Shiradi Ghat road opened for movement, but no heavy vehicles for 15 days
Mangaluru, July 15: Though 13 km length of Shiradi Ghat road on National Highway 75 from Kempuhole to Addahole was declared open for traffic movement on Sunday, movement of heavy vehicles like bus and trucks is restricted for fifteen days till the dangerous spots identified on the developed road are repaired.
Mnister UT Khader, who directed the contractor to complete the repair works within next fifteen days, said that two-wheelers, car, rickshaw, mini bus, tempo travelers and other small vehicles could ply on the road. Normally, accidents would happen due to reckless and speed driving. Since it was the ghat section, such incidents were common. It was planned to install CCTV cameras to keep a vigil on speeding vehicles and avoid and respond to accidents, he said.
MLAs to meet
The MLAs of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts would meet at Circuit House here on July 16 at 1.30 pm to discuss on the development of national highways and PWD roads. PWD officials would also participate in the meeting, the Minister said.
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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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