Sindhu B Roopesh takes charge as the new Dakshina Kannada DC
Mangaluru: Sindu B Roopesh on Saturday took charge as the new Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada District.
Sindhu was welcomed by Addl. Deputy Commissioner Roopa, while Mangaluru Assistant Commissioner Ravichandra Naik and Tahsildar Guruprasad were also present at the office during the ceremony.
Sindhu is now the second lady Deputy Commissioner of the District after Ranjani Srikumar was the first woman Deputy Commissioner of the District in 1989.
Sindhu is also the 129th Deputy Commissioner of the District. and it is for the first time in the District's history when both DC and Additional DC will be women along with Roopa. Sindhu will replace Sasikanth Senthil who resigned from Indian Administrative Services on Friday in a shocking move.
Batting for women empowerment, Sindhu urged more women to take up civil and uniform services as their careers, while also expressing her happiness over being appointed as only the second woman DC of the District.
She also sought assistance and cooperation from the residents of the District in ensuring smooth administration.
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Boat carrying 250 people, including Rohingya and Bangladeshis, sinks in Andaman Sea
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Dhaka (AP): At least 250 people, including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, were missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea recently on the way to Malaysia, according to the United Nations' refugee and migration agencies.
When the boat sank and the status of any search Wednesday were unclear.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Organisation for Migration in a joint statement said Tuesday that the trawler departed from Teknaf in the southern Bangladeshi district of Cox's Bazar carrying a large number of passengers to Malaysia.
Overcrowding, strong winds and rough seas caused the vessel to lose control and sink, the agencies said.
UNHCR and IOM said the disappearance reflected the protracted displacement of Rohingya people and the absence of durable solutions.
They said ongoing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state has made the Rohingyas' safe return to Myanmar uncertain, and limited humanitarian assistance, restricted access to education and employment in refugee camps, continue to push vulnerable Rohingya refugees to choose risky sea journeys, often based on false promises of higher wages and better opportunities abroad.
UNHCR and IOM urged the international community to strengthen funding and solidarity to ensure lifesaving assistance for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, which has sheltered more than 1 million Rohingya from Myanmar.
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