Anila Bhagya | Remaining connections in DK should be issued by Nov end: Khan tells officials

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November 17, 2018

Mangaluru, Nov 17: B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan, Minister for Food and Civil Supplies, Minority and Wakf has directed officials to issue remaining LPG connections under the Anila Bhagya scheme in Dakshina Kannada by November-end.

During a review meeting at Circuit House, officials from Food and Civil Supplies Department said of the 1,586 beneficiaries identified in the district it had been planned to give LPG connections to 1,349 beneficiaries from the below poverty line category in the first phase. So far, connections were issued to 581 beneficiaries.

Mr. Khan directed officials to complete the process by the end of November.

When officials pointed to the demand for green gram as against tur dal at ration shops in the district, the Minister asked officials to make necessary changes and provide food grains that the region’s people needed.

The Minister said they are yet to finalise talks with private telecom service providers to set up systems for operation of point of sale machines in ration shops in areas in DK with poor internet connectivity.

There are about 25 areas having this problem. The Minister asked officials to act against ration shops that have deliberately not installed point of sale machines by falsely stating poor internet connection.

Mr. Khan said construction of Haj bhavan will be taken up after finalisation of land in Adyar in the outskirts of the city.

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Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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