Coast Guard Karnataka holds run for unity at Panambur
Mangaluru, Oct 31: A 'run for unity' programme was organised by Coast Guard district (Karnataka) headquarters at Panambur here Wednesday as a tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 143rd birth anniversary.
Participants took part in the 10-km run, flagged off by Organ Donation India Foundation chairman Lal Goel.
The event, supported by Rotary Club, Moodbidri, was co-ordinated by Deputy Commandant Deepika Dhiman.
Coast Guard Karnataka commander DIG SS Dasila in his welcome speech, recalled Sardar Patel's contributions in India's freedom movement and nation building after Independence.
The 'run for unity' was held to celebrate the harmony and unity in the country, which has a diverse culture, he said.
Goel said the programme was to showcase initiatives that are integral to nation build-up through synergies and to broaden public horizons by learning and experiencing more of India and all it has to offer.
Commandant R K Sharma and Rotary Club Moodbidri president Ramesh also spoke.
A unity run integrity pledge was read out to all the volunteers and participants by Commandant Satwant Singh after the programme.
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Nagpur explosives factory blast: Death toll rises to 19
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Nagpur (PTI): The death toll in the Nagpur explosives company blast has gone up to 19 after one more person succumbed, police said on Monday.
Twenty-three other injured workers were undergoing treatment in hospitals here, a police official said.
The toll in the blast at the SBL Energy Limited factory on Sunday has risen to 19 with the death of one more worker, he said.
A high-level meeting chaired by Nagpur Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule was underway at the divisional commissionerate here to deliberate and take stock of the incident that took place on Sunday.
Senior officials from various departments, local legislators and other leaders were present in the meeting.
The police have arrested nine directors of SBL Energy Limited, where the blast took place on Sunday morning, officials said.
The Kalmeshwar police here have registered a case against 21 directors and shareholders of the company under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, they said.
The explosion occurred at the detonator packing unit of SBL Energy Limited, a mining and industrial explosives manufacturer, at Raulgaon in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district.
The bodies were charred beyond recognition, and samples of the family members were being taken for DNA testing to ascertain the identities of the deceased, police said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion.
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