Kumaraswamy to inaugurate Mangaluru Dasara; U T Khader promises grants

coastaldigest.com web desk

September 23, 2018

Mangaluru, Sept 23: This time chief minister H D Kumaraswamy will inaugurate the Mangaluru Dasara to be held at the Gokarnanatheshwara temple in Kudroli here from October 10 to 19.

Announcing this at a press meet, B Janardhan Poojary, the father of Mangaluru Dasara and former union minister, said that Kumaraswamy called him on Saturday and agreed to inaugurate the 10-day long festival.

“The CM has asked me to give him the date he should come on for the inauguration I will shortly call him and fix the date,” Mr Poojary said.

On whether he was inviting Congress president Rahul Gandhi for the festival, Mr. Poojary said that he was yet to give a thought to it.

Meanwhile, Minister in-charge for Dakshina Kannada U.T. Khader told reporters that he will shortly call a meeting of officials to review preparations for Mangaluru Dasara. The State government will provide grants, if needed, for the festival.

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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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