House owner, relative sleeping in newly built house dies mysteriously, one critical
Leakage of poisonous gas from generator suspected
Chikmagaluru, February 11: Two persons including the house owner who were sleeping in the newly constructed house, died while another is reported to be serious, due to suspected gas leakage in the house at Hariharadalli village near the city on Monday morning.
The police suspected that they might be suffocated to death as all windows and doors were closed or died due to electric short circuit. The victims have been identified as Shivakumar (35) and Bharath (20) of Hariharadahalli. The condition of another person Sachin is said to be critical and he was rushed to Bengaluru for more treatment.
Shivakumar had constructed a house at Hariharadahalli recently. Its house warming program was supposed to be held on February 15. After completing remaining works, Shivakumar, along with his nephew Bharath and relative Sachin slept in their new house on February 10. As there was power interruption, they switched on the generator and slept after closing all windows and doors, it is said.
On Monday morning, Shivakumar’s wife went to the house, upon receiving no response after knocking the door, she called Shivakumar’s brother and broke open the door to find her husband and Bharat dead, while Sahin was rolling on the floor. All the three were rushed to the hospital where the doctors declared Shivkumar and Bharat dead. After providing first aid, Sachin was rushed to Bengaluru.
The reason for the death however was not yet ascertained, Chikmagaluru rural police who registered a case suspected that they might have died either due to short circuit or poisonous smoke from the generator. Postmortem was conducted on both the bodies and the police are waiting for the report to ascertain the reason for the death.
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300 students get free sanitary pads at menstrual health awareness programme in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Around 300 students from government colleges and schools in Kavoor were given free sanitary pads during an awareness programme on menstrual health and hygiene held on Saturday.
The programme was organised by the Women Research Centre and the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) at the Government First Grade College (GFGC), Kavoor. The students hailed from Government First Grade college (GFGC), PU government college and high school, Deccan Herald reported.
Prameela Rao of Women Research Centre reportedly said, such awareness programme on menstrual health and free distribution of pads will be organised once in two months throughout the year. The entire cost of organising the awareness programmes and free distribution of pads had been sponsored by US based couple, Vinay Kumar and Dr Sowmya Rao, and a non-government organisation ‘Code Crimson'."
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Joint Director of the Department of Collegiate Education, Kavitha K R, who inaugurated the programme reportedly said, such initiatives should inspire students to give back to society in the future. As per the report, she highlighted the need for more women role models and encouraged students to break taboos surrounding menstruation.
According to the report, GFGC Principal Dr Geetha M L urged students to use biodegradable sanitary pads. Doctors Ankita Sarkar and Anuja Sarkar from Code Crimson addressed students on menstrual myths, hygiene practices, the importance of regular pad changes and safe disposal methods.
The speakers stressed that menstruation is a natural process and encouraged students to seek correct information without hesitation.
