Mangaluru:Private hospital turns COVID-19 Hotspot; two more infected after being treated in Hospital
Mangaluru: A private hospital located on the outskirts of the City in the Dakshina Kannada District has become coronavirus Hotspot. The total number of positive cases in the district has increased to 20 with two more persons testing positive to COVID-19 in the limits of Mangaluru City Corporation on Monday.
An 80-year-old woman and her 45-year-old son, residents of Kulasekhara in the limits of MMC have tested positive for coronavirus. At a private hospital in Padil, the 80-year-old was being treated on an adjacent bed of an elderly person who recently became victim to COVID-19. The former's son was taking care of her and he has also been infected with the virus. Meanwhile, a hospital staff member was diagnosed with coronavirus yesterday. Following this, more than 200 people were tested, including 190 staff members of the hospital, and all were quarantined.
A similar incident was reported on April 23 at the hospital and a woman died of COVID-19. The hospital was then fully sealed as two persons of the same family died in Bantwal. Two neighbors were also infected by the first dead woman. The yesterday hospital staff was tested positive and two cases confirmed today in the hospital.
Bantwal was a Corona Hotspot in the Dakshina Kannada District. The death of Corona infected people in the area over the past few days has caused considerable anxiety for the district. Earlier, a case was also reported on the outskirts of Mangaluru. (He has been discharged from the hospital after recovery. With two persons testing positive to the virus in the limits of MMC today, the deadly virus has entered the Mangaluru city.
The District Administration has declared Shakti Nagar Kakkebettu near Kulasekhara as a containment area. Mangaluru Tahsildar Guruprasad visited the spot on Monday morning and marked the boundaries. Later, MCC Commissioner Shanadi Ajit Kumar Hegde visited and carried out the inspection.
Shakti Nagar Padavu village consists of 22 houses. They will be provided with milk, groceries, and other necessities by the corporation.
- Shanadi Ajit Kumar Hegde,
Commissioner, MCC
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PM unveils Rs 10,601-cr fertiliser plant in Assam, unit to be commissioned by 2030
Namrup (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a Rs 10,601-crore brownfield ammonia-urea plant in Dibrugarh district of Assam.
The facility – Assam Valley Fertiliser and Chemical Company Ltd (AVFCCL) – will have an annual urea production capacity of 12.7 lakh metric tonnes and the project is scheduled for commissioning in 2030.
The PM, on the last day of his two-day Assam visit, laid the foundation stone of the plant here, located within the existing premises of the Brahmaputra Valley Fertiliser Corp Ltd (BVFCL).
In July this year, AVFCCL was incorporated at Namrup in Dibrugarh. The projectwas approved by the Union Cabinet in March this year.
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AVFCCL is a joint venture among the Assam government, Oil India, National Fertilisers Ltd (NFL), Hindustan Urvarak & Rasayan Ltd (HURL) and BVFCL.
Modi arrived in Assam on Saturday on a two-day visit, during which he unveiled multiple projects worth Rs 15,600 crore, months before the assembly polls next year.
"The AVFCCL Namrup ammonia-urea project is being established as a modern, energy-efficient, world-class fertiliser complex with an annual urea production capacity of 12.7 lakh metric tonnes, at an estimated investment of Rs 10,601 crore," the company said in a statement.
It said this upcoming facility will play a pivotal role in meeting the fertiliser requirement of Assam, the northeast region, West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand and eastern Uttar Pradesh.
"Beyond fertiliser security, the project is expected to act as a major catalyst for industrial growth, employment generation and regional economic development, creating hundreds of direct jobs and thousands of indirect employment opportunities," AVFCCL said.
The company also asserted that the foundation stone laying ceremony marked the revival of Namrup's legacy as the cradle of India's gas-based fertiliser industry, and will herald a new chapter of growth, sustainability and agricultural prosperity for the entire region.
The 'Bhoomi Poojan' took place in presence of Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma along with other ministers, MPs, MLAs, senior officials and representatives of stakeholder organisations of the new company.
The state-run BVFCL is the only urea-making facility in the eastern India. The facility started production in January 1969, as a part of the Hindustan Fertiliser Corp Ltd (HFCL).
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BVFCL was formed in April 2002 after hiving off the Namrup Unit of HFCL. It is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, with 100 per cent shareholding by the Government of India.
It is touted to be the first factory of its kind in India to use associated natural gas as basic raw material for producing nitrogenous fertiliser.
The company has played a crucial role in the development of the northeastern region and providing farmers urea fertiliser, which is produced from cheap and locally available domestic natural gas, officials said.
As per the official website of the Department of Fertilisers, the company is now producing neem-coated urea and two organic fertilisers – liquid bio fertiliser and vermi compost under the brand name of 'Mukta'.
BVFCL has two operable ammonia urea units at Namrup, with small capacities, which were established in 1976 and 1987.
