No heavy vehicles on Shiradi Ghat road from July 18
Mangaluru, July 17: As the construction of guard wall and shoulder along the concretised Shiradi Ghat road was underway, the movement of heavy vehicles on this stretch was banned from July 18 at 6 am till the work is over.
Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner Sasikanth Senthil has issued an order restricting the movement of the heavy vehicles on the road till the work is over. The Shiradi Ghat road was inaugurated on last Sunday for traffic movement after five months. The heavy vehicles were diverted to other routes. Light vehicles like car, jeep, van, mini vans and two-wheelers could ply on the road. The movement of common bus, Rajahamsa, Airavata, private luxury buses, bullet tankers, ship cargo, containers and long chassis vehicles were restricted on the road, according to the order.
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ISRO's analogue space mission kicks off at Leh
Bengaluru, Nov 1: ISRO on Friday said its analogue space mission has taken off at Leh in Ladakh, where it will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat as India prepares to send a human to the moon.
The initiative is a collaborative effort of the Human Spaceflight Centre, ISRO, AAKA Space Studio, University of Ladakh, IIT Bombay, and supported by Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council.
The month-long mission, kicked off mid-October, comes in the wake of India's plans to set up lunar habitats, which could provide a base to launch inter-planetary missions.
The geographical features of Ladakh are considered to closely resemble Martian and lunar landscapes and are an ideal training ground for scientific missions aimed at exploring planets "India's first analog space mission kicks off in Leh...this mission will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat to tackle the challenges of a base station beyond Earth," ISRO said in a post on X.
The team of AAKA Space Studio is testing environment suits and conducting geological studies in Leh's low-oxygen environment, simulating space-like conditions, studies that could be crucial for future space missions.
The team is also studying how the human body adapts to the harsh weather conditions in Ladakh that could be useful in understanding how astronauts could get used to space like conditions.
🚀 India’s first analog space mission kicks off in Leh! 🇮🇳✨ A collaborative effort by Human Spaceflight Centre, ISRO, AAKA Space Studio, University of Ladakh, IIT Bombay, and supported by Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, this mission will simulate life in an… pic.twitter.com/LoDTHzWNq8
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