Mangaluru to be developed ‘water-friendly city’: Sasikanth Senthil
Mangaluru, October 29: Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil said that the district administration has come out with a proposal to develop Mangaluru city as ‘water-friendly city’ under the Smart City Project.
Addressing the corporators here on Monday, the DC said that there were plenty of opportunities to develop Mangaluru city as ‘water-friendly city’ on the lines of Mumbai and Cochin. In 8 wards in the old Mangaluru area, it was planned to introduce around 65 different schemes. The Central Government had approved the Mangaluru Water-Friendly Smart City Project in 2016 and the implementation process of the project was started from April 2017, he said.
Cutting across the party line, corporators alleged that they were kept in darkness without giving proper information about the Smart City Project. Responding to it, the DC said that he has directed the authorities to open a website to provide all information related to the Smart City Project.
Mayor Bhaskar K. presided over the meeting, in which deputy mayor Muhammad K. and Commissioner Muhammad Nazeer were present.
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Nagpur explosives factory blast: Death toll rises to 19
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Nagpur (PTI): The death toll in the Nagpur explosives company blast has gone up to 19 after one more person succumbed, police said on Monday.
Twenty-three other injured workers were undergoing treatment in hospitals here, a police official said.
The toll in the blast at the SBL Energy Limited factory on Sunday has risen to 19 with the death of one more worker, he said.
A high-level meeting chaired by Nagpur Guardian Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule was underway at the divisional commissionerate here to deliberate and take stock of the incident that took place on Sunday.
Senior officials from various departments, local legislators and other leaders were present in the meeting.
The police have arrested nine directors of SBL Energy Limited, where the blast took place on Sunday morning, officials said.
The Kalmeshwar police here have registered a case against 21 directors and shareholders of the company under Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, they said.
The explosion occurred at the detonator packing unit of SBL Energy Limited, a mining and industrial explosives manufacturer, at Raulgaon in Katol tehsil of Nagpur district.
The bodies were charred beyond recognition, and samples of the family members were being taken for DNA testing to ascertain the identities of the deceased, police said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion.
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