Five spl trains carrying over 5,000 passengers leave from Karnataka to various destinations
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Bengaluru: Five special trains left for various destinations including Udhampur on Sunday carrying about 5,700 passengers, Railway officials said.
According to the South Western Railway officials, the train for Udhampur departed from Chikbanawar at 12.30 pm with 985 passengers, most of whom were workers.
The second train to Bankura left from Malur in Kolar district with 1,200 passengers and 47 children at 2.10 pm and the third train to Gwalior left with 1,068 passengers left at 4.05 pm from Chikkabanavara.
The Railway officials said the fourth special train to Danapur left Malur at 4.55 pm with 1,200 passengers on board. The fifth Shramik special train today left for Gorakhpur at 1,200 people, they added.
All the passengers were provided with packed meal and water bottles. Packed meals contained rice packet, chapati, biscuits, cookies, pickles, water bottle, buttermilk, SWR officials said.
"No pantry car is there as a precautionary measure.
Throughout the journey food will be provided from IRCTC base kitchens. Number of meals depend on duration of journey," the officials added.
As a precautionary measure, IRCTC and other divisions en route have been given details of the passengers, which had been collected at the beginning of the journey, officials said.
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Senior Congress MLA, former Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passes away
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday due to age-related ailments, official sources said.
He was 95 and represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time.
Shivashankarappa is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, Karnataka Minister for Mines and Geology and Horticulture, and four daughters.
His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A former minister, Shivashankarappa, served as treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for several decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
He was also a noted educationist who established several educational institutions and was an industrialist.
