Coast Guard installs two more radars: S.S Dasila
Vigil on activities in sea tightened
Mangaluru, Jan 31: In order to keep strict surveillance and tighten the vigil further along the West Coast, two more radar centers will come up in Kundapura and Belekeri, said Coast Guard DIG and Commander S.S Dasila.
The Coast Guard security force will celebrate its 43rd Founders Day and to mark this occasion, the Coast Guard commander spoke to media at his office here on Friday.
The land acquisition process at Belekeri was completed and the radar centre would be set up at light house in Kundapura.
Already radar centres have been functioning at Bhatkal and Surathkal. These centres would keep vigil on the activities till 60 to 80 nautical miles in the sea. Sitting in Surathkal radar centre, the activities could be watched till Bhatkal as the radars have quality cameras, he said.
The ships and aircrafts of the Coast Guard have made the coastal region of the state safe. Besides keeping a vigil on the illegal activities in the sea, they have been extending helping hand to the fishermen in distress.
The Coast Guard has rescued 202 persons in 2017 in various tragedies including Okhi cyclone, 209 in 2018 and till now, 19 precious lives were saved in 2019.
Apart from this, the coast Guard has participated in rescue operations during flood situation in coastal districts in 2018 and rescued 39 people, he said.
Along with its duty, the coast guard has been involving in social activities too like cleanliness drive, community programmes, medical camps and other awareness programmes, he said.
A documentary on the Coast Guard was screened during the press conference. PRO LM Gajbhiye, staff Deepika Dhiman and others were present.
Coastal region is safe
Karnataka coastal region is safe and the Coast Guard is committed to protect the fishermen and safeguard the coastal region, DIG Dasila said.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
