Mangaluru: Mohammed Eshaque ‘Bamson’ passes away

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October 24, 2018

Mangaluru, Oct 24: Mohammed Eshaque ‘Bamson’, a veteran of tourist vehicles industry in the coastal district passed away on Wednesday at his residence “Bamson House” at Falnir in Mangaluru. He was 66.

Popularly known as ‘Bamson’, Eshaque was the proprietor of Mangalore Tourist Services (MTS), the business he inherited from his father Late B Mohammed Hajee who had established it in 1960s.

After his father’s demise in 1980, Eshque was operating the business successfully, winning the heart of his company’s clientele. MTS is the only tourist services company in undivided Dakshina Kannada district to be recognized by govt of India and Karnataka state tourism development corporation.

His fleet of services has wide range of vehicles from saloon cars, station wagons, MPVs, SUVs, mini buses etc. In 70s and 80s his fleet included vintage cars such as old British Morris minor and German cars Mercedes Benz and Peugeot for wedding and special events. His list of clientele includes individuals, corporate companies, semi-government organization like KIOCL and Government authorities etc.

Besides tourist vehicles business he had passion for automobile. In 70s and 80s he used to modify his personnel used vehicles to have imported vehicle look. He was automotive sports star winning many awards by participating in automotive sports rallies in Karnataka and other south Indian states. He initiated the first automotive sports club ‘Karavali Automotive sports club’ and its first ever car rally in Mangalore in 1986 that had live all India TV coverage. He was motivator for many youth automotive sports participants and aspirants

The demise of Marhoom Eshaque is a huge loss for automobile tourist industry and his clients, automotive sports club members and sport aspirants in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts. He was suffering from illness from sometime. He survived by wife Aysha, only daughter Ashmitha, son-in-law Mohammed Anees and grandson master Ayan.

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Heading to Karavali Utsava? Check traffic changes and parking rules in Mangaluru

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December 20,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 20: The Mangaluru City Police have issued a detailed traffic advisory ahead of the inaugural ceremony of Karavali Utsava, which will be held at the Karavali Utsava Ground on Saturday.

The festival will be inaugurated at 6:00 pm by Dakshina Kannada District Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao. Cultural and public programmes will be held at the venue every evening and will continue until January 2.

According to City Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy, parking of vehicles is strictly prohibited on both sides of the road from Lalbagh to Karavali Utsava Ground. Visitors are requested to park their vehicles only at designated parking areas.

To help the public, traffic signboards and parking guidance flex boards have been installed along the routes leading to the venue. The police have urged commuters and visitors to follow these instructions to ensure smooth traffic movement.

Designated Parking Locations

•   Urwa Market Ground – Cars
•   Gandhinagar Government School (near Press Club) – Two-wheelers and cars
•   Ladyhill Church parking area – Two-wheelers and cars
•   Canara School Ground, Mannagudda – Two-wheelers and cars
•   Thimmappa Hotel premises – Two-wheelers and cars
•   Scout and Guide Bhavana premises (behind Karavali Utsava Grounds) – Two-wheelers
•   Urwa Market Road – Two-wheelers
•   Hat Hill Road – Two-wheelers

The police have appealed to the public to cooperate by following traffic rules and parking guidelines to avoid inconvenience during the festival.

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