KSRTC workers' union gifts smartphone to student selling stickers to buy one for online education
Impact of Vartha Bharati Special Story
Mangaluru: In an act of humanitarian goodwill, the Bangalore KSRTC Worker’s Union gifted a smartphone to a financially distressed student, who had been selling stickers on the street to obtain a phone to resume his online education.
On September 15th, Vartha Bharathi newspaper had carried a story on its front page titled ‘Student sells stickers to buy Smartphone’. This special report carried by sub-editors Kalakesh Goravar, Rajoor caught the public eye soon and was one of the talked about stories in the last week.
On Tuesday evening, members from the KSRTC Worker’s Union in cooperation with AITUC gifted the smartphone to the student in a ceremony held at Vartha Bharathi’s Mangaluru head office in Valencia.
Vijay Kumar, The Secretary of the KSRTC Worker’s Union, and Praveen Kumar, General Secretary of AITUC Mangalore Division gifted the Samsung Android Smartphone to Srinivas, the student who hails from Mudipu.
On this occasion, the General Secretary of AITUC Mangalore Division, Praveen Kumar, addressed the gathering and said that the KSRTC Worker’s Union, AITUC Organizations, has been undertaking social causes. “On that account, it came to our notice that a worker’s son, who is also a student has been struggling on the streets to sell stickers in a bid to continue his online education. We were able to help the student almost immediately. As per the guidance of H V Ananth Subbarav, the leader of the AITUC, we were able to give the smartphone as a small gift to the deserving student” he said.
During the event, Vartha Bharathi’s Mangalore Bureau Chief, Pushparaj BN presented a memento as a mark of respect to the KSRTC Worker’s Union on behalf of the media house.
The members of KSRTC Worker’s Union, R Vasudev, Balakrishna, Chandra Poojary, Vinayraaj, Abdul Khader, and Vartha Bharathi’s sub-editors Kalakesh Goravar, Rajoor were present during the occasion.
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Banjarumale hamlet in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannda records 100 per cent voting
Mangaluru: Banjarumale, an interior hamlet in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannda district, recorded 100 per cent voting in the Lok Sabha election on Friday.
This hamlet has 111 voters and each one of them turned up at the only polling booth, completing voting two hours before polling ended at 6pm.
The hamlet is inhabited by forest dwellers, tribal farmers and collectors of minor forest waste. Despite having no power or transport connectivity, the people survive in the forest using water from the perennial water sources in the hills of the Western Ghats.
To reach their taluk headquarters Belthangady, the people have to travel via Mudigere by bus or walk eight kilometres through the dense forests, but they all made sure to vote.
The district authorities appreciated their spirit.
Anni Malekudia, a resident of the village, told PTI, “We do not complain about the lax facilities. We understand that all the facilities that are given to towns cannot be given to all villages. Nevertheless, that has not deterred us from voting in full numbers. I am sure even if there were 500 voters or more they would have all come to vote.”
In the 2023 Karnataka Assembly election, Banjarumale had recorded 99 per cent voting according to the district polling statistics..
