Ankola: NWKRTC bus falls into ditch as driver fails to maouevre steep turn at Vaddi Ghat; 49 injured
Ankola: In a road accident that reportedly occurred in the taluk on Saturday night, 49 people including the driver of a state transport bus were injured as the bus fell into a trench at a turn on the Vaddi Ghat. No casualty was reported in the accident.
The North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKRTC) bus was taking 49 passengers from Ballari to Kumta.
With the road work going on along the Kumta-Sirsi stretch, vehicles have been forbidden from using route. The NWKRTC bus involved in the accident on Saturday diverted to the Vaddi Ghat route. The driver, however, failed to manouevre on a dangerous turn on the Ghat and, as a result, the vehicle fell into the ditch and repeatedly toppled three times.
The passengers reportedly sustained minor injuries and the locals helped to get them out of the ditch immediately. The passengers were sent in private vehicles for treatment at hospitals in Ankola and Kumta.
The matter was brought to the notice of Ankola Police and Transport Department officials, who rushed to the scene and inspected the situation.
The locals as well as Zilla Panchayat member GM Shetty told the officials that the turns on the Vaddi Ghat were dangerous and steep, making it difficult for drivers to manage. They urged the officers to widen and repair the road and take additional safety measures to prevent accidents along the route.
A case has been filed at the Ankola Police Station and investigation is on.
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Rupee falls 9 paise to all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai (PTI): Rupee depreciated 9 paise to an all-time low of 90.58 against US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by uncertainty over an India-US trade deal and persistent foreign fund outflows.
Forex traders said rupee is trading with a negative bias as investors are in wait and watch mode and awaiting cues from the India-US trade deal front.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 90.53 against the US dollar, then fell further to an all-time intraday low of 90.58 against the greenback, registering a fall of 9 paise over its previous close.
On Friday, the rupee had slipped 17 paise to close at an all-time low of 90.49 against the American currency.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.05 per cent lower at 98.35.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading higher by 0.52 per cent at USD 61.44 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share benchmark index Sensex was trading 298.86 points lower at 84,968.80, while the Nifty was down 121.40 points at 25,925.55.
Foreign Institutional Investors sold equities worth Rs 1,114.22 crore on Friday, according to exchange data.
"FPIs continue to be in selling mode in equity and debt while RBI has been selling dollars to fund their long positions," said Anil Kumar Bhansali, Head of Treasury and Executive Director Finrex Treasury Advisors LLP.
