Wall collapsed: Woman suspected to be trapped, rescue operation is on
Mangaluru, May 29: A woman is suspected to be trapped under the debris when a compound wall of a house was collapsed near KPT Udayanagar in the city on Tuesday.
The victim is identified as Mohini (60), wife of Kamalaksha of Udayanagar. Fire brigade team is removing the mud. As Mohin was underwent a heart surgery a few years back, she has been residing at her brother’s house as she could not walk on the slopes where her house is situated. Very rarely, she used to go to her house. But when she has visited her house to verify it following heavy rains since morning, the wall was collapsed.
Mohini, her husband Kamalaksha and her sister Girijakshi were living together. Though Mohini was living at her brother’s house, she used to come to her home. She was rolling beedis for her livelihood.
Girijakshi who witnessed the incident said that “both of us tried to stop rainwater gushing into the toilet. She was standing beside me. When it started raining heavily, I went inside and asked her to come in. But she was standing outside and when the wall collapsed, she trapped under it”, she said rolling tears in her eyes.
It is said that there was no proper drainage to let the rainwater in the area. So, the compound wall was collapsed. The City Corporation authorities were asked to construct the drainage several times, no action was taken, locals said.
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Rupee gains 20 paise to 93.15 against US dollar in early trade
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Mumbai (PTI): The rupee recovered 20 paise to 93.15 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday, backed by lower levels of crude oil prices and a weak American currency amid hopes of resuming US-Iran peace talks.
Investor sentiment turned positive after US President Donald Trump said that a second round of talks with Iran could be held "over the next two days".
The latest remarks, which came days after the two sides failed to reach a peaceful resolution to the conflict in West Asia, led to a sharp decline in crude oil prices, boosting the risk appetite for market participants, forex analysts said.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 93.19 against the US dollar and gained further, trading at 93.15 against the greenback in early deals, up 20 paise from its previous closing level.
On Monday, the rupee weakened by 52 paise to settle at 93.35 against the US dollar. The forex market was closed on Tuesday on account of Baba Saheb Ambedkar Jayanti.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was marginally higher by 0.04 per cent at 97.95.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading 0.57 per cent up at USD 95.33 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, the stock markets witnessed a steep surge in the morning trade. The 30-share Sensex jumped 1162.04 points or 1.51 per cent to 78,009.61, while the Nifty climbed 348.65 points or 1.46 per cent to 24,191.30.
Foreign Institutional Investors were net sellers on Monday and offloaded equities worth Rs 1,983.18 crore, according to exchange data.
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