Udupi SP’s life story inspires students
Laxman Nimbargi has passed IPS in Kannada medium
Udupi, July 16: The life story of Udupi SP Laxman Nimbargi who wrote UPSC exam in Kannada medium and became IPS officer, has inspired the students of Kannada medium school students here on Monday.
While inaugurating Road Safety and Traffic awareness programme organized by the Rotary at Nittur high school, Nimbargi, who hails from a village in Vijayapura district and studied in Kannada medium school, explained his personal experiences in facing the challenges in his life. “Born in a village in Vijayapura district, I have studied my primary and high school education in Savadatti. Later, I have completed my PU education in Kannada medium. Though I faced inferiority complex about language while studying PUC in Hubballi, I faced it. In the first semester, I had got zero marks. But I took the second semester as a challenge and studied hard. I used to study four hours daily”, he said.
“On first PU result day, I went to college and searched for my name in the notice board. But my name was not there. Some of my friends came and told me that my name was published among top ten names in a separate notice board. In the second PU, I became the topper in the college and my photo was published in newspaper”, he said.
“I have got 85 per cent in Engineering in Hubballi. Later, I decided to write UPSC exam. But one of my professor advised me to go to foreign and build a career instead of making the life a burden. But I believed that only IPS or IAS officer could wipe out the tears of people. So, I left for New Delhi for preparations of UPSC exams. I made two futile attempts and thus spent three years. As a result, my relatives and friends kept me away. While thinking about this, I thought of writing exam in Kannada medium which is my mother tongue. Without any help from others, I wrote UPSC exam in Kannada medium and got 104 rank in 2014 batch and started my career as IPS office in Karnataka”, he explained before the students.
‘I was like you’
“Before 30 years, I was like one among you. I used to walk for three km to go to Kannada school and learnt. Kannada language would teach us on how to live. Children from Kannada medium would understand everything and experience it. Nothing is impossible. My life is an example for that”.
- Lakshman Nimbargi, Udupi SP
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
