Mangaluru: BIT, BEADS mark world green building week with Green Walkathon
Mangaluru: To mark the 'World Green Building Week' Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT) and Bearys Enviro-Architecture Design School (BEADS) on Sunday organised a 'Green Walkathon' here. The walkathon was flagged off by Mangaluru South MLA Vaedavyas Kamath at Nehru Maidan.
Hundreds of students participated in the Walkathon which passed through the main routes of the city.
Speaking at the flagging off ceremony, Kamath stressed upon making Mangaluru plastic free city and urged the students to lead the initiative to make the city clean and green.
At the end of the Walkathon at Karavali Utsav ground at Mangala Stadium, D. B Mehta, Chairman IGBC, Mangaluru Chapter, spoke about the role of youth in the success of Swachh Bharat Campaign launched by PM Narendra Modi.
Mehta further said "The world is facing threat from climate change, if we don't take up the responsibility we will lose it. And when the future generations will ask us why we failed to save the earth, we will not be able to answer them".
Dr. P Mahabaleswarappa, Principal, BIT, Ar. Ashok LP Mendonca, Principal BEADS, Dr. Aziz Mustafa, Principal, BIT Polytechnic, Media coordinator Abdullah Gubbi, Dr. Mustafa Bastikodi, HOD EC, and others were present during the event.
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Bomb threat prompts security sweep at Lourdes Central School in Mangaluru
Mangaluru (Karnataka) (PTI): A bomb threat email sent to Lourdes Central School on Thursday triggered a major security operation, with police and bomb disposal squads conducting a thorough search of the premises, authorities said.
The email, received late on Wednesday night, warned that a bomb would explode at 9 am.
Upon receiving the alert, personnel from the Kadri Police Station rushed to the school along with the bomb detection and disposal squad.
A comprehensive inspection of the campus was carried out, police said.
Dog squad teams were also deployed to assist in the search operation to ensure that no suspicious object was left unchecked, a senior police officer said.
Authorities said similar threat emails have recently been sent to other locations in the state, including the Dharwad Court Complex and the Mangaluru Court, prompting heightened vigilance.
Preliminary investigations indicate that the sender names used in the emails appear to trace back to Tamil Nadu, though the authenticity of the identities is yet to be verified.
Further investigation is underway.
