Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan celebrates birthday with students from Manipur
promises to bear their education cost
Bengaluru, Aug 1: Karnataka Housing and Minorities Welfare Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan on Tuesday celebrated his birthday with students from Manipur who have taken shelter here following ethnic clashes in the strife-torn state.
As many as 29 girl students have taken shelter in St Teresa Educational Institutions in Chamarajapet here, which is Khan's Assembly constituency, his office said in a release. The Minister announced that he would bear the education and welfare of those students, and on the occasion, he announced financial aid of Rs 2 lakh, it said.
Khan interacted with the students and gathered information about the prevailing situation in Manipur.
The students explained that they have come to Bengaluru in view of the dangerous situation in their home state, and also thanked St Teresa Education Institutions for giving them shelter, the release said.
The students have to stay back here for at least seven years to complete their education and the Minister promised to bear the cost of education and their welfare for the whole period, it added.
The Minister said the students are very safe here and he would make arrangements for anything they wanted.
As many as 200 students have come from Manipur to Bengaluru of which 29 students have taken shelter in this institution and others have been accommodated in other institutions, the release added.
ಆಶ್ರಯ ಅರಸಿ ಬಂದ ಅಂತಹ ಕೆಲವು ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳ ಜತೆ ಇಂದು ನನ್ನ ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಬ್ಬ ಆಚರಿಸಿದ್ದು ಅರ್ಥಪೂರ್ಣ ಎನಿಸಿತು.
— B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan (@BZZameerAhmedK) August 1, 2023
ಅಲ್ಲದೆ, ಚಾಮರಾಜ ಪೇಟೆಯ ಸೆಂಟ್ ತೆರೆಸಾ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಆಶ್ರಯ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ 29 ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿನಿಯರ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಹಾಗೂ ಆರೈಕೆ ವೆಚ್ಚ ಭರಿಸುವುದಾಗಿ ಘೋಷಣೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ. ತುರ್ತು ಪರಿಹಾರವಾಗಿ ಎರಡು ಲಕ್ಷ ರೂ.ನೀಡಿದೆ.
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Multi-storey factory collapses in Punjab's Ludhiana, 1 dead, rescue operation on
Ludhiana, Mar 8 (PTI): A worker died after a multi-storey building of a textile factory collapsed in the Focal Point area here late Saturday evening, officials said.
The six workers trapped under the debris were brought out by the NDRF teams. While one of them was found dead, the condition of three others is critical, they said.
The deceased worker is yet to be identified, they said.
The rescue operation is still underway to see if anyone is still trapped under the debris, they said.
According to the officials, one worker was earlier rescued and rushed to a nearby hospital, they said.
The incident occurred in the Focal Point Phase-8 area on Saturday evening.
According to an eye witness, a loud sound was heard before the building caved in.
Two teams of National Disaster Response Force and other teams of police, fire brigade and factories departments, the Municipal Corporation were undertaking the rescue operation.
Initially, seven workers were trapped under the debris.
Revenue Minister Hardeep Singh Mundian and Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal are personally overseeing the rescue efforts at the site.
They emphasised that the top priority is to rescue the trapped workers.
The deputy commissioner stated that the health department has been instructed to deploy medical teams and ambulances at the site until the operation is complete.
The municipal corporation and fire safety department have also been directed to depute their additional staff there round-the-clock.
