Puttur: One died after breaching water tank, another injured seriously
Puttur, Jan 27: One person died and another injured seriously when a drinking water tank constructed under Ganga Kalyana scheme breached at Pavemajalu in Ariaydka in the taluk on Saturday late night.
The deceased has been identified as Ramesh alias Ramu(30) and the injured is Madhava.
A drinking water tank was constructed under the Ganga Kalyana scheme six years back. Crack developed in the tank a few months back and it was repaired, it is said.
On Saturday late night Ramesh, Madhava and few others went to see whether the tank is filled or not. At this time, the tank breached and Ramesh and Madhava sustained injuries on chest and leg respectively. They were rushed to Puttur hospital and later, shifted to Mangaluru hospital. Ramesh died on the way to hospital, it is said.
MLA Sanjeev Mathandur, ZP standing committee president Anitha Hemanath Shetty, Taluk Panchayat president Radhakrishna Borkar, Grama Panchayat former president Savitha, PDO Padma Kumari, Puttur Block Congress former president Kaup Premanath Shetty and others visited the place and hospital and enquired the injured.
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
