Pulse polio drive: Udupi achieves 93 pc success, 84pc compliance in DK

February 28, 2011

Mangalore, February 28: Dakshina Kannada district has registered 84.29 per cent success in the second phase of pulse polio drive held here on Sunday, according to District Health and Family Welfare officer Dr OR Srirangappa.

There are 1,70,721 children who are below five years old in the district. Of which, 1431 are children of migrant labourers.

Mangalore taluk has recorded 77.7 per cent success while Puthur has seen 89.44 compliance. The success rates in other taluks are: Belthangady 92.72 per cent, Bantwal 87.51 per cent, Sullia 92.01 per cent.

Meanwhile, Udupi district has registered 93 per cent success in the second phase of pulse polio drive.

There are 87,198 children who are below five years old in the district. Of which, 81,340 children were administered with polio drops. Kundapur taluk has recorded 94 per cent.

In Udupi taluk, polio drops were administered to 36,616 children, thus achieving 94 per cent. Karkala taluk has recorded 95 per cent with 15,239 children being administered with pulse polio drops.

The pulse polio drive was inaugurated by Higher Education Minister Dr V S Acharya.

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DK in-charge minister presents CM’s MSP plea to Prime Minister in Mangaluru

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November 28,2025

Mangaluru, Nov 28: Karnataka Health Minister and Dakshina Kannada district in-charge minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Friday handed over Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the severe distress faced by farmers due to crashing crop prices.

PM Modi arrived at the Mangaluru International Airport en route to Udupi, where Gundu Rao welcomed him and submitted the letter. The chief minister’s message stressed that farmers are suffering heavy losses because maize and green gram are being bought far below the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The state urged the Centre to immediately begin procurement at MSP.

According to the letter, Karnataka has a bumper harvest this year—over 54.74 lakh metric tons of maize and 1.98 lakh metric tons of green gram—yet farmers are unable to secure fair prices. Against the MSP of ₹2,400/MT for maize and ₹8,768/MT for green gram, market rates have plunged to ₹1,600–₹1,800 and ₹5,400 respectively.

The chief minister has requested the Centre to:

• Direct NAFED, FCI and NCCF to start MSP procurement immediately.
• Ensure ethanol units purchase maize directly from farmers or FPOs.
• Increase Karnataka’s ethanol allocation, citing high production capacity.
• Stop maize imports, which have depressed domestic prices.
• Relax quality norms for green gram, allowing up to 10% discoloration due to rains.

The letter stresses that MSP is crucial for farmer dignity and income stability and calls for swift central intervention to prevent a deepening crisis.

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