29-year-old youth from Katpady dies in road crash near Taif

November 9, 2011

Mangalore, November 9: A 29-year-old man from Manipur near Katpadi in Udupi district died in a tragic road accident near Taif on Monday, according to reports reaching here.

The victim has been identified as Mohammed Shareef, son of Isubu Beary.

The tragedy occurred when the five members of a family including Shareef were on their way back to Jubail after visiting Makkah. They had been to holy city together after performing Eid Namaz on Sunday.

According to sources, the car overturned after hitting after hitting the divider on Taif-Riyadh road, when the driver lost control over the vehicle due to drowsiness.

Shareef died on the spot. Two of his co-passengers identified as Bashir and Abdul Rahman sustained injuries and are receiving treatment at a hospital.

Abdul Azeez, the uncle of the victim, who was driving the car was arrested by the police on the spot.

Shareef had gone to Saudi Arabia on an employment visa just six months ago and was working in a private company in Jubail.

The Janazah Namaz and burial will take place in Saudi Arabia, according to Shareef's family sources.

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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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