Helmet rule: 2,642 cases booked, Rs 2.65 lakh fine imposed on first day in DK

February 2, 2016

Mangaluru, Feb 1: On the first day of the new helmet rule for pillion riders on Monday, 2,642 cases were booked and a fine of Rs. 2.65 lakh was collected by the traffic police in Mangaluru and other parts of Dakshina Kannada.

For the last few days, the police put interceptor vehicles into use to inform motorists that the helmet rule will be enforced from February 1. At some places such as in Surathkal and Ullal, where traffic violations are common, the police did stop motorists but only to hand over pamphlets that spoke about the new rule.

On Monday, the police were seen on all major junctions in the city and the district to enforce the new rule. The police imposed fine at Nantoor, KPT, Collectors Gate, Kankanady, Kottara Chowki and Surathkal bus stand. As many as 1,517 cases were booked by the Mangaluru police, while 1,125 cases were booked by the Dakshina Kannada police. A police official enforcing the new rule at KPT Junction said that they were lenient with motorists riding with their wives and children.

“We let them go today, with a warning,” he said. The official said that they collected fine from other offenders. The focus was more on college students, he said.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

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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