life of others who are in need of vital organs.
In view of this, his family members agreed to donate his organs and suddenly, the hospitals which require organs were informed. On Thursday morning, the organs were transported to Mangaluru airport in zero traffic and from there, they were transported to Bengaluru hospital. Kidney and heart valves were again sent to Bengaluru and Mangaluru Manipal hospitals at around 7.30 am. He is survived by his father, mother and five siblings.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
