23-year-old Udupi man sets new record in Kambala racing
Mangaluru, Feb 12: A 23-year-old man from Udupi has created a new record by running the 100 meter distance of Kambala (traditional buffalo race of Karnataka) using buffaloes in just 9.15 seconds.
The buffaloes that Vishwanath Devadiga rode at the Kantabare-Boodabare Kambala race at Aikala in Dakshina Kannada district on February 6 covered the distance in 9.15 seconds, breaking the record of Srinivas Gowda who covered the distance in 9.55 seconds last year, and his speed had prompted people to compare him with Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, whose 100m world record is 9.58 seconds.
Vishwanath belongs to Kergalu village in Byndoor taluk of Udupi district.
Vishwanath said Kambala enthusiasts of Byndoor, Suresh Kadinatar and Venkat Poojary, motivated him to become a Kambala racer.
He has been participating in Kambala races for the last seven years.
Kambala is an annual race held in Karnataka where people sprint through paddy fields with the buffaloes.
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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
