Tur dal to be distributed through PDS

September 15, 2016

Bengaluru, Sep 15: Tur dal will soon be sold through the public distribution system at subsidised rates across the state.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to the Department of Food and Civil Supplies to provide one kg of tur dal to BPL families through PDS. The launch date is yet to be decided.

Food and Civil?Supplies Minister U?T?Khader said at present, foodgrains provided through PDS?are carbohydrate-based.

“The government intends to introduce a protein component?by introducing tur dal for the first time,” Khader said. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting chaired by Siddaramaiah on Wednesday.

Khader said the department will tie up with city corporations to provide meals during nights to the homeless in urban areas. Rice, sambar or curd rice with pickle will be provided. To begin with, the scheme will be launched in BBMP?limits. BBMP?has to identify places where the meal will be served in vans.

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very good move but have to take care about the proper distribution.

good work utk always helps the poor.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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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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