Mangaluru: APD foundation bags UN Habitat grant

December 1, 2016

Mangaluru, Dec 1: City based not-for-profit organisation Anti-Pollution Drive (APD) Foundation has been granted with the prestigiousIndia Youth Fund Award' by UN-Habitat &NarotamSekhsaria Foundation. The award was given for APD's Smart SwacchaMangaluru (SSM) project for SWM during the Young Social Innovators Conclave 2016 held in Mumbai on 15th November.

APD Foundation's founder Abdullah A. Rehman received the award certificate from PadminiSomani, Director, NarotamSekhsaria Foundation. The award will also include funding of the awarded project of up to Rs. 8 Lakhs.

Mangaluru's APD Foundation was one among seven recipients to be selected for the award out of the 550 applicants from across the country. The other recipients are: (1) Awaaj Jan KalyanSamhiti, Bhopal, (2) MicroX Foundation, Delhi, (3) Green Cross India, Trivandrum, (4) Born2Win Social Welfare Trust, Chennai, (5) Shaishav Gujarat and (6) Friends Union for Energizing Lives, Pune in different categories.

SSM is a programme to achieve segregation at source through targeted campaigns, workshops and training programmes. It will be executed side by side with APD's current IEC campaign which is conducted along with Antony Waste Handling Cell Pvt. Ltd.

“In the coming months through workshops and toolkits, we aim to actively help schools, colleges, government buildings; offices, malls etc., to adopt sustainable waste management techniques,” says Sobia, urban planner at SensingLocal.

“This conversion strategy is adopted in cities like Taiwan, Japan, Singapore& London. To introduce this program to Mangaluru will be a great challenge. So we hope this award for Mangaluru city will encourage the citizens to actively participate in waste segregation and work jointly to achieve the cleanest city tag for Mangaluru city,” says Rehman.

To achieve this project APD has engaged SWM experts SensingLocalto execute the project, the city ULB (MCC) is supporting the initiative by APD by their active participation in the IEC programmes jointly conducted by APD & AWHCPL.

Anti-Pollution Drive (APD) Foundation was founded on October 2 2014 to spearhead a crusade against air pollutioncaused by smoke emitting vehicles and thereby to ensure a safe, clean and sustainable environment for healthy living.

The drive aims to wake the conscience of people by emphasising the problem in hand, connecting & aggregating professionals from different fields to address the crisis, meeting officials to capture & fill the gaps in the system, producing actionable data & proof regarding the health impact & levels of air pollution.

APD Foundation has also initiated Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities along with Antony Waste Handling Cell Pvt. Ltd. on Solid Waste Management in the city on behalf of Mangalore City Corporation towards the Swaccha Mangaluru mission.

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A Mini Venice Floating Toward the Future? Social Media Reacts as Flooding Strikes Bengaluru

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October 22,2024

Bengaluru, Oct 22: Heavy rainfall has once again turned Bengaluru’s streets into rivers, with large-scale waterlogging paralyzing India’s IT capital. As residents brace for more storms, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts a day filled with thunderstorms, predicting minimum temperatures around 21°C.

"Bengaluru is expected to see a cloudy sky today, with light to moderate rainfall and thunderstorms impacting both urban and rural regions," stated the IMD. The maximum temperature is likely to reach 29°C, while the minimum will hover at 21°C.

Waterlogged streets have significantly slowed down traffic, with major bottlenecks reported along Sarjapura Road near the Wipro and RBD Layout junctions, according to police reports.

The flooding has sparked fresh criticism from opposition parties, who have seized the opportunity to target the Congress-led state government’s handling of the city's infrastructure.

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Mangaluru: Leopard enters kitchen of house, captured by Forest officials

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October 21,2024

Mangaluru: Forest officials successfully captured a leopard that strayed into the kitchen of a house in Akkasaligara Keri, Mulki, on the outskirts of Mangaluru, during the early hours of Sunday, October 20.

Following multiple complaints from residents about leopard sightings, forest department officials had placed cages at various locations in Mulki. According to Deputy RFO Manjunath Ganiga, locals had reported spotting a leopard in the area, prompting the department to set up a cage about a kilometer from the affected house.

At approximately 10 p.m., the leopard entered the house and made its way into the kitchen. The family quickly locked the kitchen door and contacted the forest department for assistance. The forest officials, using a cage and a net, managed to trap the leopard around 2:45 a.m. The animal was later examined by veterinarians and released back into the wild.

Locals suspect that up to three leopards may be roaming the area.

The operation to capture the leopard was led by RFO Kiran Kumar, with assistance from Deputy RFOs Nagesh Billava and Manjunath Ganiga, along with forest department staff members Chandrashekar and Shankar.

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