Bidar: Air balloon for weather study sent from TIFR in Hyderabad lands in Humnabad
Bidar: The residents of Jalsangi village in Humnabad taluk had an unusual and unexpected ‘visitor’ on Saturday morning, with the air balloon launched from Hyderabad to study weather conditions landing in the village.
The air balloon had been launched from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Hyderabad, late Friday night, carrying technical equipment. The residents of Jalsangi, however, were taken aback on seeing the air balloon that landed in their village at around 6 am on Saturday.
The authorities from the TIFR centre had followed the air balloon from Hyderabad and reached Jalsangi village. The local police officers also visited the site where the air balloon had landed.
The villagers were provided necessary information about the balloon to clear doubts and fear regarding their safety due to the strange equipment that landed in their village.
The balloon, which is a part of the research satellite payload of the Central government, reportedly had a weather study period of six to seven hours, before its landing. It carried a note stating in three languages, English, Kannada and Marathi, that the balloon had been launched for weather condition research and asking people who found it wherever it had landed not to damage it. The note also provided phone numbers for people who found the balloon to inform the centre of the landing of the air balloon.
The concerned officers have said that such air balloons are launched twice a year to study the weather conditions in the area.
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School headmaster dies after bike falls into roadside ditch in Karnataka's Chitradurga
Chitradurga (Karnataka) (PTI): A school headmaster died and another person was seriously injured after their bike allegedly fell into a roadside ditch in this district on Wednesday, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Premkumar (45) of Rampura village in Molakalmuru taluk.
He was serving as the headmaster at Basaveshwara Rural High School in BG Kere village, they said.
The accident occurred near Vittalapura close to Devasamudra in Molakalmuru taluk on Wednesday evening, police said.
According to police, the accident occurred when the bike allegedly fell into a roadside ditch at a curve on the road connecting Rayadurg in Andhra Pradesh to Rampura.
The injured person has been identified as Ramanjaneya of Pakkurthi village. As he sustained severe injuries, he has been admitted to VIMS Hospital in Ballari for treatment, a senior police officer said.
A case has been registered at Rampura Police Station, police said, adding that further investigation is underway.
