Cyclone Amphan: Yellow alert in Coastal Karnataka
Mangaluru, May 17: The rise of the cyclone Amphan due to the depression in the Bay of Bengal has, in turn, given rise to fear among the people in the coasts.
The Indian Meteorological Department is expecting the cyclone to intensify on May 18. As a result, yellow alert has been declared along the Karnataka coastline. The experts have said that the entry of the cyclone will impact the pre-monsoon showers too.
There is a trough in the Arabian Sea and the southern hinterlands and the coastal regions are expected to get thundershowers and heavy rain.
The rain preceding the pre-monsoon showers between March and May has entered the coast, said the Department. As per the reports from March 1 to May 15, Dakshina Kannada has received 139 mm rain as against the normal 113 mm – an increase by 23%.
Last year, the pre-monsoon showers had entered the state coast as late as June 14. The last two years, the pre-monsoon rainfall has been excellent, with the coast receiving 3% and 24% additional rain in 2018 and 2019 respectively.
Delay in pre-monsoon rain?
The depression and the trough are expected to continue the excellent showers in the coastal belt.
The Meteorological Department had forecast the onset of the pre-monsoon showers by May-end in the Kerala coast. The cyclone due to the depression, however, has led to a delay in the onset to Kerala coast till June 4, before entering Karnataka, said Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) scientist Sunil Gavaskar.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
