BIT, BEADS' "Green Walkathon" held to celebrate green building week
Mangaluru: Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT) and Bearys Enviro Architecture Design School (BEADS) along with Mangalore University on Saturday organised 'Green Walkathon' as a part of "Green Building Week" here at its Bearys Knowledge Campus.
Vice-chancellor of Mangalore University Dr P Subrahmanya Yadapadithaya flagged off the walkathon from Mangala Auditorium at Mangalore University on Saturday morning.
Speaking after inaugurating the walkathon, Dr. Subramanya said when the conscience of the people is clean, the environment of such society is also clean.
"To preserve life on earth, the preservation of greenery and environment is very important. We all need to come together to save the environment and the earth, to preserve life here," he said.
Presiding over the event, Syed Mohammed Beary spoke about the importance of creating awareness for our environment and added that the green environment is a healthy environment.
"For constructing a building, we chop down several trees, but we never replace it by planting more saplings. Only by planting more trees, we can make our planet greener" he said.
He also spoke about the climate change crisis and how it is affecting millions of lives across the world as we are not able to take care of our nature.
"We are nothing without nature. We are not above nature. It is our responsibility to save the environment and build greenery around us" he added.
The event concluded at the Bearys Knowledge Campus with Syed Mohammed Beary planting saplings in the campus.
Hundreds of students from the BIT, BEADS, and BIT Polytechnic participated in the tree planting exercise at the campus.
In the ample 6 acre land, more than 350 trees were planted including species of trees such as the Burma, Gaduva, Sihi, Stalk Sai, and 5 types of Tulta, and thus the ‘Green Walkathon’ event was concluded.
The Innoli region where Bearys Knowledge Campus is situated is known to be surrounded by rocks and boulders. Intending to make that region full of greenery, the Bearys Group has taken the first step by planting various trees.
BIT Principal Dr. SI Manzoor Pasha welcomed the guest during the event, while Prof. Mubeena Taj sang prayers.
BEADS Principal AR Ashok Mendonca, Dr. Aziz Mustafa, Venkatesh Pai, Santhosh D'Souza, Dr. Abdullah Gubbi and others were present.
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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
