Kundapura : A seven-year-old girl accidentally slipped from a wooden footbridge and is feared drowned in Chakra river at Maranakatte in Chittur village near Kollur in Udupi district on Friday. Vismaya Devadiga, daughter of Shekhar and Jalaja Devadiga, was walking on a wooden bridge to cross the river when she slipped and fell. She was […]
Mangalore: The three meter wide ‘foot over bridge’ at Mangalore Central Railway Station was inaugurated by MP Nalin Kumar Kateel on February 11, Monday. The three meter wide footbridge connects platforms number 2 and 3. The bridge of steel structure has conceret pathway and heavy duty non-slippery ceramic tiles have been used for steps. The […]
Darjeeling : At least ten people were killed and 50 injured when an old wooden footbridge over a spring gave way when a Gorkha Janmukti Morcha meeting was going on near Bijanbari, nearly 30 km away from Darjeeling, on Saturday evening. Darjeeling District Magistrate Soumitra Mohan said ten persons were killed and several others were […]
Udupi: Bavalikudru (The Island of the Bats) is no Treasure islands of Robert Lous Stevenson of UK. It is made up in the middle of Sita River at Neelavara in Udupi district. It has no ropeway or over bridge, but two boats take passengers everyday from the river island to the mainland. It is a […]
