Girl from Kodagu hoists Indian flag atop Mount Elbrus of Russia
Alumni of St. Agnes of Mangaluru scaled the peak
Madikeri, November 13: A girl from Kodagu became the cynosure of all eyes after she created a history by hoisting the tricolour atop Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Russia.
Bhavani, daughter of Tekkada Nanjundaswamy and Parvati of Perur village near Napoklu, scaled 5,642 meters height mountain. She has represented India along with three other climbers of Mexico, France and Romania. All the four were given training for three days in Russia.
Elbrus is the highest peak in Russia and among European countries, this is the 10th highest peak. But Bhavani has climbed the snowy mountain in eight hours and hoisted the flag. She was also known as the fastest climber. Bhavani climbed the peak first among four climbers. Interestingly, she climbed the mountain as a girl leaving three men behind.
She began her expedition bon October 18th midnight amidst chilling cold and continued her journey stepping on the ice and reached the summit on October 19 at 9.30 am.
Right from the beginning, she has passion for mountaineering. She has the ambition of climbing the Mount Everest, the highest peak in the world. But it is not so easy. It requires preparation, training and financial assistance. If the government and organisations helped her in achieving her dream, she will climb the Everest, she said.
Already, she has climbed the mountain at Darjiling in North India.
Bhavani has completed her primary school at Srimangala JC School. Later, she has continued her study at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya of Galibeedu and completed her graduation at At. Agnes of Mangaluru. Now, she is working as a teacher at Himalayan Mountaineering Institute of Darjeeling.
She has more interest towards defence and adventure. She has joined NCC in high school level and continued it even in college. She had also participated in Republic Day parade held in New Delhi in 2016.
She has also participated in All India Air Force Sainik camp held at Jodhpur and appreciated by the chief minister Siddaramaiah, NCC director general Lt.Gen. Aniruddh Chakravarthy, Karnataka Goa NCC deputy director general air commander C Rajiv. Bhavani has got the primary training in mountaineering from Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Mountaineering Allied Sports of Manali. Higher level training was taken from Himalayan Mountaineering Institute of Darjeeling.
Himalayan Mountaineering Institute has already conducted various tough mountaineering activities successfully. Among them, she is the only girl who completed the mountaineering activities efficiently. She has already climbed the ice mountains like Rudugaira of Uttarakhand, Friendship of Manali, Renic and Stok Kangri in Leh. She has expertise in horse riding, swimming and various other trainings in defense sector.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
