Luxury buses entry into Mangaluru city restricted: Commissioner Suresh
Phone-in programme
Mangaluru: The hours-together parking of luxury buses at various places in the city is causing trouble for pedestrians, public and other vehicles. Following this, Mangaluru city police commissioner TR Suresh has instructed that the luxury buses should not enter the city from 8 am to 8 pm.
He was speaking at a phone-in programme held at Commissioner office to listen to public grievances.
One can find several luxury buses parked for hours-together near Milagris. Due to this, city/service buses do not get the proper place to park, following which they are forced to stop between the roads. Based on the complaint that pedestrians, public and other vehicles facing the problem; the commissioner took this decision. If the luxury buses prevented access to the city during the daytime, then this problem will not arise. Following which, the commissioner directed the traffic police officers to take the action.
It was the 93rd police phone-in program that received a total of 20 calls.
DCP (L&O) Hanumantharaya, DCP (C&T) Uma Prashanth, ACP Traffic Manjunath Shetty, Canara Bus Owners' Association President Rajavarma Ballal, D.K District Bus Owner's Association President Dilraj Alva, Inspector Amanullah A., H. Shivaprakash, PSI Kamala, P.Yogeshwar, Head Constable Purushotham were present.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Dhyan Chand lifetime award to be replaced by Arjuna lifetime
New Delhi, Oct 24: The sports ministry on Thursday announced the discontinuation of the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement from this year onwards and the introduction of the Arjuna Award Lifetime in its place in a bid to "rationalise" the various sporting honours of the country.
Instituted in 2002, the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Award, named after hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand, is given to individuals in disciplines that are part of the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, among others.
In 2023, the award was given to former shuttler Manjusha Kanwar, ex-hockey exponent Vineet Kumar and kabaddi player Kavitha Selvaraj.
"The various schemes for sports awards have been rationalised wherein Arjuna Award (Lifetime) has been introduced in place of Dhyan Chand Award. To recognise the efforts of coaches at grassroots/development level, they are now eligible for the Dronacharya Award," said a ministry statement.
"The Arjuna Award (Lifetime) has been introduced and will be given for life time contribution to sports development.
"Further, to recognize the Khelo India scheme, the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy will be given to the University for Overall Top Performance in Khelo India University Games," it added.
The last date for applying for the national sports awards for 2024 is November 14.
