Forest Dept to have new site to book tickets for trekking in Karnataka: Minister Khandre
Bengaluru: Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre has declared that, in a move to control the number of trekkers in sensitive routes in Karnataka, the Forest Department will launch on Thursday a single website for the purchase of trekking tickets.
The minister, who participated in a walkathon organized by the Forest Department on Wednesday from Cubbon Park to Lalbagh as a part of the 70th Wildlife Week, stated that the new website will be launched at his office situated at the Vikasa Soudha on Thursday afternoon. Information on all the trekking routes and the tickets for the routes will be made available on the site, for the convenience of the people, he added.
Khandre also informed the people on occasion that trekking on the Kumara Parvatha, one of the popular trekking sites in Dakshina Kannada, will now be permitted, starting Thursday, October 3.
The Forest Department had closed the route in January as hundreds of people had booked tickets for trekking up Kumara Parvatha on January 6-7 this year.
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Bengaluru: PUC student dies by suicide, hours after results were declared
Bengaluru (PTI): A second-year Pre-University Course student allegedly died by suicide at her residence here, hours after the exam results were announced, police said on Friday.
Tanushree (17), a science student, reportedly failed in three subjects, which is suspected to be the trigger behind her taking such an extreme step, they said.
However, no suicide note was recovered from the spot, except her hall ticket, which was found lying on the bed.
According to police, the incident came to light on Thursday around 3.30 pm, shortly after the results were announced.
She hung herself from the ceiling fan when no one was at home. Her mother had gone to work, a senior police officer said.
Citing preliminary inquiry, the officer said it is a clear-cut case of suicide. She was apparently distressed over failing in three subjects and had also called her friends to discuss the same.
When she did not respond to their calls and messages later, her friends decided to check on her, he said.
Based on her mother's complaint, a case of unnatural death has been filed, with Hebbal police investigation indicating it to be a case of suicide, police added.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
