Human chain formed to bring voting awareness
Mangaluru: In a bid to bring awareness among the students about their voting rights, the SVEEP Committee, in association with MCC employees, organized a Human Chain in front of MCC here on Friday.
Students and the Government officials including ZP CEO, MCC Commissioner gathered in front of MCC.
MCC Engineer Madhu administered the oath to the students as well as the participants. ZP CEO Dr M R Ravi released the badges “Every Vote Counts” on the occasion.
Speaking at the occasion, Dr M R Ravi said, “Today we have organized a human chain to bring awareness among the students about voting. It’s a special programme for the students as well as the MCC employees. More than 500 students participated in the programme”.
“Most of the participants of the human chain are those students who are exercising their franchise for the first time. Besides exercising their franchise, students must motivate others to do so. Through this, we can strengthen the democratic system in our country,” he added.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
