Tuesday, February 24, 2015 MM DECCAN HERALD 3

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MANGALURU: District in-Charge Minister B RamanathRai inaugurated the concre-tised road from Ambedkar Cir-cle to Bunts Hostel on Mondayand the road is free for themovement of vehicles.

One metre width divider hasbeen placed on 424 metre fourlane road, which has been de-veloped at a cost of Rs 1.96crore.

Mayor Mahabala Marla saidthe road development workwas taken up under the secondphase of the Chief Minister'ssepcial grant of Rs 100 crore.

Minister B Ramanath Raisaid new development workswill be taken up in the comingdays.

MLA J R Lobo saiddrainage, footpath and streetlights will be facilitated in thedays to come. Corporator A CVinay Rai said plan of Rs 1.86croreforfootpathanddrainagesystem has been prepared andsubmitted to the government.DH News Service

Concretisedroadthrownopentopublic

MANIPAL: Urban Develop-ment Minister Vinay KumarSorake directed officials tobe prepared to tackle waterwoes during peak summer.

Briefing reporters, afterchairing the tri-monthly KDPreview meeting on Monday, hesaid some areas in the districtwould undergo the brunt ofdrinking water scarcity owingto the dryness and evaporationof the existing water sources.

He called upon the officialstobe equipped withall possiblemeasures to encounter thedrinking water problems.Pointing out that an integratedaction plan worth Rs 690 croreis being prepared to providethe permanent drinking waterfacilities to the rural areas, theminister said that the proposalwould be submitted to the gov-ernment. Asserting that the

work of Varahi irrigation proj-ect is under progress, the min-ister said that the work ofaround two kilometre distanceis pending for completion. Thework would be completed byMarch end and water would beflown in the canals in themonth of April.

Deputy Commissioner DrVishal added that the compli-cations concerning the forestand revenue, pertaining to theirrigation project is cleared.The minister added that UdupiCMC is included in the ADBsecond phase project, whereinRs 80 crore would be releasedfor the purpose.

The Minister added that theexperts would be consulted tochalk out extensive integratedplan to makethe district secureagainst any probable water cri-sis by 2040.

As many as 20 farmers who

grow ‘Mattu Gulla’ on 16.20acre of land have suffered lossfollowing the intrusion of saltwater to the field. HorticultureDepartment Deputy Directorsaid that the loss is estimatedat a cost of Rs 26 lakh.

The farmland and horticul-tural growths in the areas likeKatpadi and Heeriyadka havebeen affected owing to the in-trusion of salt water into thefields. The minister added thatthe officials have been directedto immediately prepare the re-port and compensatethe farm-ers.

Heritage townLamenting over the centralgovernments reluctance to ap-prove the proposal declaringUdupi town as heritage town,the minister said that the cen-tral government has declaredBadami as the heritage town.

However, another project ofsmart city is being envisionedand Udupi is included in theproject. It is similar to the her-itage town project, he added.

He also directed the officialsto invest funds released to re-spective departments andutilise the amount for the men-tioned purpose by March end.

He also directed that thepending salaries of Group Dworkers in health departmentshouldbepaidimmediately.Healso reviewed the medicinestock and the measures takenby the health department tocurtail and handle the H1N1 in-fluenza. Sorake directed theofficial to reach the target forthe Udyogini scheme by nextmonth. The official said asmany as 238 beneficiaries areselected and training would beprovided to them in the monthof March.

Funds are released for theactivities taken up in Bala Bha-van and the activities would betaken up in the month of Apriland May. As many as 609 ben-eficiaries are selected underVidyasiri scheme, who wouldreceive financial assistance.

The DDPI said that a pro-posal for the construction of 72classroomshasbeensubmittedto the government. As many asRs 175 lakh is released for therepair works, he added.

The minister said a specialdrive would be taken up forEPICcards. Asmanyas62,877applications for ration cardshave been received online inthe district.

A total of 48,865 applica-tions are attended and 14,012applications are pending and7843 applications are pendingto be linked with EPIC card.DH News Service

Tacklewaterwoesbeforepeak summer, officials told

At a glance

Beary folk sports fest

»Karnataka Beary SahityaAcademy, in association

with Beary Sahitya and Sam-skrithika Balaga, Pavoor, or-ganised Beary folk sports festfor Primary and High Schoolstudents in Pavoor on Sundayreports DHNS from Mudipu.

Lagori, Kambata, Donkata,Baccha, Jubuli, kallata, bassa-ta, kage-gili, kutti-donne, pa-

per ball cricket were played.Paper ball and stones were

used for Lagori game andcashew nuts were used forBacchata.

Gram Panchayat PresidentBeefathima and guests inau-gurated the sports fest bydragging children who sat oncoconut sheaths, at Pavoorground.

GP president Beefathima and others inaugurate Beary sportsfest by dragging children, who sat on arecanut sheath, atGovernment High School, Pavoor on Sunday. DH PHOTO

UDUPI: The Tebma Ship-yards Limited (TSL), the shipbuilding company has con-structed “FUGRO SCOUT”,the state-of-the-art GeoTechnical Research Vessel(GTRV) at its shipyard atMalpe.

The entirely made in Indiaproduct is being designed tomeet the competence of anyother foreign vessel. The mainpurpose of the vessel is to in-dulge in oilrigs and researchover the natural gas resourcesavailable beneath the ocean.

Vessel is a mini-drill ship ca-pable of drawing soil samplesup to 3 kilometres below seabed and constructed in accor-dance with the latest rulesand regulations of Det NorskeVeritas(DNV) and meeting lat-est International rules gov-erned by International Mar-itime Organisation(IMO).

The vessel is powered byDieselelectricalpropulsionsys-tems driven by most modernActive Front end Drives forbest fuel efficient operation.

It is equipped with a redun-dant dynamic positioning sta-tion-holding capability (DP 2)symbolizing fail safe operationand is built to Comfort ClassCOMF-V (3) standards with

quarters for up to 60 person-nel, an indication very highcrew comforts.

The technically specialisedvessel with many firsts to itscredit is built at the cost of Rs240 crore and is completelymade out of ship quality steel.The time duration that wasneeded to build the ship was 18months,whichwasintothewa-ter last month for trial.

The ship can be used in anyocean including Black sea, ir-respective of the variations inthe global temperatures.

Oil exploration being themajor purpose of the ship, themarvelous ship is being regis-tered in Panama and is beingowned by Dutch based FUR-GO Company.

The exclusively Malpe builtship comprises of two consolesin the control room. The divi-sions are called forward and af-ter control. The forward con-trol is used for navigation,while the after control is usedfor dynamic positioning oper-ation. The ship comprises ofthree floor accommodations.It comprises of 37 cabins andcan accommodate 60 crewmembers.

The 4,500 tonne weighingwith four square meters space,

the ship with one-year warran-ty from Tebma has palatial en-gine control room. The speedis 24.3 km per hour. The mainmachines and the propellantswork with 690 volts power.

The engine room being theheart of the ship, wherein thefour generators of 2000 kilo-watts work together to gener-atepower.Besidesthedrill tow-ers positioned on the otherlayer of the ship is controlledby hydraulic, which is connect-ed to switch boards and laterto the control rooms.

The control room is fullycomputerised, which directsthe stop, run and other enginemovements.

The engine room also com-prises of six thrusters. (Athruster is a propulsive deviceused by spacecraft and water-craft for station keeping, atti-tude control, in the reactioncontrol system, or long-dura-tion, low-thrust acceleration).Two of the thrusters work inthe main proportion.

The ship can drill 3,000 me-ters at sea bed level. Thesethrusters can be positionedanywhere in the ship.

The galley (kitchen) is pat-terned in the European formatwith cold storage that works at

-25degreecentigrade.Thespe-cialty of the galley is that it iselectrical and works on diesel.

The FURGO project direc-tor Graeme Alexander saidthat the company has invested120 million US $ on the project( for two ships) and the 60 mil-lionUS$ontheparticularship.The ship would go to NMPT tofurnish the immigration for-malities and later will go to Sin-gapore and from there to Viet-nam.

The company has the proj-ect at Vietnam and later to Ice-land. The company has boughttwo Indian built ships, whichincludes the FURGO Voyagermanufactured by Tebma. TheearlierpurchasewasinDecem-ber 2013.

Tebma operations vice pres-ident Aboobaker P said thatas many as 300-350 peopleworked daily for the construc-tion. The Tebma has alreadybuilt 18shipsandtenhave beensupplied to Indian Navy.

Four to a US company andone to a Singapore based com-pany. Two has been construct-ed for Cochin Port Trust. Headded another ship for dredg-ing is being constructed for In-dian Navy, he added.DH News Service

Made in India ship - Fugro Scoutcommissioned at Malpe port

MLA Pramod Madhwaraj flagging off the state-of-the-art Geo Technical Research Vessel, at Malpe on Monday. DH PHOTO

MANGALURU, DHNS: On theoccasion of World Magicians’Day, artistes from MangalaMagic Circle made an effort tocreate awareness about cleancity with ‘Kankat 2015’, a JadooJatha from Deputy Commis-sioner’s office to Kadri Parkhere on Monday.

DCABIbrahiminauguratedthe jatha making a bundle ofwaste disappear using a magicstick. Mangala Magic CirclePresident Swarna Sunder saidit is a symbol Mangalore canbe a plastic-free city in future.Organised in association withCanara Plastic Manufacturers& Traders Association (CPM-TA), magicians said recyclingplastic is more practical thanbanning and showed throughmagic how plastic can be con-verted into oil, which can beused as fuel.

National award winner spe-cially-abled magician PutturSuresh Nayak also performed

magic. He congratulated five-year-old Puttur Sathwik Nayakwho own national award. Heappreciatedthewholeteamforusing the art for a good causeand hoped it would help in cre-ating awareness.

MemberofMMC,streetma-gician Sagar Eye performed‘Buried in ice’ stunt at KadriPark later in theevening. Sagarwas tied with 40-feet chain,placed inside the six- feet glassbox filled with ice and lockedusing 12 locks, but he escapedsafely. The Gala Magic Showperformed by 15 magicians likePrahlad Acharya, PradeepSuri, Dr S Kundar, Coorg ma-gicianVikramShetty,ProfPan-galaShenoy,LolakshaJadugar,Sriranga Kamath, SamarthShenoy, Mubeena Parveen Taj,Shama Parveen Taj, Mali sis-ters, Suresh and Satish Puttur,Vishaka and Vineeth Rao,Srikanth Indra and Sridhar en-thralled the onlookers.

Magicians weave a spell for a clean city

Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim, Mangala Magic CirclePresident Swarna Sunder and other magicians flagged offthe vehicle ‘Kankat 2015’ a Jadoo Jatha to create awarenesson clean city at the premises of DC’s office in Mangaluru onMonday. DH PHOTO

Conference onlife skills

»The two-day UGC spon-sored national conference

on life skills and youth em-powerment will be inaugurat-ed at Crossland College inBrahmavar on February 24,reports DHNS from Mangalu-ru. Dr Daniel Ezhilarasu, Gen-eral Secretary, AIACHE andCo ordinator of National Com-mission for Minority Educa-tional Institutions, New Delhiwill inaugurate the confer-ence. A book with ISBN regis-tration containing the paperspresented in the previous con-ference on micro finance willbe released on the occasion.

Udupi SP K Annamalai de-livers valedictory address onWednesday. The conferencewill deliberate on how educa-tional institutions can teachthem life skills to deal with de-mandsof life. Itwill seesessionson life skills education in edu-cational institutions with stu-dents from different collegesas panellists to share their ex-pectationsandInspiringstories

of youth empowerment.

Call to rescheduletrain departure

»Mookambika Railway Ya-tri Sangha, Byndoor has

appealed to Konkan RailwayCorporation Ltd Chairmanand MD to reschedule depar-ture timings of MookambikaRoad Byndoor-Kasargod pas-senger train service, reportsDHNS from Mangaluru.

In a memorandum, the Ya-tri Sangha said that the depar-ture time of this train is notconvenient to the devotees ofShree Kollur Mookambikatemple. If the train leaves at 3pm from Byndoor, instead of13.05 hrs, it would be muchhelpful to the devotees. At thesame time, it is also felt thatcommuters travelling be-tween Mangaluru-Byndoorand Mangaluru-Kasargod sec-tion will also be benefited ifthe time is rescheduled. Thiswill improve the train patron-age besides providing addi-tional connectivity betweentwo places during peak hours.