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District in-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao proceeding to inspect the defender of honour connected the juncture of the territory Republic Day programme successful Mangaluru connected Monday. | Photo Credit: H.S. Manjunath
Dakshina Kannada territory in-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said present connected Monday that the authorities volition present ‘Akka Pade’, a mobile portion that attends to women and children successful distress, successful Mangaluru metropolis shortly. This portion volition beryllium successful summation to the 1 already that is already functioning successful the Dakshina Kannada district.
In his territory Republic Day code astatine Nehru Maidan, Mr. Rao said the Akka Pade is equipped with modern connection facilities and comprises constabulary personnel, NCC cadets, and societal workers. It started its cognition successful Dakshina Kannada connected January 1, 2026.
Mr. Rao said the State authorities is committed to maintaining instrumentality and bid successful Dakshina Kannada, which volition assistance successful the all-around improvement of the portion and volition not tolerate immoderate radical oregon idiosyncratic misleading the younker of the portion oregon encouraging them to indulge successful convulsive activities. He added that the authorities volition not refrain from taking strict enactment against specified groups oregon individuals.
A caller Balthangady Police Sub-Division has been created. Trained unit of the Special Task Force are monitoring hatred contented that is posted connected societal media, and are besides taking enactment to forestall communal conflicts and amerciable activity. This has importantly contributed to maintaining peace, instrumentality and bid successful the district.
Decisive enactment is being taken connected preventing the merchantability and depletion of narcotic drugs. Many cause peddlers, including overseas nationals, person been arrested, and crores worthy of narcotic drugs were seized by the police.
Five mobile wellness units (MOUs) nether the ‘Arogya Setu’ strategy are operating successful Dakshina Kannada. These units, with doctors, nurses, and laboratory technicians, are going to each nook and corner, delivering wellness services astatine the doorstep. As galore arsenic 81 MOUs are presently operating crossed the State, helium said.
Since the Cath Lab astatine the Government Wenlock Hospital successful Mangaluru was established successful September 2025, much than 400 angioplasties and angiograms person been performed. The infirmary besides has a 35-bed dialysis portion wherever 26 dialysis machines are operational, Mr. Rao added.
A ₹37 crore task has been taken up astatine the Mangaluru Fishing Harbour, nether which a 320-metre-long jetty, auction halls, and an underground drainage installation volition beryllium made. The enactment volition beryllium completed shortly, and this volition conscionable the long-felt request of fishermen, helium said.
Mr. Rao besides criticised the Union Government for scrapping the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and replacing it with the Vikasit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act.
