Mangaluru: NMPT conducts oil spill mock drill at SPM

March 1, 2017

Mangaluru, Mar 1: New Mangalore Port Trust along with MRPL has successfully conducted Oil Spill Mock Drill at Single Point Mooring in association with all the stake-holders recently.with all the stake-holders recently.

500 meters of inflatable booms laid out encircling the SPM. Disk type skimmer also tried out which is normally used to skim the oil from water.

Representatives from NMPT, MRPL, District Disaster Management, Coast Guard and IOCL left NMPT harbour at 0700hrs by tug Bhuvana and returned in the afternoon after conducting the drill. Scenario for the drill was Pipeline leakage from SPM.

Single point mooring (SPM) is a floating buoy for handling of crude oil from very large tankers which is located at a distance of 17 Kms away from the berths for import of crude oil for MRPL.

NMPT & MRPL are now fully prepared to meet eventualities like oil pollution within NMPT waters, said Capt. Pradeep Mohanty, Deputy Conservator.

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Appreciated. This kind of mock drills should to be conducted periodically to make awareness of the emergency preparedness to the employees results safe and happiness filled environments for the day to day life.

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Mangaluru: Youth arrested for misleading Instagram post targeting police

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December 19,2025

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru CEN police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly posting provocative and misleading content on an Instagram page named “mr_a_titude”, targeting the Bajpe police.

Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H identified the arrested as Abhishek M, a resident of Katipalla in Mangaluru.

A case has been registered at the Bajpe Police Station under Sections 353(1)(c), 353(2), 56, and 57 read with Section 189 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the post.

According to police, the accused uploaded a photograph of a hotel on the Instagram page and alleged that accused persons in a murder case under the Bajpe police jurisdiction were being given “royal treatment” by the police, including being served beef meals daily from the hotel.

The post further accused the police of supporting criminals, misusing their authority, and betraying public trust. Police said the content was provocative in nature and aimed at inciting public outrage against the police.

Following the post, a case was registered at the Bajpe police station, and further investigation was transferred to the CEN police station.

Police records indicate that the accused has a criminal history, with multiple cases registered against him, including murder, attempt to murder, assault, and robbery at the Surathkal Police Station, and one case at the Kaup Police Station.

The Commissioner said the accused was traced and arrested using technical evidence.

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