BITS, BEADS, BIES Celebrate Coastal clean-up day with beach clean-up in Ullal
Mangaluru: BIT BEADS and BIES on Sunday organised a Beach Clean-up drive to raise awareness on respecting the nature and importance of maintaining hygiene. The drive was held at the Ullal Beach here in the city.
One of the motives of the drive was to create awareness on the need of putting an end to littering beaches with garbage and plastic, a press release from the organisation stated.
Garbage and plastic that are being dumped in the sea are destroying and depleting marine life in the oceans, it added.
The students displayed banners on environmental cleanliness and created public awareness with slogans at Ullala Beach. Hand gloves, Sanitizers and cleaning bags were distributed to all the participants.
“In keeping with its sustainable green vision of contributing significantly to a progressive, peaceful greener world and creating leaders in every field, the above Science & Technology institutions of the Bearys Group has introduced a futuristic concept of learning where nature and nurture come together to inspire young minds to become proponents of sustainable architecture and environment conscious leaders of the world.” The press statement further added.
The program was inaugurated by Dr. S.I Manjur Basha, Principal of BIT, the welcome address was delivered by Safwan, Physical Director who was also the coordinator for the event. Heads of various departments, faculty, non-teaching staff along with students of BIT-Engineering, Polytechnic, BEADS and BIES Institutions joined hands to clean the Ullala beach.
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Mangaluru: Two arrested, MDMA worth Rs 5.41 lakh seized
Mangaluru: Surathkal Police have arrested two persons and seized 54.06 grams of MDMA valued at Rs 5.41 lakh near a weighing bridge at Mukka within the Surathkal police station limits, Deccan Herald reported on Saturday.
According to DCP (Law and Order) Mithun H.N., the police acted on credible information that a resident of Kaup was arriving in the area to sell MDMA. Based on the tip-off, the PSI of Surathkal Police Station conducted a raid and found two cars parked side by side at the spot.
The arrested accused have been identified as Zakaria (38), from Kombugudde in Kaup and Mithun Poojary (23), from Santhekatte, Udupi district.
During interrogation, it was revealed that the accused had allegedly come to Surathkal to sell the MDMA to college students and the general public. Police arrested both and seized a total of 54.06 grams of MDMA from their possession,18.42 grams from Zakaria and 36.18 grams from Mithun Poojary.
Police confiscated two cars worth Rs 13 lakh, two mobile phones valued at Rs 20,000, and cash amounting to Rs 11,700. The total value of the seized property is estimated at Rs 18,72,700.
A case has been registered at the Surathkal Police Station under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. Further investigation is in progress.
The DCP said that Zakaria has a criminal history, with five previous cases registered against him. These include assault cases at Bajpe Police Station in 2009 and Mulki Police Station in 2020, a case involving assault on a woman in 2022, a kidnapping case at Udupi Town Police Station in 2021, and another assault case at Padubidri Police Station in 2022.
