Palemar inaugurates special enrolment drive of 'Aadhaar' for scribes

September 27, 2011

Mangalore, September 27: A special two-day enrolment drive of 'Aadhaar' project of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for the members of media and their family in Dakshina Kannada district was inaugurated at Press Club here on September 27 Tuesday.

Krishna J Palemar, District in Charge Minister launched the process by enrolling himself under the project.

Government of Karnataka, one of the registrars designated by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for Dakshina Kannada will set up 225 stations across the district for the enrolment process from October 2.

Biometric including fingerprints of all ten fingers, photographs of the face and Iris image of all UID aspirants who get registered were collected by Glodyne Technoserve Ltd, a Mumbai-based IT firm.

It may be mentioned here that the UID card is fundamentally being prepared to identify Indian citizens so that better security can be provided by identifying illegal immigrants and terrorists. However, the real power of the card is in its ability to provide ease of identity establishment to Indian citizens when accessing a variety of governmental and private-sector services.

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Why Mangaluru Could Become India’s Next Offshore Wind Energy Hub

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February 3,2026

Dakshina Kannada MP Capt Brijesh Chowta has urged the Centre to give high priority to offshore wind energy generation along the Mangaluru coast, citing its strategic importance to India’s green energy and port-led development goals.

Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha under Rule 377, Chowta said studies by the National Institute of Oceanography have identified the Mangaluru coastline as part of India’s promising offshore wind ‘Zone-2’, covering nearly 6,490 sq km. He noted that the region’s relatively low exposure to cyclones and earthquakes makes it suitable for long-term offshore wind projects and called for its development as a dedicated offshore wind energy zone.

Highlighting the role of New Mangalore Port, Chowta said its modern infrastructure, multiple berths and heavy cargo-handling capacity position it well as a logistics hub for transporting and assembling large wind energy equipment.

He also pointed to the presence of major industrial units such as MRPL, OMPL, UPCL and the Mangaluru SEZ, which could serve as direct buyers of green power through power purchase agreements, improving project viability and speeding up execution.

With Karnataka’s peak power demand crossing 18,000 MW in early 2025, Chowta stressed the need to diversify renewable energy sources. He added that offshore wind projects in the Arabian Sea are strategically safer compared to the cyclone-prone Bay of Bengal.

Calling the project vital to India’s target of 500 GW of renewable energy by 2030, Chowta urged the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy to initiate resource assessments, pilot projects and stakeholder consultations at the earliest.

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