Ganeshotsava celebrations at various places in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Various organizations celebrated Ganeshotsava with fervor across the city on Thursday. Ganesha was prepared in various paint forms, and pooja was held everywhere. On the other hand, small eco-friendly idols of Ganesha, made with soil, were brought.
Though the people purchased the essential items on Wednesday, markets were crowded with people buying colorful flowers on Thursday as well. In addition, people found busy in buying sugarcanes. Besides; vegetables, fruits, sweet items, chauthi chakkuli, modak, laddu, etc. have been purchased in large quantities to celebrate the festival.
There was a massive demand for flower and sugarcane. The idols of Ganesha being are worshiped at many places including Nehru Maidan, KSRTC, Bunts Hostel, Karangalpadi, Police Lane, Jappinmogaru.
Religious and cultural programs took place during the festival.
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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
