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THE TIMES OF INDIA, BENGALURU THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016 6 TIMES CITY GOING BACK IN TIME M ysuru derives its name from Chamundi Hills. Mythology has it that demon king Mahishasura, who lorded over the area, was vanquished by Goddess Chamundeshwari. Since it was Mahishasura’s abode, the city came to be called Mahisooru and the hill shrine as Chamundi Hills. Contemporary history meets mythology as the hill shrine has a statue of Mahishasura, the only place in Mysuru where this demon king’s statue is located. Chamundi Hills was earlier called Mabbalateertha after the Sri Mahabaleshwara Temple atop the hills. The Sri Chamundeshwari Temple is the second highest revenue grosser after Male Mahadeshwara temple in Chamarajanagar district. In 2015-16, the temple earned Rs 21.68 crore, up from Rs 18 crore in 2014-15. D evelopment projects were delayed earlier due to the delay in acquiring private land. Now, the projects are facing opposition on the grounds that they’ll damage the fragile ecology in the reserve forest area. The buildings will come up on 8 acres. Phase I includes building a parking lot and a shopping complex. It’s being opposed by many organization and noted personalities. On April 29, chief minister Siddaramaiah launched development projects worth Rs 79.94 crore to improve the facilities at Chamundi Hills. These include a commercial complex, multi-level parking lot, restrooms and widening of the road and they’ll be finished in 18 months. Protests over Chamundi Hills projects NEWSICLE DASARA PUJA T he flagship festival of Karnataka, Dasara, is inaugurated by offering special pujas to Goddess Chamundeshwari. The goddess is the family deity of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family, which has ruled over the state for over five centuries. DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS BETTER ROAD CONNECTIVITY F our-laning of the road, in Phase II, is facing opposition from the forest department which feels this could lead to landslides. The government has set aside Rs 30 crore for this project. A four-level parking lot with two underground floors have a built-up area of 26,055 sq metres. The three-level complex will have 116 shops and a built-up area of 2650 sqms. There are also plans to build a 485 metre sheltered lane from the parking area to the temple. Pics: TOI Ramanagara auto driver’s heart beats for Bengaluru homemaker Sunitha.Rao@timesgroup.com Bengaluru: On Wednesday morn- ing, the heart of a 23-year-old brain dead autorickshaw driver was transported across a 15-km green corridor and transplanted to a 47-year-old woman here. Abhishek of Ramanagara suf- fered head injuries when a mini- truck hit his auto on May 29. He was admitted to Nimhans, later sent to the Victoria Hospital trau- ma centre and finally shifted to the PMSSY hospital on Tuesday. He was declared brain dead, fol- lowing which his family consented to donate his vital organs -- eyes, liver, heart and kidneys -- which were harvested on Wednesday morning. The heart was ferried to MS Ramaiah Narayana Heart Cen- tre near Mathikere where it was transplanted to the homemaker. The heart left Victoria Hospital at 10.33am and police assisted the medical staff in creating a green corridor from KR Market to New BEL Road covering a distance of about 11km. The heart reached the destination in 14 minutes. Dr Girish, special officer, PMSSY said, “Apart from his heart, the liver was found suitable for donation to a needy patient in PMSSY hospital,” he said. Two patients in the Nephro-Urology Institute of Victoria campus and Manipal Hospital received a kid- ney each, while the eyes were sent to Lion’s Club. The heart recipient was suffer- ing from Dilated Cardio Myopathy (DCM), a severe left ventricular dysfunction. “The past two years have been tough for my family when my mother was unwell. She underwent an angiogram and was found to be suffering from a heart ailment. She was unable to even walk as she would be breathless and get fatigued. I’m glad she’ll be able to lead a normal life once she recovers. I believe the the donor was a young auto driver. It’s a great decision by his family to save some- one else’s life, I’m indebted to them,” said the recipient’s only son who was waiting outside the opera- tion theatre in the afternoon. “Heart transplant is emerging as the standard treatment for end- stage heart disease with no hope of living a normal life. Now, Bengalu- ru is emerging as a destination for management of heart failures and transplant,” said Dr Nagamallesh UM, heart failure and transplant cardiologist, MS Ramaiah Naraya- na Heart Centre. GOVT HOSPITAL TAKES UP LIVER TRANSPLANT T he liver clinic in PMSSY hospital identified the potential recipient for Abhishek’s liver in a Bhadravati teacher. It’s the second time the government hospital has taken up a liver transplant. “The liver recipient is a 55-year- old teacher from Bhadravati who was suffering from liver cirhossis. The transplant went well and he is recovering. We must thank the donor’s father, an agriculturist from Ramanagara, who willingly agreed to the organ donation,” said Dr Nagesh NS, liver transplant surgeon, PMSSY, who conducted the surgery. Bengalurean Somashekar, 37, suffering from chronic liver disorder, was the first to undergo the liver transplant at this government-run clinic in July 2015, but within 24 hours of the transplant, the newly grafted liver ceased functioning. The liver had been flown in from a brain dead patient in Mangaluru. Family Consented To Donate Organs After He Was Deemed Brain Dead Chethan.Kumar@timesgroup.com Bengaluru: Keeping hopes alive of Bengaluru giving India its first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for organ transportation, scientists and engi- neers successfully test-flew a pro- totype last week. The National Design and Re- search Forum (NDRF), which in- cludes top scientist and one of the brains behind the project K Ra- machandra, saw the ‘+copter’ built by its partner Throttle Aerospace Systems (TAS) fly to the designated area. Although the vehicle didn't carry an organ, the technology of picking a predefined geo-tagged location and landing the vehicle there was tested. The vehicle car- ried a 3kg first-aid kit on the 17-minute flight. TAS founder Nagendran Kan- dasamy said: “We carried the pay- load for about 10km in the custom- built vehicle.” A multi-rotor UAV guided by a tablet-based Android ground control software had no problem in picking the right lati- tude and longitude for the journey and the delivery point. “We gave a live feed of the whole operation,” Nagendran said, adding that their platform is flexible enough to car- ry first-aid kits, blood bags and organ bags. However, as Kota Harinarayan, a senior aerospace scientist behind the project, had said earlier, sev- eral details in terms of safety fea- tures, among other priorities, are being discussed with doctors in India and abroad. Both Kota and Ramachandra were present during the test-flight last week. The eventual aim is to have a vehicle which can carry 250gms over 100 kms accurately. Nagend- ran said that the +copter can now travel 10kms and work is on to extend the range to 40km in the first phase. Once operationalised, it’ll enable hospitals cut down transportation time by more than 50%. While a kid- ney can be stored for 24 hours, a liver can only be kept for 12-15 hours, and a heart for less than 10 hours. Currently, organs are largely transported via road along a green corridor. On Wednesday, a green corridor had to be created in Ben- galuru to transport a heart for transplantation. Drone delivers first-aid kit for 10km on test flight accurately TRANSPORTING ORGANS ON THE WAY: The donated heart being rushed to the recipient from Victoria Hospital campus to the Ramaiah Narayana Heart Centre. The patient is recovering well after the transplant FLYING HIGH: The +copter is the first version of a UAV with a flexible platform that can carry first-aid kits, blood bags and organ bags TOI Bengaluru: A man, claiming to have opened a new fruit juice centre, fed spiked juice to a home-alone woman whose blessings he was ostensibly seeking and robbed her of a 26- gram gold chain in south Ben- galuru on Tuesday. The man knocked the doors of the house of Lakshmidevam- ma Ramakrishna, 67, who was staying alone at Srinivasana- gar in Hanumanthanagar. Her husband, a former sub-inspec- tor, had passed away and her son had moved to Hyderabad for work; Lakshmidevamma three daughters were married . According to the woman’s complaint, the stranger told her that he was opening a new fruit juice shop on an adjacent road. “The man prostrated be- fore her, sought her blessings and walked away. A couple of hours later, he returned with a cup of apple juice and re- quested her to taste it saying he wanted her blessings for his new venture. An unsus- pecting Lakshmidevamma drank the juice and lost con- sciousness. Soon, the man snatched her gold chain and fled,” Hanumanthanagar po- lice said. Neighbour raised alarm The incident came to light when a neighbour arrived at Lakshmidevamma’s house. Seeing her unconscious, the neighbour raised an alarm and rushed her to hospital. Police said Lakshmidevam- ma is still not in a stage to recall things clearly but no new juice centre was opened in her neighbourhood on Tuesday. Man gives woman spiked drink, robs her of gold chain TIMES NEWS NETWORK HOME-ALONE VICTIM T wo men, who barged into the house of Lakshmamma alias Lakshmi at KS Layout in south Bengaluru on Tuesday noon, fled with gold ornaments weighing 300 grams. Lakshmi was alone as her son had gone out for work. “The youths asked for drinking water. When Lakshmi walked into kitchen, both barged in, threatened her at knife-point and took away gold,” police added. Youths barge into house, flee with gold Bengaluru: Although not everyone in the city is familiar with Gustav Hermann Krumbiegel’s name, anyone who has had the pleasure of a lei- surely stroll at Lalbagh remains indebted to the German botanist and architect. Krumbiegel was largely responsible in transforming Lalbagh into the flowery wonder it is today. Taking a leaf out of the Karnataka government’s book, which organized a series of activities to mark his 150th birth anniversary earlier this year, the German government has now embarked on a year-long project to honour one of its greatest sons, starting with a special exhibition at Saxony on June 2. The celebrations, Maharaja’s Gardener, cap- ture his work with Indian princes and his associ- ation with Mysore Maharaja Krishnaraja Wo- deyar. S Narayana Swamy, a historian who has researched the life and works of Krumbiegel, has been invited by the German government to deliver a talk in Saxony on ‘Bangalore – The City of Gardens and Flowers.’ Swamy said he has been invited by the direc- tor of palaces, castles and gardens, Saxony state as a guest of honour. “It’s a great development that the architect who designed Lalbagh and many other gardens in Karnataka is being re- membered in the place of his birth. In fact, most of Krumbiegel’s works are in India. It’s a great gesture from the Saxony government. The cele- brations will go on till November,” he added. During his early years, Krumbriegel worked as an apprentice at the King’s Garden at Pilinitz. An abiding interest in gardening took him to the Royal Gardens, Kew, UK. Coming to India on an assignment to im- prove the palace gardens in Baroda, Krumbiegel worked on many gardens and parks across the country and some of his most memorable works were in Bengaluru. At the annual Republic Day flower show this year, the horticultural department of Karnataka paid a floral tribute by creating a floral replica of his childhood home. Made with over 5 lakh flower pots and 50 varieties of flowers, the arrangement was spread across 30ft x 20ft and 25 feet in height. Now, Germany honours botanist Krumbiegel Rohith.BR@timesgroup.com ARCHITECT OF LALBAGH SAYING IT WITH FLOWERS: The floral tribute paid by the state to German botanist Gustav Krumbiegel at Lalbagh gardens earlier this year was a crowdpuller Bengaluru: Annapurna Mu- niraju, 51, one of the 150-odd pilgrims from the state who were left stranded in Uttarak- hand following a cloudburst, returned to Bengaluru on Wednesday at 3.30pm. Annapurna sustained fractures on her left leg and hand during the cloudburst. After she reached New Delhi, she was accommodated at the Karnataka Bhavan and was treated at the RML hospital. A resident of Vijaynagar, Annapurna was on her way home after she had completed the Char Dham yatra, when the cloudburst near Tehri dis- trict in Uttarakhand left her, along with scores of other pil- grims, stranded at Chamoli village. The pilgrims were without access to water and food for nearly 40 hours. Annapurna is currently undergoing treatment at Pan- acea Hospital, Nagarbhavi. “She is doing well,” said Man- junath, her son. Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi has managed to es- tablish contact with 25 groups, who are reportedly safe and travelling in differ- ent parts of Punjab, Haryana and Uttarakhand. The resi- dent commissioner’s office in Delhi is in constant touch with the disaster manage- ment cell established by the Uttarakhand government and closely monitoring the situation. Injured pilgrim gets back home TIMES NEWS NETWORK BACK HOME: Annapurna Muniraju UTTARAKHAND CLOUDBURST TOI Bengaluru: Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy on Wednesday denied he had anything to do with his name being proposed for the post of President of India. "Such decisions will be taken by doddavaru (elders). There is no point in even thinking about it. There are senior people to discuss and decide such matters," he said. Asked if he was interested in the post, he said it’s not appropri- ate to respond at this juncture. Murthy's name is said to have been proposed with President Pranab Mukherjee’s tenure ending later this year. Earlier, Murthy met chief minister Siddaramaiah to discuss the proposal of expanding the National Institute of Engi- neering College in Mysuru. It is said Murthy requested Sid- daramaiah to allot 7 acres for the ex- pansion proposal. On the BBPAG first meeting and his absence, Mur- thy said he was indisposed and in London at that point of time. NRN deflects queries about presidential aspirations TIMES NEWS NETWORK Bengaluru: Heavy rain on Wednesday eve- ning resulted in waterlogging of roads and reducing traffic to a crawl in several parts of Bengaluru. The Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Centre had issued high rain- fall alerts to different zones. Bellandur re- corded 116 mm rainfall from 6.15pm to 6.30pm alone. BBMP helplines were flooded with calls from residents of SJR Redwood Apartments in this locality where building had almost 5ft of water. Hemmigepura in RR Nagar zone re- corded 120 mm of rainfall at 7.30pm. KG Halli in South Bengaluru received 108 mm during the same time and Marathahalli recorded 81 mm. Most parts of Mahadevapura and Bom- manahalli were affected because of the rain. Two trees were uprooted in Varthur Lake ar- ea and at Sony World Junction, a tree fell on a BMTC bus. Bilekahalli Junction on Bannerghatta Road and HSR Layout witnessed major wa- terlogging of roads. Traffic was also affected near Mallya Hospital. There was a disruption in power supply owing to trees and their branches falling on transmission lines in Hebbal, Koramangala, RR Nagar, Jayanagar, Indiranagar, Peenya and Rajajinagar. TNN Bellandur receives 116mm of rain in just 15 minutes EVENING SHOWERS
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THE TIMES OF INDIA, BENGALURUTHURSDAY, JUNE 2, 20166 TIMES CITY
GOING BACK IN TIME
Mysuru derives its name from Chamundi Hills.
Mythology has it that demon king Mahishasura, who lorded over the area, was vanquished by GoddessChamundeshwari. Since it was Mahishasura’s abode, the city came to be called Mahisooru and the hill shrine as Chamundi Hills. Contemporary history meets mythology as the hill shrine has a statue of Mahishasura, the only place in Mysuru where this demon king’s statue is located. Chamundi Hills was earlier called Mabbalateertha after the Sri Mahabaleshwara Temple atop the hills. The Sri Chamundeshwari Temple is the second highest revenue grosser after Male Mahadeshwara temple in Chamarajanagar district. In 2015-16, the temple earned Rs 21.68 crore, up from Rs 18 crore in 2014-15.
Development projects were delayed earlier
due to the delay in acquiring private land.
Now, the projects are facing opposition on the
grounds that they’ll damage the fragile ecology in the reserve forest area. The buildings will
come up on 8 acres. Phase I includes building a parking lot and a shopping complex. It’s
being opposed by many organization and noted
personalities.
On April 29, chief minister Siddaramaiah launched development projects worth Rs 79.94
crore to improve the facilities at Chamundi Hills. These include a commercial complex,
multi-level parking lot, restrooms and widening of the road and they’ll be finished in 18 months.
Protests over Chamundi Hills
projects
NEWSICLE
DASARA PUJA
The flagship festival of Karnataka, Dasara, is inaugurated by offering special pujas to Goddess
Chamundeshwari. The goddess is the family deity of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family, which has ruled over the state for over five centuries.
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
BETTER ROAD CONNECTIVITY
Four-laning of the road, in Phase II, is facing
opposition from the forest department which feels this could lead to landslides. The government has set aside Rs 30 crore for this project. A four-level parking lot with two underground floors have a built-up area of 26,055 sq metres. The three-level complex will have 116 shops and a built-up area of 2650 sqms. There are also plans to build a 485 metre sheltered lane from the parking area to the temple.
Pics: TOI
Ramanagara auto driver’s heart beats for Bengaluru homemaker
Bengaluru: On Wednesday morn-ing, the heart of a 23-year-old brain dead autorickshaw driver was transported across a 15-km green corridor and transplanted to a 47-year-old woman here.
Abhishek of Ramanagara suf-fered head injuries when a mini-truck hit his auto on May 29. He was admitted to Nimhans, later sent to the Victoria Hospital trau-ma centre and finally shifted to the PMSSY hospital on Tuesday.
He was declared brain dead, fol-lowing which his family consented to donate his vital organs -- eyes, liver, heart and kidneys -- which were harvested on Wednesday morning. The heart was ferried to MS Ramaiah Narayana Heart Cen-tre near Mathikere where it was transplanted to the homemaker. The heart left Victoria Hospital at 10.33am and police assisted the medical staff in creating a green corridor from KR Market to New BEL Road covering a distance of about 11km. The heart reached the destination in 14 minutes.
Dr Girish, special officer, PMSSY said, “Apart from his heart, the liver was found suitable for donation to a needy patient in PMSSY hospital,” he said. Two patients in the Nephro-Urology Institute of Victoria campus and Manipal Hospital received a kid-ney each, while the eyes were sent to Lion’s Club.
The heart recipient was suffer-ing from Dilated Cardio Myopathy (DCM), a severe left ventricular dysfunction. “The past two years have been tough for my family when my mother was unwell. She underwent an angiogram and was found to be suffering from a heart ailment. She was unable to even walk as she would be breathless and get fatigued. I’m glad she’ll be able to lead a normal life once she recovers. I believe the the donor was a young auto driver. It’s a great decision by his family to save some-one else’s life, I’m indebted to them,” said the recipient’s only son who was waiting outside the opera-tion theatre in the afternoon.
“Heart transplant is emerging as the standard treatment for end-stage heart disease with no hope of living a normal life. Now, Bengalu-ru is emerging as a destination for management of heart failures and transplant,” said Dr Nagamallesh UM, heart failure and transplant cardiologist, MS Ramaiah Naraya-na Heart Centre.
GOVT HOSPITAL TAKES UP LIVER TRANSPLANT
The liver clinic in PMSSY hospital identified the potential
recipient for Abhishek’s liver in a Bhadravati teacher. It’s the second time the government hospital has taken up a liver transplant.
“The liver recipient is a 55-year-old teacher from Bhadravati who was suffering from liver cirhossis.
The transplant went well and he is recovering. We must thank the donor’s father, an agriculturist from Ramanagara, who willingly agreed to the organ donation,” said Dr Nagesh NS, liver transplant surgeon, PMSSY, who conducted the surgery.
Bengalurean Somashekar, 37,
suffering from chronic liver disorder, was the first to undergo the liver transplant at this government-run clinic in July 2015, but within 24 hours of the transplant, the newly grafted liver ceased functioning. The liver had been flown in from a brain dead patient in Mangaluru.
Family Consented To Donate Organs
After He Was Deemed Brain Dead
Bengaluru: Keeping hopes alive of Bengaluru giving India its first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for organ transportation, scientists and engi-neers successfully test-flew a pro-totype last week.
The National Design and Re-search Forum (NDRF), which in-cludes top scientist and one of the brains behind the project K Ra-machandra, saw the ‘+copter’ built by its partner Throttle Aerospace Systems (TAS) fly to the designated area. Although the vehicle didn't carry an organ, the technology of picking a predefined geo-tagged location and landing the vehicle there was tested. The vehicle car-ried a 3kg first-aid kit on the 17-minute flight.
TAS founder Nagendran Kan-dasamy said: “We carried the pay-load for about 10km in the custom-built vehicle.” A multi-rotor UAV guided by a tablet-based Android ground control software had no
problem in picking the right lati-tude and longitude for the journey and the delivery point. “We gave a live feed of the whole operation,” Nagendran said, adding that their platform is flexible enough to car-ry first-aid kits, blood bags and organ bags.
However, as Kota Harinarayan, a senior aerospace scientist behind the project, had said earlier, sev-eral details in terms of safety fea-tures, among other priorities, are being discussed with doctors in India and abroad. Both Kota and Ramachandra were present during the test-flight last week.
The eventual aim is to have a vehicle which can carry 250gms over 100 kms accurately. Nagend-ran said that the +copter can now travel 10kms and work is on to extend the range to 40km in the first phase.
Once operationalised, it’ll enable hospitals cut down transportation time by more than 50%. While a kid-ney can be stored for 24 hours, a liver can only be kept for 12-15 hours, and a heart for less than 10 hours.
Currently, organs are largely transported via road along a green corridor. On Wednesday, a green corridor had to be created in Ben-galuru to transport a heart for transplantation.
Drone delivers first-aid kit for 10km on test flight accurately
TRANSPORTING ORGANS
ON THE WAY: The donated heart being rushed to the recipient from Victoria Hospital campus to the Ramaiah Narayana Heart Centre. The patient is recovering well after the transplant
FLYING HIGH: The +copter is the first version of a UAV with a flexible platform that can carry first-aid kits, blood bags and organ bags
TOI
Bengaluru: A man, claimingto have opened a new fruit juicecentre, fed spiked juice to ahome-alone woman whoseblessings he was ostensiblyseeking and robbed her of a 26-gram gold chain in south Ben-galuru on Tuesday.
The man knocked the doorsof the house of Lakshmidevam-ma Ramakrishna, 67, who wasstaying alone at Srinivasana-gar in Hanumanthanagar. Herhusband, a former sub-inspec-tor, had passed away and herson had moved to Hyderabadfor work; Lakshmidevammathree daughters were married .
According to the woman’s
complaint, the stranger toldher that he was opening a newfruit juice shop on an adjacentroad. “The man prostrated be-fore her, sought her blessings
and walked away. A couple ofhours later, he returned witha cup of apple juice and re-quested her to taste it sayinghe wanted her blessings forhis new venture. An unsus-pecting Lakshmidevammadrank the juice and lost con-sciousness. Soon, the mansnatched her gold chain andfled,” Hanumanthanagar po-lice said.Neighbour raised alarmThe incident came to lightwhen a neighbour arrived atLakshmidevamma’s house.Seeing her unconscious, theneighbour raised an alarmand rushed her to hospital.
Police said Lakshmidevam-ma is still not in a stage to recallthings clearly but no new juicecentre was opened in herneighbourhood on Tuesday.
Man gives woman spikeddrink, robs her of gold chainTIMES NEWS NETWORK
HOME-ALONE VICTIM
Two men, who barged into thehouse of Lakshmamma aliasLakshmi at KS Layout in
south Bengaluru on Tuesday noon,fled with gold ornaments weighing300 grams.
Lakshmi was alone as her sonhad gone out for work. “The youthsasked for drinking water. WhenLakshmi walked into kitchen, bothbarged in, threatened her atknife-point and took away gold,”police added.
Youths barge intohouse, flee with gold
Bengaluru: Although not everyone in the cityis familiar with Gustav Hermann Krumbiegel’sname, anyone who has had the pleasure of a lei-surely stroll at Lalbagh remains indebted to theGerman botanist and architect.
Krumbiegel was largely responsible intransforming Lalbagh into the flowery wonderit is today. Taking a leaf out of the Karnatakagovernment’s book, which organized a series of
activities to mark his 150th birth anniversaryearlier this year, the German government hasnow embarked on a year-long project to honourone of its greatest sons, starting with a specialexhibition at Saxony on June 2.
The celebrations, Maharaja’s Gardener, cap-ture his work with Indian princes and his associ-ation with Mysore Maharaja Krishnaraja Wo-
deyar. S Narayana Swamy, a historian who hasresearched the life and works of Krumbiegel,has been invited by the German government todeliver a talk in Saxony on ‘Bangalore – The Cityof Gardens and Flowers.’
Swamy said he has been invited by the direc-tor of palaces, castles and gardens, Saxony state
as a guest of honour. “It’s a great developmentthat the architect who designed Lalbagh andmany other gardens in Karnataka is being re-membered in the place of his birth. In fact, mostof Krumbiegel’s works are in India. It’s a greatgesture from the Saxony government. The cele-brations will go on till November,” he added.
During his early years, Krumbriegel workedas an apprentice at the King’s Garden at Pilinitz.An abiding interest in gardening took him to theRoyal Gardens, Kew, UK.
Coming to India on an assignment to im-prove the palace gardens in Baroda, Krumbiegelworked on many gardens and parks across thecountry and some of his most memorable workswere in Bengaluru.
At the annual Republic Day flower show thisyear, the horticultural department of Karnatakapaid a floral tribute by creating a floral replica ofhis childhood home. Made with over 5 lakh flowerpots and 50 varieties of flowers, the arrangementwas spread across 30ft x 20ft and 25 feet in height.
Now, Germany honours botanist [email protected]
ARCHITECT OF LALBAGHSAYING IT WITH FLOWERS: The floral tribute paidby the state to German botanist Gustav Krumbiegel atLalbagh gardens earlier this year was a crowdpuller
Bengaluru: Annapurna Mu-niraju, 51, one of the 150-oddpilgrims from the state whowere left stranded in Uttarak-hand following a cloudburst,returned to Bengaluru onWednesday at 3.30pm.
Annapurna sustainedfractures on her left leg andhand during the cloudburst.After she reached New Delhi,she was accommodated at theKarnataka Bhavan and wastreated at the RML hospital.
A resident of Vijaynagar,Annapurna was on her wayhome after she had completedthe Char Dham yatra, whenthe cloudburst near Tehri dis-trict in Uttarakhand left her,along with scores of other pil-grims, stranded at Chamolivillage. The pilgrims werewithout access to water andfood for nearly 40 hours.
Annapurna is currentlyundergoing treatment at Pan-
acea Hospital, Nagarbhavi.“She is doing well,” said Man-junath, her son.
Karnataka Bhavan inNew Delhi has managed to es-tablish contact with 25groups, who are reportedlysafe and travelling in differ-ent parts of Punjab, Haryanaand Uttarakhand. The resi-dent commissioner’s office inDelhi is in constant touchwith the disaster manage-ment cell established by theUttarakhand governmentand closely monitoring thesituation.
Injured pilgrimgets back homeTIMES NEWS NETWORK
BACK HOME: Annapurna Muniraju
UTTARAKHANDCLOUDBURST
TOI
Bengaluru: Infosys founder N RNarayana Murthy on Wednesdaydenied he had anything to do withhis name being proposed for thepost of President of India.
"Such decisions will be takenby doddavaru (elders). There is nopoint in even thinking about it.There are senior people to discussand decide such matters," he said.
Asked if he was interested inthe post, he said it’s not appropri-ate to respond at this juncture.Murthy's name is said to have beenproposed with President PranabMukherjee’s tenure ending laterthis year. Earlier, Murthy metchief minister Siddaramaiah todiscuss the proposal of expandingthe National Institute of Engi-neering College in Mysuru.
It is said Murthy requested Sid-daramaiah to allot 7 acres for the ex-pansion proposal. On the BBPAGfirst meeting and his absence, Mur-thy said he was indisposed and inLondon at that point of time.
NRN deflectsqueries aboutpresidentialaspirationsTIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bengaluru: Heavy rain on Wednesday eve-ning resulted in waterlogging of roads andreducing traffic to a crawl in several partsof Bengaluru.
The Karnataka State Natural DisasterManagement Centre had issued high rain-fall alerts to different zones. Bellandur re-corded 116 mm rainfall from 6.15pm to6.30pm alone.
BBMP helplines were flooded with callsfrom residents of SJR Redwood Apartments
in this locality where building had almost 5ftof water. Hemmigepura in RR Nagar zone re-corded 120 mm of rainfall at 7.30pm. KG Halliin South Bengaluru received 108 mm duringthe same time and Marathahalli recorded 81mm. Most parts of Mahadevapura and Bom-manahalli were affected because of the rain.Two trees were uprooted in Varthur Lake ar-ea and at Sony World Junction, a tree fell on aBMTC bus.
Bilekahalli Junction on BannerghattaRoad and HSR Layout witnessed major wa-terlogging of roads. Traffic was also affectednear Mallya Hospital. There was a disruptionin power supply owing to trees and theirbranches falling on transmission lines inHebbal, Koramangala, RR Nagar, Jayanagar,Indiranagar, Peenya and Rajajinagar. TNN
Bellandur receives116mm of rain
in just 15 minutes
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