Mangaluru: Demanding the closure of toll plaza near NIT-K and repairing of Nanturu-Suratkal National Highway, the members of ‘Toll Gate Virodhi Horata Samiti’ initiated a ‘padayatre’ at Kuloor on Wednesday.

Toll Gate Virodhi Horata Samiti convener Muneer Katipalla, Deputy Mayor Mohammad Kunjatbail, former MLA Vijay Kumar Shetty, MCC member Dayanand Shetty, Revathi Putran, Purushottam Chitrapura, Joekatte Panchayath President Prasilla Montero, BK Imtiaz, Sunil Kumar Bajal, Santosh Bajal, Yadava Shetty , Mousabba Pakshikere, Srinath Kulal, Ayub Kolur, Dinesh Kumpala and others were present.

Heads of many organisations, including Suratkal Kinnigoli Zone Bus Owners Association, Kinnigoli Zone Lorry Owners Association, Three-wheeler Tempo Drivers' Owners Association Suratkal, Goods Tempo Driver's Association Suratkal, Suratkal Auto Driver's Union, Online Taxi Owners Association, Civil Committee Kulai, Gopalakrishna Bhajana Mandir Urundadi, New Friends Circle Krishnapur , Transport Workers Union, Suratkal, Jai-Karnataka Suratkal, DYFI Suratkal Many organizations participated in the protest.

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Mumbai, Oct 14: Well-known Marathi actor Atul Parchure, known for his comic roles, died at a private hospital here on Monday, family sources said.

Parchure (57), who had recently recovered from cancer, was about to make a comeback on stage but suddenly developed health complications and his condition worsened in the last two days, the sources said.

He started his career as a child actor and soon rose to fame with roles in plays such as "Tarun Turk, Mhatare Ark" and "Nati Goti".

Parchure also acted in a host of Marathi and Hindi TV serials and films.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar took to social media platform X to express their condolences.

Shinde condoled Parchure's untimely death on behalf of the state government and called himself one among thousands of the senior actor's fans.

"The news of his death was painful," the CM said, adding the Marathi theatre and cinema has lost a talented actor.